Great idea about the live-twittered presentation. That's something I'd like to see. Also, didn't notice it during the actual presentation, but I love the last slide with all the legalese!

I love the comments on the Valleywag page regarding Jeff Bezos and his apparent lack of interest in the presentation. What I find particularly amusing is the fact that he was staring down at his BB the whole time. Or, as one commentator put it, was he staring at his shoes?

While I doubt he was looking at his BB for the entire presentation, I guess he really took "Don't worry about your competition" to heart!

On another note, do we often present at events or conferences like this? I.E. music festivals, film festivals, etc.

Hi Tony!

Your idea of displaying a live Twitter stream while presenting is a good one, and it's something that Ignite does, but they use Mozes instead of Twitter. At the Web 2.0 Expo last year there were Ignite sessions (5-minute lightning rounds) with Mozes being used for commenting and voting on the speakers. The top 4 speakers were "promoted" to speaking slots at the keynote later in the week. The attendees used Mozes for heckling too, to great effect. One snide remark in particular really stands out in my mind... One of the speakers was a guy in a bad suit that looked like he just walked out of a Miami Vice episode. When the message "don johnson called. he needs his suit back" appeared on the screen, the audience started cracking up. The poor guy didn't have a clue he was being mocked, he just kept on presenting!

Stephan Spencer
Netconcepts

I was at a presentation a few months back for new students at a college my wife will be attending, and a faculty member asked who was currently on Twitter. Someone updated on Twitter that they were sitting in that presentation. http://www.2collab.com/user:johnnymorgan/profile