Seeing I won’t be there I’ve created a yahoo pipe to track activity at ConnectingUp 2008 Conference.I’m using the tag ‘cu08′ and as suggested by @kanter following the #cu08 hashtag for twitter.Feed published at this link here.Dave
Was tracking Beth Kanter’s journey via Skype, Twitter Qik on her way to ConnectingUp 2008 Conference in Brisbane.
Followed a Twitter on Sat afternoon that she was streaming live on Qik - unfortunately she quickly experienced the bottleneck that exists to any serious entry of Australia participating the Information Economy - our network access.
Click here for full image of above.
Dave
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Over on her blog, Laurel does as brilliant job of expanding on a very important penny that was dropped and jelled at the Connecting Up Conference earlier in the week.
It’s reflected in the comment I jotted down here while liveblogging. During his keynote, Daniel Ben-Horin from Compumentor made reference to the emergence of a fourth platform. Mike Twittered it at the time as this : “May 14, 2007 Mike Seyfang: Now it gets interesting - Daniel Ben-Horin: the fourth platform (the terrain has shifted)”
This whole “Social Sector”, as Laurel terms it, encompasses all the elements of ‘Free as in Freedom’ and is an economy of sharing that builds with relationship and thrives on openness and connection. All the things that amplify an individual’s life ’signal’.
Here’s a snippet from Laurel’s post “dotSub and the fourth Social Sector”
Social Sector is destroying companies and doesn’t even notice. Government - watch out, Social Sector is only about activism, without even realising it.
Get over there and read it all. Go on…you know you want to.
Dave
(Photo by 4MAX, via flickr)
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The fourth platform.
“Nice is the new black”
Daniel Ben-Horin - President (CompuMentor) - USAÂ
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Thought I’d try saving my 3G net access on my pda so went looking for wireless access. This is the message I get in the Hyatt in Adelaide.
Welcome to Broadband Internet Access
Access Credentials
User Name :
Password :
A pre-paid card is required to use this service. These can be purchased from the hotel.
Unused time on pre-paid cards is not refundable.
Wonder how much more business there is in offering wireless access bundled with conferences.
Live blogging from the CU07 conference. Here’s notes from first couple keynotes from both sides of Government.
It’s all as I heard it - ymmv.
Senator Helen Coonan - Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (LIB)
Internet (broadband) - The fifth utility
Opposes ALP ‘fibre to the node’
Telstra
G9 (Optus led)
Won’t build where industry will.
Communication fund $9 Billion (for country etc).
Top 10 OECD countries for BB takeup.
$162M broadband connect fund for regional.
National BB Network for regional areas. To be completed 2009.
$562.5 M has been put nto Innovative programs for ICT.
E-strategy guide launched CU06 (seems old to me)
3rd Section Expansion Program - 3STEP report
Taking paper to OCC
$113M Clever Networks Program..?
Disability ?
Paper-Broadband …
Guidelines for 2nd round Clever Networks program released.
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Senator Stephen Conroy- Shadow Minister for Communications & Information Technology (ALP)
Burrito project on myspace as example of scaleable commity project.
BB more than just faster internet.
Is important economic Infrastructure as important as other utilities.
Issue moved from IT pages to front pages.
Up there with Education & Climate change.
Speed rated 26/30
Quality 21st
Minister told office to stop collection of these stats re Bb.
Australia BB backwater.
Touched on de-centralisation. Tele-working.
ALP would provide $4.7Bn over 5 years in collaboration with private.
Fibre to node network.
Deliver absolute min 12mb/s to 98% country.
Telstra & G9 (Optus led) network Govt. Mentioned would only build for 5 cap cities and major centres.
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Next week I’m off to ConnectingUp 2007 Conference. This is Australia’s premiere conference for Non Profit Technology ventures. And lucky for me it’s held in Adelaide.
I’ll be doing a bit of live blogging from the event from my phone so look out here for that or on Technorati for the cu07 tag.
If you are taking photos or blogging about the conference, use cu07 tag and keep an eye out on delicious for http://del.icio.us/tag/cu07.
I will be hanging in the ‘Starting your blog’ Part 1 workshop on day one giving my mate Mike Seyfang support and anyone a hand where needed.
I don’t believe it. Mike has unearthed a video online over at googlevideo of him and I presenting at the Connecting Up conference earlier this year.
I knew these things would be used for unsavoury purposes, but never dreamt it would be this shocking!
Dave
As promised, a photo of us at the Conference.
Mike (Learndog-Left) & Dave (Lifekludger-Right) - Thanks Lab for posting the pic.
Mike and I did our presso at ConnectingUp today, all went well.
I’ve given more info. on my Lifekludger post here.
Mike’s got a bit on the presentation here too.
Oh, and our podcast was born today.
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