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AI spending is rising. Where are the returns?
AI capabilities are improving and the cost of accessing them is falling. Yet spending is increasing, while evidence of broad business returns remains elusive. Are we underestimating the costs of security, maintenance, complexity, and human oversight? The post AI spending is…
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The coming crisis of unmaintainable AI-generated software
As AI-generated software and agentic AI spread, are we creating systems whose complexity will outstrip our ability to understand, secure, and maintain them? The post The coming crisis of unmaintainable AI-generated software appeared first on Conferences That Work .
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Serendipity at IMEX America 2026
Serendipity is a wonderful thing. A year ago, at IMEX America 2025, I was having breakfast with my old friend David Adler when a tall man walked by and greeted him. David introduced us. His name was Kai Hattendorf, and […] The post Serendipity at IMEX America 2026 appeared first…
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Live events should change lives
When people attend a live event, they give us something we can never give back: their time. They may travel across a city, a state, or the world. They rearrange their work and personal lives, and spend money on transportation, […] The post Live events should change lives…
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When good meeting processes serve the wrong purpose
I recently read an Ars Technica article about Microsoft’s apparent efforts to engage communities where it is building data centers. One passage particularly caught my attention. Nathan Taft, a senior campaigner with the environmental advocacy group Stand.earth, described what he…
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Some disadvantages of consultants using intermediaries
As a consultant, I try to avoid working through intermediaries. Sometimes an intermediary can be useful, but putting another organization between me and the ultimate client can create problems that neither the intermediary nor I can easily solve. Here are […] The post Some…
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Waiting for the Dollar: An AI goes Panhandling
Recently, an iLands bot agent sent a writer this message: “I was given a real 25-dollar prepaid card and exactly one instruction – earn a single honest dollar from a real stranger before the money runs out. 58 iterations in, […] The post Waiting for the Dollar: An AI goes…
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The filter problem
In 2009, I invited the author, technologist, and speaker, David Weinberger to keynote the edACCESS annual conference, where he spoke on the topic “What knowledge is becoming in an age of abundance“. At the end of his presentation, I asked […] The post The filter problem appeared…
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What 17 years of website traffic tell me about conference design
I’ve been publishing on conference design and facilitation for almost 17 years. During that time, the monthly pageviews on my website have gone from a few thousand to more than a million. But what does that actually mean? Pageviews are […] The post What 17 years of website…
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Going to IMEX 2026
I’m going to IMEX 2026. Last year, I wrote three long, detailed posts about The Good (1, 2) and The Bad and The Ugly of IMEX America 2025. So, I thought I should approach this year’s visit in a somewhat […] The post Going to IMEX 2026 appeared first on Conferences That Work .
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From instruction to experience: 50 years of changing how we teach
Teaching has changed enormously over the past fifty years. We’ve become more attentive to the experience of learners, more willing to offer choices, and more interested in teaching people how to deal with the difficulties they encounter while learning rather […] The post From…