An online notebook
One of the best sessions at 2gether08 was Simon Berry’s on his ColaLife project, to try and gather as much support as he can for his idea to use the Coca Cola distribution network to get dehydration salts to those that need them in the developing world. It was also frustratingly short – another argument … Keep reading
One of the interesting topics to emerge from 2gether08, specifically the sessions on whether UK politics is ‘big enough’ for the web, and ‘egov to wegov‘, was where we stand on campaigning online, especially in comparison with the US. This ties in neatly with a speech made by the Skills Minister, David Lammy, last week: … Keep reading
On Thursday night I was lucky enough to be invited to Number 11 for a few drinks with various online luminaries, including a bunch of guys who went on Web Mission 08 and lots of lovely government webbies too, courtesy of Tom Watson, the Minister for Doing Fun Things with the Web. William Heath describes … Keep reading
Public lives: Does the internet know too much about us? – Features, Gadgets & Tech – The Independent Poor Dom! (tags: privacy community web2.0 independent socialmedia reference internet online)
So, it’s all over. 2gether08, Steve Moore‘s vision of getting good people from the media, government, third sector, social entrepreneurs and the world of webbies together, was a fantastic couple of days in the (mostly) sunshine. There is so much to talk about, and loads going round in my head. First up, my session. We … Keep reading