Saturday
Apr212007
iCommons CC Salon Report-Back
Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 3:35PM 
The iCommons Bring and Braai event lastnite in Cape Town was AMAZING! Thanks to the wonderful iCommons team, Daniella, Rebecca, JC and Heather for putting such a kiff event together!!Internet visionaries and all-round cool guys Jimmy Wales and Larry Lessig loved the party and were busy the whole time chatting and meeting lots of Cape Town geeks and Free-Culture enthusiasts.
Justin Nurse was there, handing out Googlethu t-shirts and Laugh It Off event calendars. I saw him and the Stormhoek guys hitting it off (perhaps exchanging ideas on how best to disrupt the market:p).
Richard Mulholland and Prof. Lessig were also getting deep on the subject of presentation skills - particularly the world-famous Lessig-Method, I wonder who learned more?
Of course, the purpose of the event was to activate involvement in iCommons - to get the community together, to encourage digital sharing, and to protect our rights online. The Freedom Toaster was there so people could freely upload their own cc-licenced music, and other people could download it freely and pass it along.
I was particularly stoked to chat with Dr. Bobbi Kurshan, who has a global education and learning community called Curriki. We're looking into using it for the Nomadic Marketing course we're doing with the UCT GSB.
Good news too: thanks to Missing Link the event has been captured on video. These guys kick butt at making videos and presentations - can't wait to see the vid! It'll be posted on the web soon for your viewing pleasure.
The event is done, but the work continues - create, collaborate, remix, share...
Reader Comments (38)
where can i get a Googlethu tshirt?
Greenmarket Square
The Free Culture Tour has shifted my headspace. The potency of the Lessig/Wales combo coming to our shores to start the ignitions was undeniable.
Thank you to the iCommons team who I now utterly adore! ..and to you Marketing Geek for co.ordinating a great party last night.
I'll be rocking my SA Free Culture tee with pride
Totally inspired!
It was epic to have you there MK:) Thank you for contributing your beautiful energy to help make it a success.
Ok, so we can get the Lessig/Wales combo back again soon if enough people sign up with iCommons, and start creating Wikipedia articles in African languages.
Wow... so stoked at it all. Mo' respect to the iCommonistas.
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Thanks must also be made to The Muso for the part they played in the organisation of the bands;)
It was http://www.greenman.co.za/b2evolution/blogs/index.php?p=386&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" rel="nofollow">a great party, thanks to all the organisers! It'll be fantastic if the Freedom Toaster finds a permanent home there too.
Cru Master: Damn right, the Muso's rock! The bands were awesome, and fitted the event perfectly.
Cabins in the Forest and Closet Snare are both really innovative.
Another thanks to the Muso's for the 3am whiskey and diet coke back at their place after the party at 3am.
Oh most definately!
Ian: I agree. Nice one that Jimmy Wales' talk touched on your Wikipedia translation project so specifically:)
Yeah Dave, pity I missed out on that whisky - but that Tequila at the bar pretty much finished me! I dont even want to know what I said to the stormhoek gang - something about taking over the world I suspect!
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