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Spontaneous Conferences around Hot Topics

William Grosso @ September 18, 2007

Recently, the valley has seen a trend towards mini-conferences. One or two day events centered around a hot technology topic. The idea seems to be: move very fast, get all the top names around a topic with a lot of buzz, and get it all done within 60 days (120 days at the top).
There’s definitely [...]

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Has it really been 20 years? Has it only been 20 years?

William Grosso @ September 17, 2007

20 years ago, Allan Bloom convinced me I knew very little. His book, The Closing of the American Mind, is a bona-fide masterpiece. It’s brilliant, it’s compelling, and, in its own way, it’s as Gonzo as anything Hunter S Thompson ever wrote.
So it shocked me to learn that it’s been 20 years. Because the book [...]

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