I may take this year off from Gnomedex. Not that i don’t enjoy it immensely but because i am sick of spending rare sunny summer weekends indoors geeking out. Family and outdoor leisure time is so scant and August is the stretch run before the months of drizzle begin anew. I am always spieling forth for fall/winter confabs instead.

Though i am grateful for Chris Pirillo being a Zhonka Broadband customer, i may not make it this year though i am sure my amigo y amiga will manage to tear it up anyhow.

Here’s some flashback videos from previous years:

• Catching up with Gnomedex
• Gnomedex Recap with EMP Action
• Kickin’ Back at the Hotel Room
• Science fiction and Impressionists

Plus Darren Barefoot’s “Stacie” speech: Darren Barefoot speaks at Gnomedex, 2007 +
Darren Barefoot speaks at Gnomedex, 2007 – Part 2

and the Canadians take over Gnomedex

## Via Pirillo ##

Here’s the proposed lineup of speakers for this year fresh from Chris Pirillo.
http://www.gnomedex.com/initial-speaker-line-up-announcement/

What’s happening at Gnomedex 8.0 this year?

We’re learning about the ReacTable Project with Arick Lindross:
http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/

We’re discussing the cult of Internet celebrity with Sarah Lacy:
http://www.sarahlacy.com/

We’re talking about social search trends with Danny Sullivan
http://searchengineland.com/

We’re putting the user in control of vendors with Eve Maler
http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/welcome/

We’re engaging Gen-Y with the young entrepreneur Mark Bao
http://markbao.com/

We’re seeing how social media reaches the third world with Amanda Koster
http://www.salaamgarage.com/

We’re finding fun and frivolity with Eric Nakagawa
http://icanhascheezburger.com/

We’re noticing how open source is changing hardware suppliers with Jeremy Toeman
http://www.buglabs.net/

We may (Schedule Permitting) gain insight with Brian Cox of CERN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29

We’re discovering what went into the Mars Rover mission with Scott Maxwell
http://marsroverdriver.blogspot.com/

We’re creating our own 3D fabricators with Evan Malone
http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

We’re tripping into Internet Black Holes with Ethan Katz-Bassett
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/networking/astronomy/hubble.html

…and that’s just the beginning. :)