During WebRTC Expo, I like to sit at the back of the room, munching on Zanax, I mostly focus on how many people enter or leave the room during a presentation. The more ‘net new, the more I give points to the presenter. Ian Small, CEO @ TokBox once again stole the show with his matter of fact, entertaining and story about how a financial institute might use WebRTC. Of note, Ian barely even mentions Tokbox and almost never delves into techo speak. Yet the audience was alert (I briefly stopped eating Zanax) and we all got the message from the presentation (using Sesame street characters).
For readers of this blog (not applicable to non-readers), you’re part of the founding (and representative) group for WebRTC. Much as I love all of you, imagine if you attended the event for the first time – what impression would you have left with? More excited? Less? Or in an bewildered state? The onus is on all of us, me included, to up our game. The Internet is littered with technology mavens who are now technology spinsters, arguing in an ever smaller group about something that has long since past (note I didn’t mention XMPP). Our opportunity is much larger. WebRTC Expo Atlanta is coming in 6 months, more events in between and more than enough time for make our representative demonstrations exciting and compelling.
I’m not nominating Ian again, I’m not sure that’s a warning or a threat. Treat it as both.