Web 2: What Would You Ask The Majors?

Esteemed members of the Searchblog community: The Web 2 conference is coming up in three short weeks, and I have one hell of a job to do: I am interviewing quite an assortment of Internet leaders on stage, in front of nearly 1,200 people, for three days straight (I'll…

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Esteemed members of the Searchblog community:

The Web 2 conference is coming up in three short weeks, and I have one hell of a job to do: I am interviewing quite an assortment of Internet leaders on stage, in front of nearly 1,200 people, for three days straight (I’ll be aided here and there by Tim O’Reilly, thankfully). The program of course has all sorts of other elements – presentations, panels, debates, and the like. But one of the hallmarks of Web 2.0 has been the one-on-one interviews, and this year, we have one hell of a lineup.

In the course of three days, among scores of others who will give presentations and speak on panels, we’ll be interviewing on stage:

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Cisco is trying something new in an ad campaign – they came up with a Wikia (the commercial version of Wikipedia) definition of "The Human Network", the catchline to their current campaign, and asked a bunch of authors to pen their own definitions. They also purchased advertising on those…

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Looking for Short Videos

A new feature at the Web 2 conference this year will be "Shorts" – I'll be showing off videos that are emblematic of where our culture's video grammar seems to be headed. I've been writing about the idea of video as cultural grammar off and on here, and I…

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A new feature at the Web 2 conference this year will be “Shorts” – I’ll be showing off videos that are emblematic of where our culture’s video grammar seems to be headed. I’ve been writing about the idea of video as cultural grammar off and on here, and I think this year will mark an axis of sorts – the year video was reborn as a native web medium.

To that end we’ve issued a call for submissions. From the submissions page:



Have you seen a video clip or short film that you think is Web 2.0 worthy? We’re looking for fun and telling viral videos (less than 3 minutes in length) to feature at the conference in November. Submit your nominations below. Submitters of the chosen shorts will be thanked from stage.

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