First, thanks for the public and private support you offered me. I feel better now, and physically, things look okay now.
Just a short word as the museum is closing soon and I am on a loaned computer (really nice guy left it to me for a little while).
The presentation today in Helsinki went very well. Wikipedia was offered a full hour for presentation and questions, very generous time ;-) Most of the audience was Nokia, plus some artists, people from the museum and organisers. 40 or 50 people I think. The Nokia organiser is setting up a wiki himself, so we also discussed mediawiki and community building privately afterwards.... busy building human network ;-)
I wish that more of you live this kind of experience, because it is always great to present Wikipedia, as most of the audience (everyone today probably) is SO excited by the whole project. It is really a very powerful experience. There is a third presentation on saturday, which should be the largest one by far.
There would be plenty of things to relate, but...short of time.
One funny thing happened yesterday in Stockholm. There was a french correspondant for Le Figaro, and she absolutely tried to know what was Jimbo opinion on politics, what was his religion... it seems she was trying to uncover a huge conspiracy.... so... Jimbo, I blew up your cover sorry, I admitted you were a communist muslim under cover, trying to throw a world revolution....
Journalists have so strange ideas sometimes.... she just could not imagine this could be done.... just because it is worth it in itself.... rather than to push a specific pov... (though freeing information is in itself a pov... but well...)
more seriously, I was absolutely amazed by the confusion in people minds (even those who claim to work on free and/or open projects) of what is open, what is free, what do licences mean... I think we have a lot of work to do to explain those things.... BEFORE we can go ask to... for example... governmental organisations to "please, free content". While even those who are near professionals of libre, gratis and open are confused, I do not think officials are neatly informed to a sufficient level about the implications for us, them and everyone, to take a fully informed decision on freeing content.
Anyway, that was my philosophical thought tonight.... now I will go for a beer.
My best to all of you.
/me under cover, preparing revolution with Naeem (http://www.disappearedinamerica.org/)
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