erst zahlen - und sich dann einen abfrieren (leweb 08, flickr/thewavingcat)

sorry, aber dieser artikel vom “guardian” über die “LeWeb 08” in paris ist einfach zu gut, um nicht billig 1:1 kopiert zu werden:

Freezing cold, no internet, boring: it’s a French web 2.0 conference!

Bon soir from Paris. It’s 3am on Wednesday morning and I’ve just stumbled back to my hotel from a MySpace-sponsored party at Palais Maillot and an after-party in a bizarre dive bar where water dripped from the ceiling and the DJ played nothing but Jive Bunny.

I’m in town for LeWeb, Europe’s largest web 2.0 conference, with 1,800 entrepreneurs from around the world each paying €1,500 to meet their peers, demo their startups and generally try to pretend that their businesses aren’t completely and totally doomed. The conference ends in a little over 12 hours which, annoyingly, is about five hours after this column is due to be published.

I shouldn’t necessarily be surprised at the deadline inconvenience. Previous LeWebs have been marred by controversy and negative press coverage so this year organiser Loic Le Meur has come up with a cunning plan to head off criticism. In short, he’s doing everything he can to ensure that no press commentary whatsoever escapes from the conference hall.  mehr…

irgendwie scheinen mir das ähnliche erfahrungen, wie sie der schweizer leweb-teilnehmer bloggingtom gerade twittert.

und hier noch mehr twitterstimmen zu leweb (200 km um zürich herum)