Hostingcon - After a few sessions
Overall, my first day of Hostingcon has been a somewhat of a disappointing experience. Each of the sessions I attended seemed behind the times and talked about solutions that many people should already know quite a bit about.
For me - reading different magazines like Business 2.0 and HBR, along with keeping track of various blogs have told me way more about the where the industry is going and what people want, than what was being announced from panel experts today.
All this being said, there are some extremely intelligent people here. People that do understand where the market is going and have thought far beyond the shared hosting arena. These are people that also run a majority of the companies that many of us envy.
What’s weird is the divide (it seems) is pretty dramatic from people in the know and people just starting to think beyond shared hosting. After a few of sessions that announced old world news (compared to what I’ve heard a few years ago at sxsw), I’d hear various people chattering and saying things like, “Wow, just think of the potential” or “Yea, he (the speaker) is right, we should be doing that”. One presenter even debated on recommending hosting companies to blog as it could be a bit risky.
The day was not all lost, Richard Rosenblatt (guy who made MySpace) did a brief talk called “Next Generation Web: What Lies Ahead for Hosting” that was pretty forward thinking. Carson Daily was there as well for a few minutes as he’s an investor in Rosenblatt’s new venture and helping lead up the entertainment portion.
Maybe I just went to the wrong sessions but I’m hopeful for tomorrow.
