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May 18, 2007
At the Personal Democracy Forum
Right now I'm at the 2007 Personal Democracy Forum in Manhattan. The annual event focuses on the role of Web 2.0 in politics, so it's no surprise it's practically standing room only here at the auditorium at Pace University. Larry Lessig is giving the opening keynote right now, talking about the importance of media outlets releasing recordings of the debates for public use. (Glad NPR went public prior to his speech.) It's an amazing group of people here; Jeff Jarvis and Steve Garfield are obscuring my view of Lessig, and so far I've spotted Danah Boyd, Esther Dyson, Lee Ranie and even Will Richardson, whom oddly I've never met in person before.
This should be a fascinating event. Coming up are Thomas Friedman, Eric Schmidt of Google, Seth Godin, Arianna Huffington and Yochai Benkler - and that's just the morning session. I'll do my best to liveblog what I can. -andy
Posted by acarvin at May 18, 2007 8:40 AM
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