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Lessons from WineCamp

Before leaving Calaveras, the cadre of WineCampers sat down to share thoughts on the weekend:

Why Net Neutrality Matters

The Net Neutrality conversation at NetSquared circled around issues of content ownership. And within this conversation lurked another harsh question: who owns the Internet? And could the people who own the various pipes and connections of the Internet implement the controls under debate at any time?

How MoveOn and Democracy Now! Sow the Seeds of Grassroots Politics

Citizens are beginning to demand more openness and transparency from their leaders. As Dan Gillmor noted yesterday, the individuals who used to be the audience are now becoming co-producers. People are attracted to participation; they like the power of co-creation, the opportunity to do more than simply write a check. In this NetSquared dialogue, Micah Sifry of Personal Democracy Forum asks: How can nonprofits thrive in this environment?

The Women Come Out for NetSquared

Environment: The NetSquared Conference in San Jose, sponsored by CompuMentor and TechSoup.

Citizen Journalism All-Stars Align

Journalist Michael Rogers hosted an all-star panel at NetSquared on citizen journalism and social change.

Nonprofit Revenue Strategies That Go Beyond Online Fundraising

Vince Stehl from the Surdna Foundation, which was instrumental in the creation of TechSoup, moderated this panel on nonprofit revenue strategies at NetSquared.

Communication Technologies that Support Human Rights

The ecology of human rights organizations is immensely complex. As Patrick Ball of Benetech walked through the quantity of players and social dynamics at NetSquared today, it became clear that developing technology for the human rights community is an intimidating challenge. (Disclosure note: Omidyar Network is a funder of Benetech.) On one end, there are local, grassroots groups with sensitive information to share. Ball had useful advice for folks trying to bridge these groups with larger efforts via technology:

Viral Participation Lessons from BlogHer, BarCamp, and Burger King

Distributed grassroots marketing (aka the feel-good model of viral marketing) was explored at today's NetSquared. Circuit fixture Marnie Webb from Compumentor/NetSquared "im"moderated, and she was joined by panelists Elisa Camahort of BlogHer, Tara Hunt of Riya, and Chris Messina.

Howard Rheingold on Leading Disruption

Howard Rheingold, Paul Saffo, and Lucy Bernholz spoke out on disruption at today's NetSquared conference. The conversation and Q&A toured a variety of issues, but one salient bit related to the issues of leadership that came up at this weekend's WineCamp.

Real-World Community (2.0)

The erosion of real-world community is a compelling topic. As our culture has evolved lifestyles away from the community interactions that were driven by churches, stay-at-home parents, etc., we've failed to come up with replacement connections that are pervasive, cross-generational, cross-cultural, and real-world. New community networks were discussed at this weekend’s WineCamp.

Storytelling that Drives Community Engagement

One of the recurrent themes that came up at this weekend’s WineCamp at Ferriere Vineyards (our wonderful host!) was the concept of storytelling. In particular, one arts educator wanted to explore how participatory media and collaborative storytelling could lead to community engagement.

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Audrey MacLean on Best Practices for Angel Investing

Renowned angel investor Audrey MacLean explored the nuances of angel investing with the audience at yesterday's Women's Angel Colloquium. MacLean, a founder of both Network Equipment Technologies and Adaptive, revealed that her role as private investor was an accidental byproduct of her career in the computer industry.

Susan Wojcicki on the Secrets of Google's Success

There was a brief glimpse into Google's early days at the First Annual Women's Angel Colloquium in San Francisco, hosted by the Women's Technology Cluster. Susan Wojcicki, the VP of Product Management from Google, shared lessons learned, along with the odd idiosyncracy:

Show Me the Exits - Making Money on VC Investments

Alan Salzman from Vantage Point Venture Partners moderated a panel on exits for venture-backed companies at the NVCA Annual Conference. He was joined by Todd Carter from Savvian, Ken Goldman from Siebel Systems, Colin Stewart from Morgan Stanley, and Thomas Weisel of Thomas Weisel Partners.

Wireless VentureChicks

Environment: The Wireless Ventures 2006 conference in San Jose, hosted by Dow Jones/VentureWire.

Pieter Knook on Microsoft's Consumer Wireless Strategy

At last week's Wireless Ventures 2006 conference, Eric Savitz of Barron's discussed strategies for addressing the consumer wireless market with Pieter Knook, SVP of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division of Microsoft. Microsoft's consumer wireless strategy actually looks through a business lens:

Musings on Attention, Identity, and Digital Rights Licensing

Tom Maddox from Opinity just posted his podcast of our spontaneous discussion at the Internet Identity Workshop around the intriguing intersection of identity, digital rights, licensing, and attention. Also, when ownership and content creation get pulled to the individual masses (as vs. a few large producers and distributors), what social and legal changes are implied? More in the podcast download.

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Wrestling with Identity Rights Agreements

An examination of identity rights agreement paradigms (along with much anti-lawyer sentiment) was fostered by Drummond Reed and Phil Windley at the Internet Identity Workshop. Highlights included:

 

Navigating the Challenges of Social Identity

Many accepted tenets of identity relate to how identity works in the real world. James O'Kane (who works at KPMG in his other life, and has some freaky real-life experiences in law enforcement and online behavior) led a session on social identity at today's Internet Identity Workshop.

Tagging and Identity with I-Tags

Mary Hodder led an open space discussion of i-tags at today's Internet Identity Workshop. Mary wanted to figure out a good way for bloggers to both engage in tagging and establish the 'trusted tags' that could support linking. Many companies need an open source way for users to create tags that can be pulled into a variety of online systems.

Doc Searls' History of Identity

Doc Searls closed opening day at the Internet Identity Workshop with a little bit of its history, and why he became personally involved:

Microsoft Revisits Internet Identity

Mike Jones from Microsoft hopped up at the Internet Identity Workshop to share Microsoft's "Laws of Identity":

Identity Women

Environment: The Internet Identity Workshop in Mountain View, organized by Kaliya Hamlin, Doc Searls, and Phil Windley.

Dick Hardt's Key Success Factors for Internet Identity

Dick Hardt from Sxip Identity and Identity 2.0 posed a big question at today's boot camp for the Internet Identity Workshop. What are the key success factors of an Internet identity infrastructure?

User-Centric Identity Boot Camp Lessons

Today marked the kickoff of this week's Internet Identity Workshop at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Why care about digital identity? From mashups to digital rights management to web services, the individual's control over his or her identity has reemerged as a prominent issue: