Comments on: DAC Theme #1 - “The Rise of the EDA Bloggers” http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/ sharing insights into the people side of ASIC design Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sonia Harrison http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1121 Sonia Harrison Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:35:15 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1121 Harry, great write-up. Sorry I wasn't able to make any of the social media sessions (too many other big fish to fry this year) at DAC. However, it was a pleasure to finally meet you in person. Harry, great write-up. Sorry I wasn’t able to make any of the social media sessions (too many other big fish to fry this year) at DAC. However, it was a pleasure to finally meet you in person.

]]> By: Robin http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1120 Robin Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:33:28 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1120 I read your comment son chip101.com and added this there. I am not a blogger or consultant and do not have any web presence and just a EDA developer. ============= Cooley’s site is the most antiquated blog. The site is an exhibit from web 0.01 era. No dynamic content, bad fonts, bad layout and stupid icons. Your sites and others have a better look and feel. Personally I feel people go to a blog that is updated more frequently. I personally go to check out all the blogs that get updated daily and most advanced folks would subscribe to RSS feed and read it. Cooley’s blog gets updated once in eternity. and it is not a forum! It is a moderated email list. In this era of instant update with twitter (not really mush useful), that site has no room for comments or independent discussion. The emails that get printed there are not necessarily written by the designers themselves but by AC’s of companies. I think Cooley saying that blogs are bogus and his forum is great is a conflict of interest. He has a brand name that is being threatened by more advanced bloggers. that brand name enables him to get more opportunities and free licenses from vendors. All that will disappear if other media sites pick up. I frankly can not see his site as a forum. I read your comment son chip101.com and added this there. I am not a blogger or consultant and do not have any web presence and just a EDA developer.

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Cooley’s site is the most antiquated blog. The site is an exhibit from web 0.01 era. No dynamic content, bad fonts, bad layout and stupid icons. Your sites and others have a better look and feel. Personally I feel people go to a blog that is updated more frequently. I personally go to check out all the blogs that get updated daily and most advanced folks would subscribe to RSS feed and read it.

Cooley’s blog gets updated once in eternity. and it is not a forum! It is a moderated email list. In this era of instant update with twitter (not really mush useful), that site has no room for comments or independent discussion. The emails that get printed there are not necessarily written by the designers themselves but by AC’s of companies. I think Cooley saying that blogs are bogus and his forum is great is a conflict of interest. He has a brand name that is being threatened by more advanced bloggers. that brand name enables him to get more opportunities and free licenses from vendors. All that will disappear if other media sites pick up. I frankly can not see his site as a forum.

]]> By: David Lin http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1118 David Lin Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:04:59 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1118 Harry, I agree with all the sentiments above … this was definitely the year Social Media made a real impact at DAC and not just in "buzz". Sean’s roundup of #46DAC blog coverage is eye-opening … who knew we would have 20+ citizen reporters generating 60+ articles. Pay attention, EDA marketers and users! Regarding the Blogger competition: As we discussed late-late night at the Denali party, the original intent with the EDA’s Next Top Blogger and Community Superhero contests was to highlight some of the unique individual talent in our industry, while also raising awareness of EDA blogs and rewarding community activities. We hoped it would be done in fun and didn’t expect it to get so competitive … so much so that JL felt pressured to write a couple extra posts. ;-) With several thousand votes in each contest, I think we accomplished the goals – with the added exposure, hopefully all the EDA bloggers can be winners and the overall EDA community will benefit in return. Anyway, both of these contests are being retired, but we’ve already started planning next year’s festivities. If you have any ideas, drop me a line … Best Regards, Dave Lin / Denali BTW, I’m eagerly awaiting “DAC Theme #2 … “ Harry,

I agree with all the sentiments above … this was definitely the year Social Media made a real impact at DAC and not just in “buzz”. Sean’s roundup of #46DAC blog coverage is eye-opening … who knew we would have 20+ citizen reporters generating 60+ articles. Pay attention, EDA marketers and users!

Regarding the Blogger competition: As we discussed late-late night at the Denali party, the original intent with the EDA’s Next Top Blogger and Community Superhero contests was to highlight some of the unique individual talent in our industry, while also raising awareness of EDA blogs and rewarding community activities. We hoped it would be done in fun and didn’t expect it to get so competitive … so much so that JL felt pressured to write a couple extra posts. ;-) With several thousand votes in each contest, I think we accomplished the goals – with the added exposure, hopefully all the EDA bloggers can be winners and the overall EDA community will benefit in return.

