Finally got some time to put down my thoughts about the Public Sphere event put on today by Senator Kate Lundy.

As someone who was attending and presenting from afar (well video presentation), it was an interesting experience. Thanks to the ANU, the Public Sphere event was streamed live, which meant that I was able to keep up with the conversation that was happening via twitter and interact both with other speakers and those watching my own talk. Very cool.

Everyone knows wikipedia, it's pretty much the poster child online collaboration/web 2.0 project. People from across the globe gather together and between them write articles on topics ranging from geo-political history to the different types of fruit fly. However it has had its problems, from accusations of white washing by interested parties, revision wars between people representing opposing views and more.