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Gnomedex
'''Gnomedex''' is an annual technical conference, coordinated by [[Lockergnome]] founder [[Chris Pirillo]], that began in late 2001, and has so far been held five times. It is not affiliated with the [[desktop environment]] [[GNOME]]. The conference is typically held over the summer on a weekend, and focuses on leading-edge social and technical trends, most recently including [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] aggregation and [[podcasting]].

(contracted; show full)xactly about is not really known. It is fun, informative and generally enjoyable. While the conference is run professionally at high-end venues, sponsorship from large companies including [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo!]], and [[Google]] keeps registration fees unusually low. Another uncommon feature is a single "stream" of speeches in one room holding a few hundred people, rather than parallel series of talks and discussions as at other conventions.

Topics are vast, but activities are usually centered 
aroundon a theme: at 2004's Gnomedex 4.0, the theme was "Taking the 'con' out of Convention", while Gnomedex 5.0's taglines in June 2005 included "The Technology People Aggregator" and "Grassroots of RSS, Blogging, Podcasting, BitTorrent, Media!" A bit odd, the mixture makes up an unusual conference experience.

==External links==
*[http://www.gnomedex.com/ Gnomedex Website]

[[Category:Conventions]]