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2gether08 - undampened, still buzzing

We may have finished 2gether08 in the wet, but there is plenty of enthusiasm for keeping the conversation going as you can see from the Twitter feed, and some blog items.  This is an update of an earlier post. On our networking site Maz Hardey says:

The best 2.0 event i have been to. And i’ve been to a diverse managerie of ideas, get togethers, mash-ups and conferences.

2Gether managed entertaining, high octane quality. And that can be a rare thing as far as Andrew Keen’s ‘cult of the amateur’ goes.

I cannot thank everyone involved with setting this up enough for letting me be part of it. And i look forward to future debates, discussions and diversions

Christian Heilmann blogs his reflections on 2gether08  - a geek meets people who want to change the world for good -  with a splendid photo of event curator Steve Moore determined to give us a rousing send off despite a final downpour. He says:

The main social issue I subscribed to solving at the event and the nearer future is try to make the gap between the geeks and the people with great ideas a little smaller. Geekyoto earlier this year had a similar agenda as 2gether08 - on a more technical level. The 2gether08 people went to this event, too and started merging the groups of skilled and concerned geeks and more “wider picture” thinkers. There is much power in this merger, so let’s make that happen.

Steve tried an address from the balcony (well, the fire escape), but as you can see had to give up and come down to ground.

Steve in the rain from David Wilcox on Vimeo.

I later pulled Steve off into a marquee for some drier words and found he was already thinking about another event, and how to foster a 2gether08 community.

Steve Moore from David Wilcox on Vimeo.

Earlier I took a look at the Theatre where the production team were clearing away the great quantity of equipment they used to give us really excellent video feeds from main sessions into other rooms. We’ll be editing those for the web, but with other content created by Richard Jolly from the Gym it totals 20 hours, so bear with us. You can also see here that a few beers were going down in the marquee.

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