wow, this keynote is heavy stuff.
"we have been giving a favour by this current downturn."
the power of web 2.0 applied to real world problems
he is giving some cases on how people used social software to change something
Tim: Singularity on one side, global economic crisis and environmental collapse on the other side.
Open source, sharing, collaboration are a great opportunity.
he talks about the berlin airlift as an example of peoples effort to change something
many companies are an interesting hybrid between for-profit and non-profit
Tim: Make a difference - it's possible to do that by investing in s
Back to energy-related tech. Solve real problems AND make a business, it's possible
Back to energy-related tech. Solve real problems AND make a business, it's
oh, and here's a little site by my son-in-law ;-)
example: (by Tim's son-in-law (?))
book: the demon of our own design
can we fix the financial system with what we learn from the web 2.0 system?
i (jkleske) love the idea of taking lessons learned from one system to another
Tim: Energy accounting is going to be a massive challenge in the years to come!
he is running through tons of inspiring startups and webapps now
Sorry about the not-quite-regular updates. Wireless is a bit troublesome, but there's _a lot_ of people trying to be online here.
Tim: It's not just about your profit, but what you can do for others: clients, stakeholders, others.
Tim: Have HUGE and GREAT goals. Think of Microsoft, who at the time were "scruffy kids" ;)
Tim: Also, think Google: "Organize the world's information"
Tim reads Rilke. Cool.
that's it from Tim
to be honest: best keynote i ever heard from him
Yossi Vardi is coming on the stage.
yassi vardi on stage now
and a general "trouble maker"
what's your secret? - luck
hugging tim for a moving speach
yassi is the inventor of icq
Yassi: "if you do the correct things, it will come back to you."
"who wants to give scholaships to jerks?"
Yassi's wife: "if a kid walks away with big eyes and a your [money, that's not the idea]."
"you need the talent"
"i want them to be focused and nimble"
"my sweetspot for investing is trying to find young people"
