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Did not catch most of it but here are bits that came my way and stuck.

Barak:

Email is slow synchronicity – days and week disappears
Need for storage, permanence – web can be used to create permanence and communications

Permalinks and persistence – sociological implications, core definition
Persistence – ability to find discreet pieces of information, digitisation of content – dig in and find pieces

Meg - example of Flickr. It’s not just comments on a picture, but also can make a note and start references pieces of the picture, chopped post, reference each bit, smaller pieces. More targeted conversations – very interesting.

Joi
Apple suing bloggers – protection to bloggers as to journalists.

Questions from the audience: Can six apart protect bloggers from attacks by companies?

Answer by Barak: With power comes responsibility… you have responsibility to make sure you don’t get into trouble. We give you a tool – flexible that allows you to express yourself. Government we are careful privacy and your right to publish. Copyright laws etc, no interest of losing protection of Data Protection Millennium act. It’s a balancing act, in the end we provide a service and you need to decide how you use that.