words, concepts, phrases heard often at the re:publica 09:
twitter, huffington post, social networks, journalist vs. blogger, copyright, change, open, media, followers, politicians, relevance, three strikes, political relevance, kinderpornographie, censorship, facebook, twitter, journalism, open source, copyright, wie können deutsche blogger politischen einfluss gewinnen?, copyright, three strikes, huffington post, new media, press pass.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
day three
what a day!
first: caught the end of "social media in the mid-east" and then heard the panel on "axis? what axis?" with Esra'a Al Shafei (of mideastyouth.com) and Mary C. Joyce of the Obama campaign. very interesting and moving (especially the social media in the mid-east part).
this was followed by Jimbo Wales giving a talk on Wikipedia and Wikia... which was sometimes a little boring because he was so to speak preaching to the choir: i'm guessing most people there knew what wikipedia is and how it works. basically it was more of an advertisement for wikia. but it was good and partly inspiring.
talking about inspiring and moving: cory doctorow's speech on the internet, free culture, three-strikes-you're-out, creativity, net-neutrality, and lots more.
then we ran and caught a small lecture on changing German copyright. Dr. Till Kreutzer wrote his doctoral thesis on that and had some good observations to make and his proposal was to separate the protection of rights of the creator (composer, writer, musician) from the protection of rights of the producer (record company, publishing house).
lunch
then a panel on political blogs in Germany... which was ok.
last: panel "new european public in the net?"... good.
getting a cold... so, after walking to the location for the after-party we decided to go home, go to bed. also: we need to catch the train at 10 to 8AM...
conclusion: good but exhausting day and especially with the onset of a cold it is time to get some rest.
first: caught the end of "social media in the mid-east" and then heard the panel on "axis? what axis?" with Esra'a Al Shafei (of mideastyouth.com) and Mary C. Joyce of the Obama campaign. very interesting and moving (especially the social media in the mid-east part).
this was followed by Jimbo Wales giving a talk on Wikipedia and Wikia... which was sometimes a little boring because he was so to speak preaching to the choir: i'm guessing most people there knew what wikipedia is and how it works. basically it was more of an advertisement for wikia. but it was good and partly inspiring.
talking about inspiring and moving: cory doctorow's speech on the internet, free culture, three-strikes-you're-out, creativity, net-neutrality, and lots more.
then we ran and caught a small lecture on changing German copyright. Dr. Till Kreutzer wrote his doctoral thesis on that and had some good observations to make and his proposal was to separate the protection of rights of the creator (composer, writer, musician) from the protection of rights of the producer (record company, publishing house).
lunch
then a panel on political blogs in Germany... which was ok.
last: panel "new european public in the net?"... good.
getting a cold... so, after walking to the location for the after-party we decided to go home, go to bed. also: we need to catch the train at 10 to 8AM...
conclusion: good but exhausting day and especially with the onset of a cold it is time to get some rest.
the twitter-wall
just one thing... i like how people are twittering a lot and using twitter to communicate during the talks etc. but on the first day there were some talks and panels and behind the panel or the person giving the talk the tweets were projected on a giant screen. and it really distracted me. some tweets were relevant to what was being said and other stuff wasn't. and somehow i feel maybe i'm not intelligent enough or just too old or something... but i can't follow the tweet feed and the people on the stage at the same time. i noticed how on the second day there was no twitter-wall. maybe because they decided it was too annoying... but in all probability because the screens were being used for other stuff and/ or the screens were too small... either way i was a little relieved.
day two
decided to skip AM part of the day.
coffee and pastry for lunch.
ethics & internet... v. good. intelligent commentary.
identity in the land of interwebs: not so good. but basically because i was expecting more of a philosophical twist to it.
open everything... interesting idea. talk not so good.
Die Rolle des Staates in der digitalen Gesellschaft (the government's role in digital society) was good and interesting. especially because the German government is trying to exercise some influence on how its citizens behave and interact digitally. however, it has not shown any sign of having understood how the interwebs works or what possibilities and dangers it harbours.
then: of course: Lawrence Lessig's society2.0... a mixture of his usual talk about remixing etc. and current issues such as France's proposal of a three-strikes-you're-out policy and extension on copyright terms in Germany.
we left during the Q&A section and accidentaly caught a tiny talk on memes and why they work.
then: a discussion on whether a culture flatrate is a solution towards de-criminalizing the piracy of digital content (music, film, books, etc.) while still giving the artists and creators remuneration for their work. very heated debate. the audience was very vocal on this issue. and on our way home me and he-who-paid-for-my-ticket discussed it some more. definitely something that should be discussed some more in our society.
now: sleep.
coffee and pastry for lunch.
ethics & internet... v. good. intelligent commentary.
identity in the land of interwebs: not so good. but basically because i was expecting more of a philosophical twist to it.
open everything... interesting idea. talk not so good.
