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Welcome to 33% Wallflowers of Web 2.0 in Australia

By Nick Hodge | June 6, 2007

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(none of the above are wallflowers!)

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As people subscribed to my twitter.com/nickhodge feed experienced, I attended the Web 2.0 Futures Conference hosted by Ross Dawson at KPMG today.

Ross recently wrote an article for Read/Write web on the Top 60 Web 2.0 applications in Australia.

My random, assumptive breakdown of the audience of about 140 people:

I met my first Web 2.0 celebrity (not including Microsoft's Jeff Sandquist; but that's being a little twee) - Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web. I have a feeling he's enjoying the latter slightly more than the former part of his blog (ie: more writing than reading)

The first part of the day involved an interesting discussion on what is Web 2.0, and what is Australia? Is the notion of borders relevant, anyway? My assessment is that language and/or culture are greater than timezones and borders. The "digital natives" see borders in different ways than previous generations.

Being that there were many VC's in the audience, and many people wanting their startup funded: the discussion around revenue models was also quickly covered.

The highlight of the day were the 5 minute demonstrations from the following Australian Web 2.0 companies:

Shout out hi to Bronwen of http://www.perthnorg.com.au, Lachlan "Hot Geek" Hardy.

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6 Responses to “Welcome to 33% Wallflowers of Web 2.0 in Australia”

  1. Delicate Genius Blog » Web 2.0 dinner and business card 2.0 Says:
    June 7th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    [...] I attended (crashed) Ross Dawson’s Web 2.0 dinner last night (thanks for the invite Ross). Nick Hodge attended the sessions during the day, his report can be found over on his blog. [...]

  2. Jamming WebGeeks in for WebJam | nickhodge.com | mungenet Says:
    June 8th, 2007 at 2:01 pm

    [...] Welcome to 33% Wallflowers of Web 2.0 in Australia | [...]

  3. Bronwen Says:
    June 9th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    Hi Nick, was good to meet you.
    Was it an oversight not to mention the great things Telstra is doing in Second Life?
    I mean be fair :)

  4. hodgenick Says:
    June 9th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    I didn't want to go on about Telstra too much. The SL stuff is cool; many large companies are doing SL stuff. Some good, some bad.

  5. Richard Giles Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    Hi Nick

    Quick note to let you know that Scouta isn't in private beta anymore. We launched in Feb, so anyone can have a go ;).

    Thanks for the mention, and here's hoping we get more events like this in the near future.

    Cheers
    Rich

  6. Zooriaway Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Nice site keep it up!

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