Podcast: The Demo-er's Dilemma

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
March 31, 2009

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We look at something everyone in geospatial has likely presented or viewed: a demo. Has the importance of demos changed over the years? Does the medium matter? And, if the story is so good, do you even need to see one?

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Demos (#1) by August West, westdock
Date: March 31, 2009 12:49 PM

You should interview John Calkins, the master of all demos and the seer of future ESRI software.

Take his Adapx magic pen demo for instance - complete WOW at the UC - that showed a partners "product" seven months before it was released.

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