Re: D'oh, missed your presentation
Hakenpuc,
I totally agree that this year was dominated by TW and to a lesser extent by REA - although I don't think this has anything to do with Nige going there as you suggested - his move to REA was announced on 3rd of May - submissions closed to speak at the conference on the 31st of Jan.
And at risk of being pointed out as a nit-picker - I respectfully disagree with you again *grin*. Last year at AgileAustralia 2011, strictly speaking there were 1.5 presentations by Lonely Planet - Nigel Dalton at 11:45am on the 15th of June. Same time/date as Nick and Fiona aka the Agile Board Hackers. Nick had left LP by then, as had James Pierce who was representing Lunar Tractor. Nigel was also in a panel - not sure that counts.
I'm embarrassed that I forgot Brent Snook presented this year, he's an LPer - so in 2012 Lonely Planet had 2.5 talking spots that's certainly not "a lot less" no matter how you cut it. This year Nigel curated a stream and would tell you himself he didn't present, although he was in a panel, and did present to the Uni students after the conference on day 1.
What I note is that despite Patricks desire for Telstra to be Australia-leading in Agile - other than Carolyn on a panel, Patrick was the only standalone speaker from Telstra, let's hope that next year we see more ground-roots presenters from Telstra.
Cheers
Ed
Biting the hand that feeds IT
