Antony Mayfield from Spannerworks is here and has already got himself into trouble.
Our man with the heavy fingers irritated a fellow delegate by bashing away on his laptop during one of the sessions this morning.
Word of his dastardly crime is spreading amongst the assembled bloggers in the room.
Vecosys.com puts its very well:
“And possibly some conference controversy as Antony Mayfield was asked to ’stop typing’ by a delegate who appears not to understanding someone might be blogging a conference about changing media… Perhaps she didn’t get the memo.”
Antony come to terms with his misdemeanor here.
Back to the conference…
Kevin May, editor, Travolution
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