Thursday, February 03, 2005
I just returned home from ASTD TechKnowledge. This show is misunderstood. People who confuse it with TechLearn are in for a nasty surprise because the events have been designed to serve entirely different audiences. TechKnowledge is geared to novices. Attendees show up en masse for the 7:30 am eLearning Bootcamp. The only thought leaders you're likely to meet are speakers. If you're new to eLearning and don't have your head around the subject, this is the show for you. Next year, it's in Denver.


My friend Kit Horton opened the event Tuesday morning.

Instead, Tony addressed what's hot today: the rise of intangibles, skills shortages, augmented reality, and CIO magazine recognizing that soft skills are important.
Take intangibles. In '82, 38% of the value in American corporations was intangible. In '92, intangible made up 62% of assets. In '02, the number had risen to 85%.
I'll post a link to his PowerPoint as soon as I receive it.

The big players didn't attend. No SumTotal. No Saba. No Centra. No WebEx. No IBM. No Oracle. This only makes sense: the participants lack spending authority.

Even though it's only nickels, winning is always fun. My big win came when Rita Bailey drew my business card out of a stack -- and I got to take home a $400 portable DVD player.

This sign in the my bathroom made me wonder who had stayed in my room in years past.

This is Bill Horton in a rare moment when he's not speaking.
Actually, he's contemplating this object that appeared on our table:

It's a bacon-wrapped breadstick at the Ristorante at the Riviera.
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