Scott,
Given that we had way more submissions than we had slots to
fill, I don't think we have a problem selling our jam. I suspect that a
discussion about categories is likely to digress into a long and
ultimately fruitless debate, but once a debate is started, it must find
it's own conclusion...
What isn't clear from your proposal if this is about how we categorize
the submissions as they come in for processing verses about how we
advertise the conference's contents to the attendees. I can see the
need for simplification of the latter, but even then, I'm not convinced
that it would have a significant positive impact on attendance. I guess
that's because I don't really believe less is more.
Didn't we reach close to maximum capacity for the facilities last year?
Scott Rosenbaum wrote:
I
was reading
my newsreader (procrastinating on sending this email) when I came
across a review
by Guy Kawasaki of a book that he really likes. Basically it
provides 50 ideas that have been proven in the lap and business
applications. In reading the review I came across this nugget:
2. Researchers found that the more options offered in a
company
retirement plan, the fewer people participate in that plan. Similarly,
when experimenters offered only six flavors of jam, 30% of the people
who approached the display bought any jam. When the experimenters
offered 24 flavors, only 3% bought some. Therefore, instead of trying
to offer every color, size, and price point of gizmo, you might want to
reduce the choices to increase sales.
Just substitute jam
for category.
I would like to see the number of overall categories to be reduced from
the current twenty-one down to five. The best I could come up with was
six categories, but I am sure that we can figure out how to get down to
five. Have a look at my proposal and let me know what you think. How
do we go from 6 to 5? If you don't feel that this organization does
your category, please provide an alternative. (As long as you consider
all the categories and not just yours).
For your convenience, I have listed all of the original categories
first. Then I have my proposal with a mapping of the current talks
into the new categories.
CURRENT CATEGORIES
E4
Business
Industry
Director's Choice
Committer and Contributor
Other
OSGi DevCon
Runtime
Java
C/C++
Tools
Data Tooling
Emerging Technology
Mobile/Embedded
Modeling
Eclipse as a Platform
RCP
Reporting
SOA
Test & Performance
Web Tools
PROPOSED CATEGORIES
Runtime Platform (E4, Runtime, OSGi)
UI Platform (E4, RCP)
IDE Platform and Languages (Java, C/C++, Tools, Web Tools)
Applied Eclipse (Data Tooling, Reporting, Modeling, SOA, TPTP)
Emerging Technologies
Eclipse Business (Committer and Contrib, Business, Industry,
Director's Choice, Other)
Scott
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