Our Net2 podcast volunteers David Collin and Stace Carter are rocking and rolling this week with the podcasts. 

David posted his interview from the last San Francisco Net Tuesday with the founders of Gabbly, Teck Chia and Flora Sun.

The fabulous folks at Cisco were kind enough not only to host the NetSquared Conference, but also to record all the sessions for us. Wahoo!  Just got news today that they've Fed Ex'd the files to me so hopefully I should be able to start putting them up on the NetSquared podcast sometime next week.

Still a bit zonked after the conference, but wanted to share a couple pics from the Tips and Tricks workshops during the Making It Happen section of the Net2 Conference.  It was great to see all the people sharing knowledge around all kinds of topics.  As someone who worked in education for a while, it occurred to me that one of the strengths of the Net2 Conference was how it addressed different learning styles.  The big sessions were really just for listening, the smaller breakout sessions allowed for more discussion and the Making It Happen sessions were hands-on.

I'm at a loss for words, so a photo from yesterday's plenary will have to suffice.  Over and over I hear people say, "what an incredible mix of people", and "everyone is so friendly and nice."  Seems like people arrived ready to share, build and collaborate as well as to listen and learn.

Or maybe it is the enormous quanitity of cake available that is making everyone so happy:

 

Micah:
Democracy is changing – new tools, new strategies, new ways of thinking
The cost of finding like-minded souls and banding together around a common cause is almost zero
Network means something very different from the days of CBS, NBC, ABC
People want to be heard
Members expect more of a say
Readers want to talk back to journalists/editors
Citizens demanding more transparency and responsiveness from their governments

People are attracted to participation – more than writing checks to support a cause – also realizing they can be co-creators.

So the session question – how can we adapt to this?

 .....a live, uncut and subjective take on the session

participants: Dan Gillmor, Hong Eun-tael, Ethan Zuckerman

immoderator: Michael Rogers

....a live, uncut and subjective take on the session

participants: Howard Rheingold and Paul Saffo

immoderator: Lucy Bernholz