monkeynotions reports a funny IM conversation she had with a friend about eTech, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference held last week in San Diego:

me: i spoke to a friend who just came back from eTech
me: he said almost everyone in the room had their laptop open
me: and no one was paying attention
me: he said there were even two guys who spent all their time on their laptop in the lobby
me: heh
my friend: wasn't this year's theme in eTech Attention Trust?
me: yah
me: hahah
me: which makes it even more ironic