CyberWorld and Real World to Connect at DAC
Posted by rick jamison on July 17th, 2009
Measured by the timeline of human history, Social Media is a brand new phenomenon (for that matter, so is the entire Internet).
Social media is typically defined as the online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences and perspectives with each other. Sounds a lot like how people interact in the real world as well as in cyberspace and that’s an important point. Social media might be new, but communication between people is ancient.
Blogs, forums and social media sites (such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn) provide new conduits and cool user interfaces for people to interact, but the interactions themselves begin and end with individuals seeking to be known, to be heard and to participate in the communities that matter to us.
As the exhibit floor at DAC opens on Monday, July 27, Synopsys will provide a bridge between the cyber world with the “real” world by hosting Conversation Central, a series of 27 social media-related interactive sessions led by well-known EDA bloggers, social media experts, and experienced journalists. The bridge is the opportunity for DAC attendees to converse face-to-face with thought leaders many have only met through their Internet-based blogs.
We’ve invited well-known EDA bloggers such as JL Gray, Harry the ASIC Guy, Sean Murphy, Ron Wilson, John Blyler, Brian Fuller and John Cooley to host the 30-minute sessions. In addition, multiple Synopsys bloggers will participate in meet-and-greet sessions 12:30-1:00, Monday through Wednesday.
The trucks bound for San Francisco next week loaded with everything needed to construct multiple trade show booths will include the components parts of a 14-foot Twitter Tower. What’s a Twitter Tower? Stop by the Synopsys Standards Booth 1016 to check it out: multiple 42″ plasma screens displaying real-time Twitter streams and other DAC-related content.
I will be hosting a session 5:30-6:00 Monday through Wednesday called “Competitors in Cyberspace: Why Be Friends?” All DAC attendees are invited to attend and participate, especially our competitors.
This will be the first time Synopsys has hosted this type of social media-focused event. In addition to the wisdom and interactive spontaneity of the actual conversations, our hope is that Conversation Central will also strengthen and enhance the connections between all who attend. Please join us!
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