<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Netroots Nation needs a reboot]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by taylorshelton http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:16:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/1 keynotes are the key

I watched a good deal of NN on the live internet stream (including your panel). While certain parts of certain sessions were incredibly insightful, others weren't and I found myself doing other things. The highlights by far were the keynotes - and I think that is due in part to them being new perspectives, or at least new ways of presenting old perspectives. Even if someone didn't like Pelosi or Gore or even Van Jones, they brought something to the conference that a couple thousand bloggers couldn't. I plan to attend next year in Pittsburgh, and some more education for bloggers, and less education by bloggers may be good advice.

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I watched a good deal of NN on the live internet stream (including your panel). While certain parts of certain sessions were incredibly insightful, others weren't and I found myself doing other things. The highlights by far were the keynotes - and I think that is due in part to them being new perspectives, or at least new ways of presenting old perspectives. Even if someone didn't like Pelosi or Gore or even Van Jones, they brought something to the conference that a couple thousand bloggers couldn't. I plan to attend next year in Pittsburgh, and some more education for bloggers, and less education by bloggers may be good advice.

]]> Comment #2 by SierraDavid http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:28:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/2 bring on debates

Yay for debates.  I like the more technical workshops where I can learn something but with the issues-based panels I can usually guess exactly what everyone is going to say before it happens.  Debates would bring in more of a sense of spontaneity--create the possibility that someone could get caught with their pants down.

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Yay for debates.  I like the more technical workshops where I can learn something but with the issues-based panels I can usually guess exactly what everyone is going to say before it happens.  Debates would bring in more of a sense of spontaneity--create the possibility that someone could get caught with their pants down.

]]> Comment #3 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:05:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/next-roots-nation/3 Why continue?

Grace is knowing when to get offstage.

Why continue?  Why would supposedly avant-garde people travel cumulative millions of miles, consume vast quantities of resources, and spew even vaster quantities of greenhouse gases that will remain in the atmosphere for centuries?

Wouldn't the NETroots be cooler if they led the way to using the NET as a viable meeting space?  With so much cool and chic, surely there's a few rooters who could imagine surmounting the barriers of distance and using the technology to create meaningful sessions without the eco-damages.

The 5% Project

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Grace is knowing when to get offstage.

Why continue?  Why would supposedly avant-garde people travel cumulative millions of miles, consume vast quantities of resources, and spew even vaster quantities of greenhouse gases that will remain in the atmosphere for centuries?

Wouldn't the NETroots be cooler if they led the way to using the NET as a viable meeting space?  With so much cool and chic, surely there's a few rooters who could imagine surmounting the barriers of distance and using the technology to create meaningful sessions without the eco-damages.

The 5% Project

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