Fireside conversations: Seth Gottlieb on Open Source Content Technologies

Last week, all stars aligned and a quick idea tossed on the table over lunch turned into Something Real. On May 8th, Seth Gottlieb will be joining us for a "Fireside Conversation" in or near the Outerthought offices.

Seth is a renowned content technologies analyst who recently has published the report I raved about last week. Not that everything was nice which Seth wrote about Daisy, but it showed my faith in industry analysts can now slowly be restored. A new breed of analysts is starting to appear, with Redmonk's Stephen and James leading the flock, providing the industry with less sterile (and more genuine) analysis and context.

We're very pleased and honoured that Seth will join us for our first Fireside Conversation. I've got the idea from my stay at the Open Source Thinktank, which demonstrated that an interesting conversation can be held amongst participants given 1. a common interest (even if views or opinions differentiate) and 2. some structural guidance. Our Fireside Conversations thus aim to attract an interesting mix of partners, contacts, customers and industry reporters, and will hopefully provide a breeding ground for new ideas and some fine discussions.

Fireside Conversations will be invitation-only (but free) events, and you can request your invitation here.