During the morning of Day Two of the first Internet Governance Forum, there was a multi-stakeholder dialogue on issues of “opennness.” The session spent the bulk of time talking about freedom of expression issues and particularly the responsibility of companies in using their influence to pressure governments to be more open. Then the moderator moved…
Internet Governance Forum06: Day 1 Wrap-up
So the first day of the first Internet Governance Forum is over, thank goodness. I clearly look like hell, cause all my old friends from the WSIS walk up to me and say, “Hi Rik, good to see you! Man, you look like hell.” Here are some of my highlights that I can summon from…
Crappy wifi stymies liveblogging the IGF
Ugh, I just lost a fairly detailed post on the Internet Governance Forum because of the crappy wifi here. Sigh, irony. The IGF began this morning in Athens, which I walked into not-so-fresh from an overnight flight. To get get a sense of what’s going on, you can check out the webcasts of the event,…
Panelists confirmed for Thursday Machinima Fest Pre-screening
We’re only a couple of days away from the first of two Second Life events held in conjunction with the 2006 Machinima Festival in New York. Lots of buzz among the machinimators and blogosphere about this, so I think we’ll get a good turnout. For the Thursday pre-screening (at 8PM EST in the Laguna Beach…
Survey of recent e-consultations
As I prepare my remarks for the Internet Governance Forum next week, I’m interested in what can be learned from recent ICT-enabled consultations that have taken place around different political processes. Here are a few notable ones: Minnesota just finished an interesting multi-modal e-debate among all six candidates for governor A joint US/Canadian consultation took…
Me and Hiro hanging in Talib’s crib
I love this pic of Hiro Quasimodo (my RL-roommate) and me hanging out in Talib Kweli’s virtual crib. In related news, Spin Martin is working on a cool little hip-hop inspired build nearby in Saijo City (192, 48, 31). Worth a visit just for his ghetto-fied listening stations. Where’s that head-nodding animation?
Internet Governance Forum, uh, Forums
Rushing rushing rushing to put together the materials I’m going to need for my presentations at the Internet Governance Forum next week in Athens. The main focus of my talks will be on creating new modalities for broadbased participation in internet policy through various communications and information technologies. What is interesting is that there are…
What can the UN learn from virtual worlds?
There’s a very interesting discussion on the how to use the internet to facilitate broader consultations among internet users as part of the UN-initiated Internet Governance Forum’s deliberations. Apparently whatever platform chosen has to meet several conditions: Has to be open source – so people can trust the interface as accurately posting their views and…
Background on the UN’s Internet Governance Forum
So I have firmed up my speaking engagements for the Internet Governance Forum in Athens, which I am headed to on Sunday. I am on at least two panels, one "Internet Governance Participation" on Tuesday and another on "Intellectuals in IGF" on Thursday. That leaves me a lot of time for live-blogging and other outside…
Blog love for the Machinima Fest
We are starting to hear some blogosphere chatter on the 2006 Machinima Festival and the Second Life component of the event, which is super-cool. Among the notable mentions: Kotaku Gaygamer.net! Wonderland Think d2c and Shattered Keyboard Thanks, folks! Keep up that viral news goodness. After the jump, I provide some links to spots in Second…