Road Trip
In London for a couple of days. At the moment I'm sitting in the bar of the Sheraton in Knightsbridge -- not because I'm staying here (I'm not) but because it's the nearest T-Mobile hotspot to where we were walking this afternoon.
On Tuesday, down to Madrid. There I'll be in the same situation as David Weinberger, who writes: "For reasons that are unclear, but I wasn't inclined to argue about them, I've been invited to a "summit" on "democracy, terrorism and security" in Madrid next week, me and my close personal friends Rebecca MacKinnon, Ethan Zuckerman, Dan Gillmor, Joi Ito, David Isenberg, and Bill Clinton...you know, the same old crowd."
Tonight, meanwhile, it's Indian food, of course...
I have a serious case of envy!
Posted by: Kimberly | March 06, 2005 at 10:25 AM
I have a serious case of envy!
Posted by: Kimberly | March 06, 2005 at 10:26 AM
One of these things is not like the other.
Posted by: Anonymous Techie | March 06, 2005 at 11:01 AM
also passing thru london and have just discovered a B&B in Notting Hill / ladbroke grove with free wifi throughout. not sure about rooms but bar is v. cool
http://www.guesthousewest.com/
Posted by: Stephen | March 06, 2005 at 12:46 PM
Jeff Ooi, the Malaysian blogger you mentioned recently has a death threat of sorts now, and has again been a subject of hatred by certain 'parties unknown'. The possibilites of this in intriguing, as I mentioned here. Perhaps this could be an issue in this 'summit' on "democracy, terrorism and security" that is mentioned. It falls in all three categories, does it not?
Posted by: Mack Zulkifli | March 06, 2005 at 04:06 PM
Jeff Ooiwrites of it here, where he demonstrates his usual attention for details and immaculately articulates the issues concerning this 'troll' which is a little more than that now. It's serious stuff, I think.
Posted by: Mack Zulkifli | March 06, 2005 at 04:10 PM
What are you going to be talking about in Ann Arbor later this month?
Posted by: JennyD | March 07, 2005 at 01:58 PM
Jenny, I'll be discussing the overall topic of grassroots journalism and why I believe the mainstream media need to adopt it, quickly.
Posted by: Dan Gillmor | March 08, 2005 at 12:50 AM
Hi Dan
Just thought I'd add to your posting about the Madrid summit that on March 11th people around the world are being urged to hold meetings possibly with friends, family and colleagues to remember the dead from the bombings in Madrid, New York, Bali and Baghdad. People's thoughts will then be fed back to the Club de Madrid
as part of the process of refining the Madrid Agenda. By the way, hope you enjoy Madrid - it's a fabulous city.
Posted by: Alun John | March 08, 2005 at 06:22 AM
Great. I'll be there. If the Knight-Wallace people ever get around to publicizing it.
Would you be willing to post a where and what time when you get closer to the date??? AA has a number of blogging types who do this stuff (Arbor Updates, AnnArborIsOverrated, YpsiDixit, Arborblogs). I might let them know too....
Posted by: JennyD | March 08, 2005 at 09:28 AM
Just can't believe you would be tied to T-Mobile. Please get a decent carrier.
Posted by: Shirley | March 08, 2005 at 01:10 PM