I’m going to “Bil,” not TED

February 15, 2008 By

I can’t afford to go to TED. Fast Company is treating me well, but not THAT well (tickets to TED are $6,000). Even if I had the $6K I still wouldn’t be able to go since tickets to TED have been sold out for more than a year.

But I WILL be in Monterey. Across the street at the “Bil” conference. Ethan Zuckerman has the details.

Will you be there?

I have both TED and Bil on my Upcoming list of tech events.

Filed Under: Bill Watkins, Geeks, Television
  • Joe Ranft

    Another alternative is GEL (Good Experience Live) in New York. It’s an amazing conference, very TED-Like. Keeps my batteries charged to go every year.

  • Joe Ranft

    Another alternative is GEL (Good Experience Live) in New York. It’s an amazing conference, very TED-Like. Keeps my batteries charged to go every year.

  • Wreck

    Well, what with every Tom, Dick, and Harry, Bil and TED should be a good time for all concerned.

  • Wreck

    Well, what with every Tom, Dick, and Harry, Bil and TED should be a good time for all concerned.

  • http://crueltobekind.org/ Nicole Simon

    You could not have posted that like 2 weeks earlier, before I booked my flights for Mix? :) It would have been easy to pop in to Monterey as well, now I doubt I can change flights.

    International travellers need advance notice, guys! ;)

  • http://crueltobekind.org Nicole Simon

    You could not have posted that like 2 weeks earlier, before I booked my flights for Mix? :) It would have been easy to pop in to Monterey as well, now I doubt I can change flights.

    International travellers need advance notice, guys! ;)

  • http://www.billerickson.net/ Bill Erickson

    Glad you’ll be able to make it, and thanks for sharing on your blog.

    For anyone else that is interested, check out the official site: http://bilconference.com

  • http://www.billerickson.net Bill Erickson

    Glad you’ll be able to make it, and thanks for sharing on your blog.

    For anyone else that is interested, check out the official site: http://bilconference.com

  • http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028 Brian Sullivan

    All I can think of is Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure.

    I presume you are hoping to have one ;-) .

  • http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028 Brian Sullivan

    All I can think of is Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure.

    I presume you are hoping to have one ;-) .

  • Christopher Coulter

    Translation (Scoble to English): whine whine whine, no one gave me a free ticket, whaa, whaaa, whine, don’t they know WHO I am. Blah I don’t need them, so I am gonna goto a protest Alternative Prom. That’ll teach them.

  • Christopher Coulter

    Translation (Scoble to English): whine whine whine, no one gave me a free ticket, whaa, whaaa, whine, don’t they know WHO I am. Blah I don’t need them, so I am gonna goto a protest Alternative Prom. That’ll teach them.

  • http://www.twistimage.com/blog Mitch Joel - Twist Image

    I am going to TED, but will definitely pop in to Bil (it’s a very cool idea). Scoble, let’s make sure to connect in our protein forms out there :) I’ll be coming all the way from Montreal.

  • http://www.twistimage.com/blog Mitch Joel - Twist Image

    I am going to TED, but will definitely pop in to Bil (it’s a very cool idea). Scoble, let’s make sure to connect in our protein forms out there :) I’ll be coming all the way from Montreal.

  • nitpicker77

    Bring some stuff to discuss. I’m currently planning to offer to talk about a new computer user interface paradigm and/or a critique and solution to our disastrous US health care non-system. See the Karpinski page in the BILconference wiki.

    What are your topics?

  • nitpicker77

    Bring some stuff to discuss. I’m currently planning to offer to talk about a new computer user interface paradigm and/or a critique and solution to our disastrous US health care non-system. See the Karpinski page in the BILconference wiki.

    What are your topics?

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