Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Internet Cowboys
by Kara Swisher
Posted on July 27, 2009 at 2:19 AM PT
BoomTown is clearly losing a step in the summer doldrums and forgot to post this lovely movie that I did while in Jackson Hole, Wyo., last weekend for an event called the “Internet Cowboys un-Conference.”
What’s an un-conference? Well, it was less organized, there were fly-fishing and elk nearby and it involved a whole lot of thinking big thoughts in the much bigger outdoors.
I was invited there by one of the hosts, well-known Israeli entrepreneur Yossi Vardi–the other hosts were Idith and Yuval Almog, at whose home the third annual event was held.
My job? To to give a “big idea” talk titled: “Journalism Is Dead? Long Live the News!” (or maybe it was: “The News Is Dead? Long Live Journalism!”). It was about how old media was trying to innovate to stay relevant (and alive!).
In any case, it was actually a very bracing time and here is a video I did interviewing some of the participants (and below that is one of the classic Willie Nelson tune, sung by him and Waylon Jennings):
Comments
I like the idea of an unconference with fishing and animals. Those sound like great perks.
Posted by terri boothe at July 27th, 2009 at 9:34 amThe song “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” was written by Ed Bruce not Willie Nelson.
Posted by Robert Berger at July 27th, 2009 at 1:27 pm