The Fiberfete conference has started, alas without me. Where Swedes and Frenchmen could fly out (with some difficulty) the Dutch and UK delegations have been grounded. So we are glued to our Twitter feeds (#fiberfete and #Ecomm in parallel), following the live webcast and wishing we were there…..
The opening talks have been interesting. Apparently the tactics of the opposing parties are the same everywhere: create Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt by telling halftruths or outright lies, throw money at PR.
The lowcost response by local “truth squads” to counter each and every false claim immediately and publicly by telling the facts is a very smart move. Credibility is a powerful coin, community responses are more trusted than corporate communications.
The announcement of the day was the Open Source Gigabeer from Portland. Hurray, Gigabeer for Gigabit societies!
Today will be even more interesting, so I encourage you to follow the webcast.
And for my presentation? I will place it online in some form (to be continued).
