I don’t blog much these days.
I spend most of my time on Twitter where conversations are much more instant and where you can witness change happening and news “as it happens, not after it has happened”.
I came to work today with the intention of keeping one eye and one ear on the Digital Britain summit at the British Library through the live streaming video feed.
Not sure if its the surge in on-line demand for watching this event or flaky Internet connection at the venue, but the streaming video became unwatchable – well the pictures were OK, but the audio a no go. (I know you tried Dave!)
So I returned to my friends on Twitter, I cranked up Twitterfall typed “DigitalBritain” into the Searches box and instantly was connected to a superfast stream of what is REALLY going on at the Digital Britain Summit.
I don’t get the political spin, the hollow promises … and the clicks and jittery audio, instead I get the thoughts and views of @digitalbritain and other people at the summit I trust and respect … and due to the wonder of Twitter lots and lots of new contacts I ought to be following as well.
Simple choice really. Thanks to you all – keep it up.
Oh, and a little ironic that we can’t listen to the people who are telling us about the future of a Digital Britain … because of problems with the digital infrastructure.
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