In case you missed it, the log from [[Democracy|DTECHCON]] on Saturday is here. A small crowd gathered to discuss different projects such as Plexnet, Parlement and Demosphere. A project which doesn’t have a website of its own yet is InfoLibre by François A. Bradet. As I understand it, he wants to use mechanisms of roleplaying games to motivate people to participate in productive online environments. After the chat was officially over, Wybo Wiersma dropped in to discuss LogiLogi; a separate log is available for this.
All in all, I think the model of holding a conference on IRC is quite workable, though we haven’t yet tested it with a large crowd. I think it’s a good way to connect people who might otherwise not meet, and let them know about different projects in a short time. It would have been cool to have Tom Steinberg from mysociety, but he never responded to my invitation – the mysociety projects came up in the discussion a couple of times, especially Pledgebank.
Alas, I wrote the manifesto too short ahead of the conference; if I had taken some time to polish and publish it, it could have brought some additional attention to DTECHCON. As is, I still think it was a worthwhile and useful exercise, and very much intend to repeat it at some point. For those interested in democracy online, the Demosphere wiki has a cool list of related projects.
November 29, 2005 at 12:59 am
Strange – I can’t find any reference to this in my email! Is there anything I can help with?
November 29, 2005 at 2:00 am
Hi Tom,
looks like the blogosphere is a smaller world than email :-). I sent you two mails, one dated Oct 20, and one dated Nov 1, subject “Berlin / world democracy chat” and “Resend: Berlin / world democracy chat”. I sent them to tom AT tomsteinberg DOT co DOT UK. Did they get through?
The two reasons I wrote were your brief visit to Berlin (where I live with Angela Beesley, whom you contacted) and the upcoming chat. There’s nothing specific I’d like to talk to you about now that both are over, but it would be cool to be able to get in touch in the future.
Best,
Erik
November 29, 2005 at 3:04 am
Hey Erik,
I was going to send you an email, but I thought you might be better served with a public vote of confidence in the first annual DTECHCON. I have to say that it was a great experience to be able to share with others, and explore all the various aspects of the projects in which we are involved. From the minutae details of back end databases and programming languages to the more general discussion on the philosophical nature of democracy and power, I felt the conference was the perfect structure and venue for this event.
I’m thoroughly excited for next year’s conference, and I know that all the advice and feedback we got this time around will have only helped to improve the project for next years DTECHCON. If there’s anything I can do to aid or contribute in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the Demosphere.net Project members.
Kudos,
Sincerely-
Jordan Schroder
December 6, 2005 at 10:00 pm
Hey Erik,
For some reason, I’ve misplaced your email. I hope you get a chance to read this. Take a look at something I found on gnn.tv
http://www.gnn.tv/blogs/11143/The_New_Media_paradigm_Neurobiology_Nodal_Filters
I think it’s right up your alley.
cheers,
jordan