Eric Wahlforss is one of the guys behind SoundCloud. This is where he jots down thoughts on the web, music and strategy, among other things.
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Reeebooting!
At Reboot with all these great people — Adam, Henrik, Erik, Stefan, Alexis, Joel, Ulla, Jyri and many more — realising that (sadly?) 99% of all the interesting talk takes place between the talks! Aside from the great keynote by Doc Searls, there’s a lot of talk about things we already know all too well; blogs, creative commons, tags, wikis, etc. Of course it’s nice to to hear people like Jimbo Wales explaining the philosophy that spawned Wikipedia (interesting factoid: ~2% of Wikipedia users provide ~75% of the content!), and David Heinemeier Hansson talking about how he created rails; but all in all, these talks really serve more like wrap-ups or receipts of things we already know in and out.
Anyway: summer is here, I’m rebooting. Fantastic to be here!
June 20th, 2005 at 8:25 am
i wish i could speak at one of these events, or like at the blogher thing, i have some really good ideas about how to use your blog to generate income in the mobile market space. i wonder how you get invited to speak?
June 20th, 2005 at 8:32 am
hey nice your fund for artists! i wish there was the chance to take a peek inside so i could see if it is something that could help me gain funding for my art projects, exhibitions, etc. or is it only open to members of the eu?
June 26th, 2005 at 1:23 am
Anina: I think the best way of getting invited is inviting yourself. The Reboot conference is very much a happening, a process, a space with lots of potential for making things happen. Some of the slots in the program were more or less set “live”, so coming armed with some charisma and aggressiveness goes a long way.
Erik: Thanks for the brief conversations in Denmark. Let’s have them longer. And say hello to Steven Dekorte if you run into him. (I’d insert a smiley here, but they look awful, so I refrain. I smile here. You’ll have to take my word it.)
June 27th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
olle: thanks! I will
anina: did you get my mail with answers to your questions..?