Facebook event already created for IETF 71 in Philadelphia in March
December 12th, 2007 by Dan York
As I mentioned previously, there is some activity related to the IETF happening within the walls of Facebook. With IETF 70 over last week, I was both surprised and pleased to see that Tony Li over at Cisco had already created a Facebook Event for IETF 71 in Philadelphia on March 10-14, 2008. If you are a Facebook user, you can add yourself to the Event if you will be attending.
Now that I know the event has been created, it will be interesting to see what usage it gets in advance of the IETF 71 meeting. I confess to being a bit skeptical about the usage of Facebook Events and Groups for coordinating or communicating in advance of meetings. In theory, they seem useful, but because you only get notified of new wall posts or discussions when you visit the Event or Group page, I don’t really see the conversations developing.
In any case, it’s an interesting experiment and I’ll be glad to join in to see what comes of it.
Related posts:
- IETF group inside of Facebook – and Event for IETF 70
- IETF 74 now has a Facebook Event page…
- TLAs… and routing IPv6 over Facebook…
- IETF-71 micro-site available with info about the event
- Registration now open for IETF 74 in San Francisco in March 2009
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December 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Be sure to check out http://ietf71.comcast.net which is a resource we’re setting up for attendees. It includes travel, social, bar, restaurant, and related info.
December 24th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Jason,
Thanks for the comment. I have been planning to write a specific entry about that micro-site (and will still do so), but I appreciate you providing the pointer as a comment.
Thanks, Dan