@ericschmidt as a service, or an operating system writ large, does google run on the web? or does the web run on google? #activate2010
pphrsing @ericschmidt "privacy is fundamental to human expression" no… it's reliant on mediation & real time comm is very new… #activate2010
pphrsing @ericschmidt: "apple is closed. they do vry well. it works… but th web is open… we prefer to follow that core value…" #activate2010
paywalls? no-one knows what will happen… but you can count on google working on a crawl compatible paywall solution #activate2010
maybe i'm cynical, but i detect an element of @ericschmidt telling @arusbridger what he wants to hear #activate2010
partly due to history, according to @ericschmidt, the UK news industry is in a healthier place than the USA #activate2010
in terms of news consumption the answer sounds like "content companies" such as @guardian would be running on google's OS #activate2010
hooray! @guardian editor @arusbridger asks the news/press question of @ericschmidt #activate2010
how buzz was released was a mistake. @ericschmidt: "it was very difficult to recover from that" #activate2010
privacy & police actions are above @ericschmidt's pay grade [ie.: google shouldn't influence gov privacy guidelines] #activate2010
interesting that @ericschmidt describes google.org as an info resource in itself. publishing as philanthropy #activate2010
@guardian editor @arusbridger interviews @ericschmidt at #activate2010 — Live blog http://bit.ly/9qbaNy
enjoying "research is dead" concept from #activate2010 today. it's been replaced by real time, aggregative social interactions: ask people
"th internet is disruptive" @ericschmidt sez: "the smart developers are creating mobile applications first" #activate2010
the "cognitive surplus" argument from @cshirky is much like a reverse of @tomfriedman's flat world concept #activate2010
pphrsing @cshirky "the depth of individual UX is supplanted by the breadth of adoption" #activate2010
@cshirky explained http://www.rapidftr.com a platform that will help UNICEF collect info about children in crises #activate2010
the mobile phone is going to save the "developing" world like the web saved democracy in the mid 90s #activate2010
Internet governance vs. th princess bride by desiree miloshevic. #activate2010 http://twitpic.com/21j0zy
from @janchip: "the poor can least afford poorly designed products and services." #activate2010
"empathetic design" = warmer word in place of UCD for those involved in design for advocacy, campaigns, development, aid, etc #activate2010
heard a lot about "empathetic design" today at #activate2010 … currently from @janchip … is another prefix for design necessary?
similar to what edward #tufte has been tasked w by US gov: appr representation of info may increase transparency/effectiveness #activate2010
gearing up for th final #activate2010 keynotes, ft: @cshirky, @janchip, Joe Cerrel (B&MGates Found.) & Desiree Miloshevic (internet soc)
some brilliant #crowdsourcing apps in #africa being demo'd by Juliana Rotich [@afromusing], Ushahidi co-founder #activate2010
#activate2010 holy moly! $1.2m for @globalvoices from @Omidyar! Congats!
#activate2010 warming up nicely.
RT @lexyhugo: What Africa needs are ACTORS. Real people making real changes impacting African communities. #activate2010
RT @renatefischer: #activate2010 Liveblog: http://gu.com/p/2t4vy/tw via @aleksk
esther dyson, start-up advice: "don't look for a business model. look for something that excites you" #activate2010