Anyway, both of these contests are being retired, but we’ve already started planning next year’s festivities. If you have any ideas, drop me a line …

Best Regards,
Dave Lin / Denali

BTW, I’m eagerly awaiting “DAC Theme #2 … “

]]> By: John Ford http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1117 John Ford Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:25:23 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1117 Nice write-up Harry! Starting to wish I'd been there - but kayaking in Monterey bay and tooling around Carmel instead was pretty cool... Sounds like social media reached some sort of critical mass and burst out this year... but I will never forget last year, and that slightly awkward BoF - and everybody getting up to leave at once when I started to talk. Made for a great story! Let me know when you're in the neighborhood, and I'll buy you a beer! JMF Nice write-up Harry! Starting to wish I’d been there - but kayaking in Monterey bay and tooling around Carmel instead was pretty cool…

Sounds like social media reached some sort of critical mass and burst out this year… but I will never forget last year, and that slightly awkward BoF - and everybody getting up to leave at once when I started to talk. Made for a great story!

Let me know when you’re in the neighborhood, and I’ll buy you a beer!

JMF

]]> By: Brian Fuller http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1115 Brian Fuller Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:04:49 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1115 Harry, great write up and great to meet you in person last week. Hats off to the creativity and courage you and every other engineer-blogger has shown in the past few years creating a really important voice and source for design engineering. As I straddle new and old media, it scares and saddens me that my media colleagues sequestered themselves in "their own back corner room." It's a metaphor and one that does not bode for the evolution of their media and their journalism. But, times change, and it's inspiring to see so many smart, energetic people nailing together the framing for the next chapter in journalism. Cheers, Brian Harry, great write up and great to meet you in person last week.
Hats off to the creativity and courage you and every other engineer-blogger has shown in the past few years creating a really important voice and source for design engineering. As I straddle new and old media, it scares and saddens me that my media colleagues sequestered themselves in “their own back corner room.” It’s a metaphor and one that does not bode for the evolution of their media and their journalism.
But, times change, and it’s inspiring to see so many smart, energetic people nailing together the framing for the next chapter in journalism.
Cheers,
Brian

]]> By: Karen Bartleson http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1112 Karen Bartleson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1112 Nice writeup, Harry. The Twitter Tower and Conversation Central were a first for DAC - very much an experiment. I wasn't sure how successful they would be, but I told my somewhat-nervous team that you can't fail on something that's never been done before. What a rocking success they were - thanks to everyone who did the work behind the scenes and participated in the activities. The blogger contest served its purpose of raising awareness of blogging in EDA. Hats off to Denali. (It became a bit too competitive though, IMHO. It was just a game [did I really say beauty queens?] after all.) #46DAC was great all around. One of the nicest times was having burgers with you, JL, and my husband - a warm and relaxing dinner with a few good friends. Looking forward to #47DAC with all of you, Karen Nice writeup, Harry. The Twitter Tower and Conversation Central were a first for DAC - very much an experiment. I wasn’t sure how successful they would be, but I told my somewhat-nervous team that you can’t fail on something that’s never been done before. What a rocking success they were - thanks to everyone who did the work behind the scenes and participated in the activities.

The blogger contest served its purpose of raising awareness of blogging in EDA. Hats off to Denali. (It became a bit too competitive though, IMHO. It was just a game [did I really say beauty queens?] after all.)

#46DAC was great all around. One of the nicest times was having burgers with you, JL, and my husband - a warm and relaxing dinner with a few good friends.

Looking forward to #47DAC with all of you,
Karen

]]> By: harry http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1111 harry Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:53:10 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1111 Fair enough, JL. As I recall it was the sentiment we felt and perhaps not verbalized specifically as "silly". The "beauty queens" part came from Karen, though. In any case, I agree that a Community Superhero is much more worth celebrating. Fair enough, JL. As I recall it was the sentiment we felt and perhaps not verbalized specifically as “silly”. The “beauty queens” part came from Karen, though. In any case, I agree that a Community Superhero is much more worth celebrating.

]]> By: JL Gray http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1110 JL Gray Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:41:35 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1110 Harry, Just for the record, I'm pretty sure I never said the Denali competition was "silly" - just that the more interesting and longevity-deserving competition was the one for the "Community Superhero". Thanks for the writeup, and take care, JL Harry,

Just for the record, I’m pretty sure I never said the Denali competition was “silly” - just that the more interesting and longevity-deserving competition was the one for the “Community Superhero”.

Thanks for the writeup, and take care,

JL

]]> By: mux http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1108 mux Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:34:36 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1108 What?? Karen has won the EDA's "Next top blogger" award!! i thought Paul would have a clean sweep! What?? Karen has won the EDA’s “Next top blogger” award!!
i thought Paul would have a clean sweep!

]]> By: Sean Murphy http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1106 Sean Murphy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:37:34 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/02/dac-theme-1-the-rise-of-the-eda-bloggers/#comment-1106 Thanks for your kind words. I started to map out what bloggers had written about what sessions in a substantive way at first just to read it myself. After two days I realized I should do it as a blog post and update it until the end of August to capture a reasonable record of the coverage. I was surprised at the breadth and depth of coverage from 30+ different bloggers so far. Thanks for your kind words. I started to map out what bloggers had written about what sessions in a substantive way at first just to read it myself. After two days I realized I should do it as a blog post and update it until the end of August to capture a reasonable record of the coverage. I was surprised at the breadth and depth of coverage from 30+ different bloggers so far.

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