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What a fine little piece of joy from The Society for Geek Advancement!
Actually, it’s all for a really good cause – supporting the awesome folks at Room To Read, who build libraries in developing countries.
So, come join your fellow geeks – famous and not so famous – and proudly declare your geekiness!
As a part of an event I have coming up, the organisers asked me to do a litte future speculation on the direction the cultural and technological aspects of social networking are taking. Here’s what I put together for them.
Since late 2008, Australia and NZ have seen a significant spike in awareness in the general [...]
Just this weekend, a major event took place in Washington DC – Government 2.0 Camp. It brought together 500 thinkers and doers who seek to engage and transform government in such a way as to make the executive and legislature more open and responsive, more engaged with the public and to ensure that the public, [...]
February 5, 2009
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The second TED session was possibly more mind-blowing than the first. Great speakers and arts. Huge ideas. Calls for action.
Gamelan X and ArcheDream
Weird beautiful chromatic dancers
Very like Cirque du Soleil
Online collaboration to bring together
Tom Reilly
Goes through the TED gift bag
Bags made from Coke bottles
Lots of very cool stuff, much of which has a sustainability or [...]
February 5, 2009
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Here’s the thing, I can’t write fast enough to make all this make this all make sense, so what I’m going to do is post my raw notes from each session. Crazy, I know, but hopefully it gives you at least a feel for what’s going on. When I get time, I’ll go through [...]