Or: Searching for a European blogosphere
If Day 1 at a conference as unnerving, as Anna Ebbesen desrcibed it on this blog, Day 2 is usually tougher to get through, as most people are tired and hungover, and it’s hard for the speakers to bring around view points that hasn’t been mentioned before. Nevertheless, Day 2 was as least as interesting as Day 1. No more “what can Europe learn from Obama”, but with more focus on “how can Europe come together, digitally speaking?”. The following is my output of …

First day of any conference is always a bit unnerving – who’s actually attending? Will the panels suck the life out of their audience? Or will it actually be worth your while? At the speakers cocktail party Thursday, the organizers reminded us, that we were what the people had paid to see… Consequently we could be the ones people would twitter about just how boring we made their lives. Now that’s social pressure for you!
9:30-10:00am  Registration & Coffee
Buzzing atmosphere. Some slightly hung-over, others ready for networking right from the start. …

What a hectic week! The flight to Barcelona was a welcomed break from the to-do’s and humongous pile of unread emails.
Pre-ramble
Wednesday evening came and went as I re-did my presentation for Fridays panel over and over. 8 minutes is not a lot of time. Especially when you spend a quarter of that trying to find the English word for the articulated Danish sentence you were thinking of….
Sitting in the plane to Barcelona, we realized that none of us had brought a map, or thought at all about practicalities: how do …

Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) har gennem flere år afholdt konferencer i USA om politisk digital kommunikation med nogle af de mest hotte navne på feltet. Som de skriver på deres hjemmeside: “For six years, Personal Democracy Forum has been THE place in America where politicos and technologists gather to learn from each other, network, and glimpse the future.”
I år har de så valgt at lave en europæisk udgave af konferencen. Gemt mellem tyske bloggere, Obama-kampagnefolk og Barcelonas borgmester står Anna og jeg på listen over talere til konferencen. Vi skal …