Comments on: Are the good things in life really free? http://www.tangyslice.com/2009/02/13/are-the-good-things-in-life-really-free/ sharp. social. accountable. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:09:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Reem http://www.tangyslice.com/2009/02/13/are-the-good-things-in-life-really-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6913 Reem Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:10:53 +0000 http://www.tangyslice.com/?p=100#comment-6913 I agree the good things in life are free. I was really impressed with my day at the FREE Product Bootcamp, organized by members of the BPMA (Boston Product Managers Assn) 2/28/09 http://barcamp.org/ProductCampBoston . It was just as good as conferences that cost thousands to register. It was also a really interesting experiment in self-organization. Everyone is supposed to contribute and take ownership for the day. Predictably, although everyone was invited to present, most presenters were selling a product or service. It didn't detract, though, because that gave us polished, content-rich presentations. Why would anyone invest the time and effort to prepare a good presentation otherwise? The camaraderie was really nice, the product of a meeting of equals, rather than speakers parading with their colored labels. The other great free event is WebInno (see your newer post.) I find the quality of start-ups there just as good as any VC-competition event. The energy of the buzz at WebInno is better, though, because it is not dampened by fear of saying the wrong thing to an investor audience. I always leave WebInno feeling good that exciting businesses are still being generated in MA. I agree the good things in life are free.

I was really impressed with my day at the FREE Product Bootcamp, organized by members of the BPMA (Boston Product Managers Assn) 2/28/09 http://barcamp.org/ProductCampBoston
. It was just as good as conferences that cost thousands to register. It was also a really interesting experiment in self-organization. Everyone is supposed to contribute and take ownership for the day. Predictably, although everyone was invited to present, most presenters were selling a product or service. It didn’t detract, though, because that gave us polished, content-rich presentations. Why would anyone invest the time and effort to prepare a good presentation otherwise? The camaraderie was really nice, the product of a meeting of equals, rather than speakers parading with their colored labels.

The other great free event is WebInno (see your newer post.) I find the quality of start-ups there just as good as any VC-competition event. The energy of the buzz at WebInno is better, though, because it is not dampened by fear of saying the wrong thing to an investor audience. I always leave WebInno feeling good that exciting businesses are still being generated in MA.

]]> By: Marketing Analytics » The Free Economy http://www.tangyslice.com/2009/02/13/are-the-good-things-in-life-really-free/comment-page-1/#comment-6603 Marketing Analytics » The Free Economy Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:18:42 +0000 http://www.tangyslice.com/?p=100#comment-6603 [...] a New York Times article even though I dropped my print subscription.  As Tangyslice write in a post last month, there are lots of things you can get for free — software and international phone [...] [...] a New York Times article even though I dropped my print subscription.  As Tangyslice write in a post last month, there are lots of things you can get for free — software and international phone [...]

]]> By: Marsh Sutherland http://www.tangyslice.com/2009/02/13/are-the-good-things-in-life-really-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4591 Marsh Sutherland Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:46:44 +0000 http://www.tangyslice.com/?p=100#comment-4591 Get Free-er with web conferencing. Check out DimDim.com at Free for 1 to 20 seats or $99 per year for branded for 1 to 100 seats. No software to download. When I'm on a GoToWebinar on my home DSL, GoTo's screen display can never keep up with the speaker. Steve Chazin is the CMO of DimDim and lives in NH. www.marketingapple.com Nice guy Get Free-er with web conferencing.

Check out DimDim.com at Free for 1 to 20 seats or $99 per year for branded for 1 to 100 seats. No software to download.

When I’m on a GoToWebinar on my home DSL, GoTo’s screen display can never keep up with the speaker.

Steve Chazin is the CMO of DimDim and lives in NH. http://www.marketingapple.com

Nice guy

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