Die Rolle des Staates in der digitalen Gesellschaft (the government's role in digital society) was good and interesting. especially because the German government is trying to exercise some influence on how its citizens behave and interact digitally. however, it has not shown any sign of having understood how the interwebs works or what possibilities and dangers it harbours.
then: of course: Lawrence Lessig's society2.0... a mixture of his usual talk about remixing etc. and current issues such as France's proposal of a three-strikes-you're-out policy and extension on copyright terms in Germany.
we left during the Q&A section and accidentaly caught a tiny talk on memes and why they work.
then: a discussion on whether a culture flatrate is a solution towards de-criminalizing the piracy of digital content (music, film, books, etc.) while still giving the artists and creators remuneration for their work. very heated debate. the audience was very vocal on this issue. and on our way home me and he-who-paid-for-my-ticket discussed it some more. definitely something that should be discussed some more in our society.
now: sleep.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
short summary day one
greeting was good. keynote at beginning was interesting. the mapping of the blogosphere thing was cool visually... unfortunately not enough time to talk about how to use it... but definitely something i'll be thinking about the next couple of days.
status quo and predictions regarding german blogs: don't know. i mean definitely stuff i didn't know, but also maybe too much thinking going on about stuff that doesn't necessarily warrant it?
lunch at a place called "Spot", which is basically just a fancy kebab shop... but it was good and clean and fresh.
freedom on the net: the one thought i really took from that was "wtf?! they outsource censorship to private companies?! that sounds very dangerous!"
medienwelt im wandel (change of the world of media): trash vs. non-trash, paper vs. non-paper, boring, how is internet different for "normal" people & for journalists? what about research? who owns quality? who defines level of quality? is a journalist printed in a paper better?
then came the lecture on the Hypemachine... which was cool, because I hadn't ever really looked at it... and basically what he said was that it changed the interaction and distribution... but that those who wrote well woul succeed. which sounds comforting in its own way... and tied in nicely with the preceding lecture and discussion on who can claim their content is more valuable (what i'm going to call "qualitätshoheit").
then moot's lecture on 4chan. entertaining in its own way. not necessarily anything new. basically what he said was: 0-1 clicks + no registration = easy; no archiving + no registration + no restrictions = more freedom + creativity. what i thought was worth thinking about for a couple of moments was: he more or less breaks even with the site.
dinner: falafel platter. good.
after: boring panel on twitter. left. went to IBM panel on community within corporation blah. boring. left. sat in hall... he-who-brought-his-netbook surfed the web while i fell asleep. i really haven't slept well in 3 nights.
and after: Fettes Brot at the Kalkscheune. good. and we are home at 20 minutes past midnight. 3 g&t on my behalf. 4 beers and 1 Vodka-Coke on his. plus one more kebab for him and an order of fries for me! whoopee!
bed! now!
ooooh! brush teeth first.
good night all! lots of fun. will take computer tomorrow.
status quo and predictions regarding german blogs: don't know. i mean definitely stuff i didn't know, but also maybe too much thinking going on about stuff that doesn't necessarily warrant it?
lunch at a place called "Spot", which is basically just a fancy kebab shop... but it was good and clean and fresh.
freedom on the net: the one thought i really took from that was "wtf?! they outsource censorship to private companies?! that sounds very dangerous!"
medienwelt im wandel (change of the world of media): trash vs. non-trash, paper vs. non-paper, boring, how is internet different for "normal" people & for journalists? what about research? who owns quality? who defines level of quality? is a journalist printed in a paper better?
then came the lecture on the Hypemachine... which was cool, because I hadn't ever really looked at it... and basically what he said was that it changed the interaction and distribution... but that those who wrote well woul succeed. which sounds comforting in its own way... and tied in nicely with the preceding lecture and discussion on who can claim their content is more valuable (what i'm going to call "qualitätshoheit").
then moot's lecture on 4chan. entertaining in its own way. not necessarily anything new. basically what he said was: 0-1 clicks + no registration = easy; no archiving + no registration + no restrictions = more freedom + creativity. what i thought was worth thinking about for a couple of moments was: he more or less breaks even with the site.
dinner: falafel platter. good.
after: boring panel on twitter. left. went to IBM panel on community within corporation blah. boring. left. sat in hall... he-who-brought-his-netbook surfed the web while i fell asleep. i really haven't slept well in 3 nights.
and after: Fettes Brot at the Kalkscheune. good. and we are home at 20 minutes past midnight. 3 g&t on my behalf. 4 beers and 1 Vodka-Coke on his. plus one more kebab for him and an order of fries for me! whoopee!
bed! now!
ooooh! brush teeth first.
good night all! lots of fun. will take computer tomorrow.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Buying Tickets, Organizing Transportation and Accommodation
We are going to the Re:publica '09!
We've bought our tickets online. We've got our train-tickets all sorted out. We have a place to sleep (at the cost of buying our host dinner). We've looked at the program together. Now all we need to do is decide which talks and workshops we want to go to.
We've bought our tickets online. We've got our train-tickets all sorted out. We have a place to sleep (at the cost of buying our host dinner). We've looked at the program together. Now all we need to do is decide which talks and workshops we want to go to.
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