This is the outcome of our workshop in the city of Vancouver responding to the Serendipity City Challenge (GloNet Edition) devised by FutureEverything.
Our workshop took place on 11th May 2010 and the people taking part were Irwin Oostindie from W2, Lianne Payne from W2, Andrea Reimer from Vancouver City Council, Scott Nelson a local technologist, plus the GloNet champion, Paul Robinson from Vagueware and Fly The Coop in Manchester, England.
We set out to create three statements answering the challenge, and in response to the situation in our city.
Our statements are:
Social media empowers “tribes” negatively but before urban society was on a worse trajectory: isolationism. At least now we’re talking
Cultural awareness when sharing information is key: when talking about open standards we should forgo XML if culturally irrelevant
Communication is critical to society and our well-being. Talk to people more, especially those who can create changes you want to see.
A full account of the workshop and the wider GloNet event will follow on this blog soon.
Tags: Future Everything, GloNet, Serendipity Statements, Vancouver