conferences

Sam Biddle · 11/18/13 04:25PM

Dreamforce 2013 attendees sit outside and watch a DJ. Repeat after me: This is a business conference for adults, this is a business conference for adults, this is a business conference for adults, this is a business conference for adults, this is a business conference for adults, this is a business conference for adults...

Would You Pay $100 to Hear These Five Nobodies Talk for 8 Hours?

Sam Biddle · 11/11/13 04:01PM

In most corners of our planet, five guys with office jobs wouldn't be a gathering worth buying a ticket for—you could just show up to a bar, or batting cage. But in tech-land, five guys aren't five guys—they're a conference waiting to happen.

Today's Startup Cult Meeting Is Completely Incoherent

Sam Biddle · 10/18/13 04:41PM

Most crazed collections of likeminded nuts have something you could call an agenda. Maybe it's "startup assholes drinking wine on a mountain," or "lizard people are real," or something. But I have absolutely no fucking clue what "Camp Mighty" is about.