Picnic ’09, Amsterdam

By admin | September 9th, 2009 | Category: Conferences, Festivals, Local events, Netherlands, Social | No Comments »

This will be the fourth Picnic at the same location in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. So far, I personally thought the event in 2007 was the best, with the 2008 event being more commercial than the grass-roots feeling of previous years….more marketing people than before.

The magic word that Picnic needs to think about in 2009 is focus, perhaps cutting the number of parallel events which distract from the main conference. Videos of the 2007/8 festivals are now up on the Picnic website if you want to get a feel for it. The only clouds on the horizon are their constant drive for growth and the fact that very little is free anymore.

Money is going to be extremely tight this year, so I personally hope it doesn’t try to become a film festival, but keeps its focus on emerging media. I also hope they put more effort into improving the navigation of the Picnic website. It becomes very chaotic around the time of the conferences.


Real-time reactions about this event
(138 on twitter)

  1. spotonpr @alexzawya @mikewhills @rafik Yup! Arab Media Web video from PICNIC '09 is on our Netvibes page http://twurl.nl/ebxiof, 2009-10-13 12:15:49 ·· View and Reply
  2. Blazing_Tech Comments on: Picnic 09 Report 2: The City as an Interaction Platform - Mobile and Locative Media a... [THEMOBILECITY] http://bit.ly/16sW1u, 2009-10-10 18:12:19 ·· View and Reply
  3. spotonpr @moeed @@donatelladr Just posted the PICNIC '09 Arab Social Web video on our social media news page http://twurl.nl/u4bnip, 2009-10-07 14:53:45 ·· View and Reply
  4. Spartz The next 5 years in Social Media: @gleonhard's presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam http://bit.ly/x7vbW, 2009-10-01 16:35:07 ·· View and Reply
  5. TM_Image PICNIC '09 - Conference Day 2 - Exploding Media on Flickr - Photo Sharing! http://retwt.me/oQRl (via @PICNICfestival), 2009-09-29 12:15:50 ·· View and Reply
  6. amplifiedmedia The next 5 years in Social Media: my presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam http://bit.ly/2eEI3A, 2009-09-28 02:18:40 ·· View and Reply
  7. radioamsterdam PICNIC '09 - Amongst the festival atmosphere, the conference talks, the tweets and the tagging, I amsterdam headed... http://bit.ly/eQ3iK, 2009-09-27 08:25:21 ·· View and Reply
  8. spif À little late... ;-) (@ Picnic 09 in Amsterdam) http://bit.ly/ge251, 2009-09-25 18:43:47 ·· View and Reply
  9. sowebinc The next 5 years in Social Media: @gleonhard presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam - http://bit.ly/NK7hL via @twtr4smallbiz, 2009-09-25 17:24:55 ·· View and Reply
  10. saskfan Reading: "The next 5 years in Social Media: my presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam" (http://twitthis.com/l5srwb), 2009-09-25 13:12:18 ·· View and Reply
  11. jeremybryant MediaFuturist: The next 5 years in Social Media: my presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam http://bit.ly/MulKb, 2009-09-25 12:22:00 ·· View and Reply
  12. sandra #vmc finalists at #picnic09 (@ Picnic 09 in Amsterdam w/ @alper) http://bit.ly/ge251, 2009-09-25 12:20:06 ·· View and Reply
  13. BartSweerman Feeling very inspired by PICNIC '09 in Amsterdam (http://www.picnicnetwork.org/), 2009-09-25 12:00:33 ·· View and Reply
  14. boosjackus From my mobile phone Live from Picnic 09 Amsterdam: look at: #qik http://qik.ly/hZRX, 2009-09-25 11:53:16 ·· View and Reply
  15. geeksonaplane #GOAP participants are speaking at @Ignite at #picnic 09 in amsterdam. Speakers include @bradyforest + @davemcclure, 2009-09-25 10:41:15 ·· View and Reply
  16. WouterBlok on wifi, because vodafone internet is malfunctioning. (@ Picnic 09 in Amsterdam) http://bit.ly/ge251, 2009-09-25 07:39:39 ·· View and Reply
  17. Sibren Have fun again! RT @iskandr: Ready for a whole day of #picnic09 (@ Picnic 09 in Amsterdam) http://bit.ly/ge251, 2009-09-25 07:28:12 ·· View and Reply
  18. iskandr Ready for a whole day of #picnic09 (@ Picnic 09 in Amsterdam) http://bit.ly/ge251, 2009-09-25 07:15:34 ·· View and Reply
  19. thefutureofnews The next 5 years in Social Media: my presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam: Source: MediaFuturist http://bit.ly/1iR6bG, 2009-09-24 21:30:36 ·· View and Reply
  20. new_reality futuremeyer: The next 5 years in Social Media: my presentation at PICNIC 09 in Amsterdam: Gerd Leon.. http://bit.ly/6rKvu, 2009-09-24 21:19:38 ·· View and Reply

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