there is no web at le web

Robin Hamman 14 Comments

Like just about everyone here, I’ve spent much of the morning looking in every nook and cranny for wifi access. It might seem strange to people who don’t blog, but for those who do, coming to a tech conference like Le Web and NOT being able to publish instantly is like having your hands cut off somewhere between your shoulder and your elbow.

I’ve finally found dependable, or at least somewhat dependable, wifi in the start-up room upstairs. It’s soon to be invaded by the hungry lunchtime masses and I fear that they’ll bring our wifi router crashing down. A bit like the person in the corner I just saw knock someone else’s mac book off a meter high table.

I’m also not the only member of the British press having additional, non-wifi related problems publishing today. I’ve written two pieces for the BBC News Online website but neither have appeared yet. It’s pretty annoying when you are used to just hitting publish and seeing your post go live.

Londonpress_1 Graham Holliday, who is writing for The Guardian’s Comment is Free, was sitting watching as his post didn’t go live for 28 minutes – and that was maybe half an hour ago. Shane Richmond from the Telegraph also seemed to be having some issues with his posts not appearing. Gremlins all round then.

14 Comments

  2. That’s a very cute photo of the three of you looking concerned because your connection is dodgy.

  3. if it ever gets going it would be good to see you on irc.freenode.net, channel #leweb3 for chat straight from the hall. I’m sitting in london wondering where all the subversive voices of dissent are ;-)

  4. I’m not at Le Web but I have noticed even the smallest of events (even non-tech events) providing free WiFi for journalists recently.
    Unfortunatly my experience so far is that it’s not particularly reliable – ever – anywhere – even when the event is being put on and organised by a communications company.

  5. Wifi’s not reliable Ryan, but this is sponsored by Orange and they’ve had all day to get it sorted. It’s 18:03 now and I’m now connected after having tried three different rooms on two different floors. I’m sure there are plenty of dissenting voices Lloyd, but if you’re having chronic problems blogging, you folk in London aren’t gonna hear them :)

  6. Yeh, it’s fine down in the main room now Graham. Sadly, it’s been a real pain trying to find and maintain a connection and that’s really limited my ability to blog the event, just as I’m sure it has frustrated other people’s attempts. Let’s hope they sort it out for tomorrow.

  10. I did notice that macs were particularly ubiquitous today – probably half the people with laptops had macs. Now if Apple had just provided the wifi…

  11. A mélange of Macs? A gaggle? In this case – a trio of unconnected, underworked, wifi hungry information sucking machines. sigh….

  12. Du vent à 600? par personne

    Hier et avant-hier a eu lieu le fameux évènement mondial français de Loïc Le Meur : la conférence LE WEB 3. Annoncée fin octobre, notre premier blogueur de France national promettait 1000 « acteurs du web2 » à son séminaire sur le web3.

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