A note to Mark Shuttleworth
I attended Mark Shuttleworth keynote presentation this morning at the Open World Forum, Paris. Mark is the founder of Ubuntu. During yesterday’s post, I wondered whether I would connect with him and give him the opportunity to explore and our work on free currencies. The conclusion is I liked what he said, I liked his simplicity. So I gave him the note on a piece of paper… Paris, 1st October 2009 Mark, We are about to launch the free currencies. Free currencies will be to money what open source / free software is to proprietary software. In the next years, millions of currencies will flourish on the Net and through our cell phones. They will serve for markets (buy/sell), but also for building intangible wealth such as trust, expertise, attention,...
Read MoreOpen World Forum… open or closed?
I just went by the Open World Forum this afternoon, it takes places in Paris Oct. 1-2, 2009. As I will speak tomorrow Friday 2, from 2 to 4pm, I wanted to feel the atmosphere. I confess I was surprised by some sort of “grey” energy. I felt no joy, no jubilation. There were only men almost, the whole event being packaged in one of those congress centers, with carpet everywhere, and wifi, and hostesses, and badges… I just felt only conventionalism. No energy of conquest, no youth, no new things… It’s the opportunity to question myself on what’s next. Tomorrow morning, Mark Shuttleworth , founder of Ubuntu, comes as keynote. I usually don’t like to spend time in plenary sessions because usually I get bored and don’t...
Read More
Recent comments