Comments on: VMworld Public Voting http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2010/05/vmworld-public-voting/ Virtualization is a layer in software. What are you abstracting away from? Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VMworld 2010 – the time to chose is upon us | PlanetVM http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2010/05/vmworld-public-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 VMworld 2010 – the time to chose is upon us | PlanetVM Wed, 19 May 2010 07:01:18 +0000 http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/?p=430#comment-1561 [...] promotion over and done with.  A little bit about voting strategy, many people have already stated this,  but the fact remains, this voting is becoming a popularity contest, this is not how it should [...] [...] promotion over and done with.  A little bit about voting strategy, many people have already stated this,  but the fact remains, this voting is becoming a popularity contest, this is not how it should [...]

]]> By: ThatFridgeGuy http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2010/05/vmworld-public-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 ThatFridgeGuy Tue, 18 May 2010 03:56:30 +0000 http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/?p=430#comment-1559 Ian, Good post. I agree with a lot of what you had to say. It's somewhat of a catch-22 situation. Many of the sessions I voted for are people I know or people whom I know of. Why do I know or know of these people? Mainly because they are people who are interested in and knowledgeable in the same areas that I am interested in. On the other hand, I am already following them on Twitter and or reading their blogs so I am exposed to their knowledge and opinions already. It would be good to hear from some other people and their perspectives. It's a tough choice; more from a known and respected presenter or take a chance on the unknown person with what may be a different perspective and who has the potential to become a new addition to the list of valued resources. What makes it harder is that to really go through the list of sessions and look at them closely takes a long time. For me and many of us in IT, free time is not something we have in abundance. In the end I looked through the list for topics that interested me the most (also tough with so many great choices) and when in doubt I tended to go with the known person. It would be interesting if they did this without listing who the presenter is. Obviously there would still be plenty of people marketing their own session, but it would me much less of a popularity contest. Rod Ian,
Good post. I agree with a lot of what you had to say. It’s somewhat of a catch-22 situation. Many of the sessions I voted for are people I know or people whom I know of. Why do I know or know of these people? Mainly because they are people who are interested in and knowledgeable in the same areas that I am interested in.

On the other hand, I am already following them on Twitter and or reading their blogs so I am exposed to their knowledge and opinions already. It would be good to hear from some other people and their perspectives.

It’s a tough choice; more from a known and respected presenter or take a chance on the unknown person with what may be a different perspective and who has the potential to become a new addition to the list of valued resources.

What makes it harder is that to really go through the list of sessions and look at them closely takes a long time. For me and many of us in IT, free time is not something we have in abundance.

In the end I looked through the list for topics that interested me the most (also tough with so many great choices) and when in doubt I tended to go with the known person.

It would be interesting if they did this without listing who the presenter is. Obviously there would still be plenty of people marketing their own session, but it would me much less of a popularity contest.

Rod

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