#activateNYC 2.0 is so 1.0
Rasiej: 9/10 videos produced in last elections mentioning Obama or McCain were made by just plain folks #activateNYC
Kirkpatrick: Can services the vulnerable use act as sensors so that action can be taken before irreversible damage occurs? #activateNYC
Rachel Sterne's talk shows the ephemeralization of NYC gov services: leveraging Quora, Broadcast, Twitter, and other free tools #activateNYC
Sterne: QR codes on all NYC work permits, which bridges the physical with digital realms #activateNYC
I hoped Braddock would pitch the Eighth Continent: we are all citizens of a nation without physical geography #activateNYC
Braddock: Any new technology is a new kind of accident. And therefore, every accident is also a technology. #activateNYC
Braddock: We shouldn't arrogantly assume that we are their (Arab Spring's) future. They may be ours. #activateNYC
Braddock: We need a Copernican shift in our geopolitical world view, based on the Web #activateNYC
Braddock: Does the web lead to a more liquid form of citizenship? The fall of the Westphalian nation state? #activateNYC
I am a huge fan of SEED's community, and much of what they have implemented #activateNYC
Questionbox -- great transitional technology until web UX is gestural and verbal #activateNYC
#raninto @Rasiej @ulrike_reinhard @mathewi @pandoprojects at #activateNYC #hashable
Berners-Lee: A lot of the world's knowledge is on scientist's computers, and we need to open that up. #activateNYC
Mandeley: 900K users = the world's largest online research database #activateNYC
(I had to leave the conference session to get power outside. Missing the Q&A #activateNYC)
(We need a new party of idealistic reformers. Like the Tea Party, but targeting the real problem, which isn't big government. #activateNYC)
Lessig was making a campaign speech, about the failure of our political system which has been plundered by the monied. Yes. #activateNYC
Newmark: A free press is the immunie system of democracy. #activateNYC
Newmark: I am working with Charity Navigator to determine how effective non-profits are. #activateNYC
Newmark: I have lost patience with good intentions. I am focussing on small effective non-profits that can get things done. #activateNYC
Newmark: I grew up and remain a nerd. I have found that operating out of my depth has become a lifestyle. #activateNYC
Negroponte: Let's let children get access to the web so they can educate themselves #activateNYC
Negroponte: 25% of teachers in Afghanistan are illiterate. #activateNYC
Rusbridger: Openness is a much bigger issue, more worthy of debate that paywalls #activateNYC
(yet another conference with no electrical plugs #activateNYC)
Guardian editor Rusbridger: challenged by Jarvis he sums up the Guardian in one word? Open. In two? Open and mutual. #activateNYC
arrived at the Guardian Activate conference and looking forward to the day #activateNYC