This is a first post in English (I realized lately that many of the visitors on this website do not speak French at all). Do not hesitate to comment either in French or English. And if you have any guidelines on multilingual blogging, I would like to get your advice!
I’m attending the Sharepoint Summit 2010 in Montreal this week (I’m not a Sharepoint expert, but I really think that organizations can transform themselves using this tool; I try to make this happen at the office, but it’s not an easy job!). During the keynote session on Monday, one of my coworker at Alogient (also attending the summit) asked me the Twitter hash tag for this convention.
While I was looking for this information on my low-tech iPod Touch, I found out that many people who were actually in the same room have already posted comments on the current session, and I told myself I could at least try it. I read about how it was used a lot at the last SXSW conferences, but have never experienced it.
Well… I tried it, and I really liked it! Instead of discussing with people sit next to you, you can actually share your thoughts with everyone without disturbing anyone. It brings a new dimension to conventions, and allows you to discuss with people you would not have met otherwise. It’s also a great way to « listen » to other sessions without being on site, and also provide you a great list of key findings once the convention is over.
It’s definitively a tool I will use again in this context! Has anyone used Twitter (or any other microblogging tool) in a similar context? Do you think convention organizers should take the lead in sharing a common « hash tag » before the convention take place?
Note: you can « listen » to the last day of this convention searching for #spsummit on Twitter.
