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It’s that time of year again folks! Podcamp Pittsburgh 4 is ready to kick off tomorrow night from 6 pm - 8:30 pm at the AlphaLab for the Meet-n-Greet, and then officially begin Saturday morning (9 am - 4 pm) at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
This year I’ll be speaking in two sessions:
Saturday, 10/10/09, 1 PM:
Intellectual Property: What Are Your Ideas Worth?
In this era of “free” Internet content, copyright infringement and rampant plagiarism, who really “owns” an idea? And if you *do* have an idea, is it actually worth anything? Devil’s advocate John Carman moderates this debate about intellectual property changing business models between anti-IP advocates Nick Pinkston & Steve Klabnik and pro-authorship devotees Justin Kownacki & Dawn Papuga.
…and…
Sunday, 10/11/09, 3 PM:
Comments & Criticism: The central nervous system of consumerism
Dawn Papuga of Lyrique Tragedy Reviews (And Reality 101) examines the importance of comments, criticism, and reviews as a means/tool for finding out about topics/books/issues you are interested in but have no idea where to start.
The second listing isn’t as descriptive as I would like, but the development of the topic came a little late. Originally I was planning on doing a fun session on “2009 in MEMEs” but that was waylaid for something more “useful.” (Not that I disagree!) I plan to discuss the culture of commenting and its importance to the social media machine, criticism & reviews as a way of expanding your comfort zone through trusted reviewers, and how quality interaction encourages the medium (and us) to grow.
Anthony, over at Bricks and Boxes has been posting wonderful Podcamp Pittsburgh Appetizers featuring some of the speakers, topics, and sessions that will be bouncing around this weekend, and if you have some time before hand, be sure to go check them out! He put up an Appetizer featuring my second session, and one by Kathleen Danielson. Go check it out!
I hope to see you there! Don’t forget to join the PCPGH Flickr group, and tag your content for the weekend as PCPGH4 (or, #PCPGH4).
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