Comments on: If they’re speaking Italian… http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/comment-page-1/#comment-564910 Ethan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:51:31 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/#comment-564910 BRE, I think there might have been some resistance to having web2.0 companies - or companies as a whole - as sponsors to the conference. It might have been percieved that those sponsors were controlling the conference agenda. That said, a representative from Microsoft spoke on the Friday of the conference, and there didn't seem to be much objection. Perhaps UN simply didn't think about bringing commercial sponsors to the table... BRE, I think there might have been some resistance to having web2.0 companies – or companies as a whole – as sponsors to the conference. It might have been percieved that those sponsors were controlling the conference agenda.

That said, a representative from Microsoft spoke on the Friday of the conference, and there didn’t seem to be much objection. Perhaps UN simply didn’t think about bringing commercial sponsors to the table…

]]> By: BRE http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/comment-page-1/#comment-564764 BRE Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/#comment-564764 Ethan, I'm surprised to learn that you were in attendance at this conference and only learned about that fact via Nedesanjo's post at GVO today. Don't feel like a jerk who just parachuted in to the conference to deliver a boring presentation as I am sure that your inputs were appreciated by many there. I discovered news about this conference only last month by accident when I came across Zambian journalist Brenda Zulu's post about the Digital Citizen Indaba down in South Africa. Here's the link to that post by Brenda: http://blog.web2fordev.net/2007/09/17/emergence-of-digital-citizens-in-africa-still-elitist/ One thing that I noticed in September while reviewing the Web2forDev website, blog, and wiki is that there were major government sponsors and supporters (i.e. USFAO, the EC/EU, Germany's GTZ)but apparently there were no major Web 2.0 technology companies listed as sponsors or exhibitors for this conference. Does this mean that the Web 2.0 software industry was not informed about the event, not invited to present or exhibit, or not interested? Ethan, I’m surprised to learn that you were in attendance at this conference and only learned about that fact via Nedesanjo’s post at GVO today. Don’t feel like a jerk who just parachuted in to the conference to deliver a boring presentation as I am sure that your inputs were appreciated by many there.

I discovered news about this conference only last month by accident when I came across Zambian journalist Brenda Zulu’s post about the Digital Citizen Indaba down in South Africa. Here’s the link to that post by Brenda:
http://blog.web2fordev.net/2007/09/17/emergence-of-digital-citizens-in-africa-still-elitist/

One thing that I noticed in September while reviewing the Web2forDev website, blog, and wiki is that there were major government sponsors and supporters (i.e. USFAO, the EC/EU, Germany’s GTZ)but apparently there were no major Web 2.0 technology companies listed as sponsors or exhibitors for this conference. Does this mean that the Web 2.0 software industry was not informed about the event, not invited to present or exhibit, or not interested?

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Bloggers' Notes From Web2forDev Conference http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/comment-page-1/#comment-562391 Global Voices Online » Bloggers' Notes From Web2forDev Conference Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:57:21 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/#comment-562391 [...] Zuckerman shared some highlights and his overall impressions: Kwame Ahiabenu from the International Institute for ICT in Journalism (PenPlusBytes) in Accra, [...] [...] Zuckerman shared some highlights and his overall impressions: Kwame Ahiabenu from the International Institute for ICT in Journalism (PenPlusBytes) in Accra, [...]

]]> By: web2fordev conference impressions (2) : crisscrossed blog http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/comment-page-1/#comment-559550 web2fordev conference impressions (2) : crisscrossed blog Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:53:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/#comment-559550 [...] for a farmer? The question of relevance of all this user generated content was rarely discussed. Ethan Zuckermann emphasized in his presentation how important filters in this regard are. How to filter the [...] [...] for a farmer? The question of relevance of all this user generated content was rarely discussed. Ethan Zuckermann emphasized in his presentation how important filters in this regard are. How to filter the [...]

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