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Marc Canter at the Enterprise Ireland Web 2.0 event

Marc Canter at the Enterprise Ireland Web 2.0 event

Enterprise Ireland held a Web 2.0 event in Dublin. The speaker list was very impressive and Enterprise Ireland asked me to publish mp3s of the speakers’ talks. Unfortunately the speakers weren’t wearing lapel mics so the sound quality varies as they get closer to and further from the stand mic.

The second speaker of the day was Marc Canter. Marc was one of the co-founders of MacroMind, the company which went on to become Macromedia. Marc is a recognized figure in the sphere of open standards, social networks and blogging, and has been interviewed and quoted on the subject matter in numerous publications. Marc is also a contributer to many open standards efforts and is champion for end-user controlled digital identities and content.

He is the founder and CEO of Broadband Mechanics, a digital lifestyle aggregator (DLA) company.

In his talk at the Web 2.0 conference Marc spoke about focussing on delivering compelling experiences for end users, developing open standards and how to make money using Web 2.0 technologies.

[WARNING - strong language used]

Download Marc’s entire talk (including the questions and answer session at the end) here
(25mb mp3).

Judy Gibbons at the Enterprise Ireland Web 2.0 event

Judy Gibbons at the Enterprise Ireland Web 2.0 event

Enterprise Ireland held a Web 2.0 event last week in Dublin. The speaker list was very impressive and Enterprise Ireland asked me to publish mp3s of the speakers’ talks. Unfortunately the speakers weren’t wearing lapel mics so the sound quality varies as they get closer to and further from the stand mic. Also, there was a mic on the table where the speakers were seated so it is possible to hear Marc pecking away at his laptop from time to time!

The first speaker of the day was Judy Gibbons.

Judy started off the day with her definition of Web 2.0 - Judy defined Web 2.0 as a virtuous circle. She went on to discuss search, online travel sites, the mobile Internet and the rising power of the end-user.

A fascinating series of insights, well worth a listen.

Download Judy’s entire talk (including questions and banter with Marc Canter and Jeff Clavier) here
(25mb mp3).