Gary Goldhammer –author and storyteller.

Kevin Smith and Chris Heuer, seperated at birth…

• I got to sit on a Viral Marketing panel with the guy who
  directed Clerks and Chasing Amy (oh wait, sorry, that was Kevin Smith, not Chris
  Heuer)

• I learned how to pronounce Kami Watson Huyse’s name. It’s
  “Wat-Son.” So simple!

• Phil Gomes wore a tie. More significantly, it wasn’t a
  clip-on.

• There were lots of monologues about the importance of
  conversations.

• Being “engaged” is also very important. Unfortunately I’m
  already married, which interestingly also kills conversations (at least the
  kinds of conversations I can win.)

• Lots of people were blogging or twittering or IRC-ing or texting during the sessions. I’m convinced they were just trying to make us
  losers with pens and paper look bad.

• Best sound bite: “The
  attempt to be infallible drives out authority and humanity.” – David Weinberger

• Worst sound bite: “Wikis are dead.” – Some Guy on Some Panel. Saying that something is “dead” just makes
  you sound ignorant, narcissistic or both.

• Susan Getgood is smart. Linda Zimmer is scary smart. The image
  of Shel Israel in the shower reaching for shampoo is just plain scary (long story, please
  don’t make me repeat it.)

A final thought: New Comm was okay, but next year, I’ll take
an invitation to Ted instead.