Demand Satisfaction!

Amy and I will be attending the Online Community Unconference 2009 thingy at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View tomorrow.

If you’re not familiar with an “unconference,” maybe it’s time to get acquainted. The idea is to create a short, targeted event that cuts out all the superfluous — and expensive — parts of a typical three-day business convention. It’s all about crowdsourcing and brainstorming ideas on one specific subject with a group of motivated and smart people — and distilling it all into one day of intense conversation. Or to put it another way: It’s a really nerdy version of summer camp for tech-centric adults.

This particular unconference is all about online community. I’m looking forward to seeing who shows up, who has really interesting things to say, all of that. I think one thing I’m also interested in is polling people who show up and asking them what brought them to their job as community manager, or developer, or whatever it is they think they are doing as a proponent of “community” in their organization. I’ll try to spot some trends on that angle, I’ll take some notes, and I’ll share them with the members of my own community — that’d be anyone reading this blog.

If you’ll be attending the unconference tomorrow, please flag us down, say hello, and unload with feedback about Get Satisfaction, community, and social media.