Blog Out 2007

Just back from Blog Out 2007, interesting event held by The Digital Movement. There was an interesting mashup of people from different focuses:

• Cool bloggers like Estee, Michael Cheng, Veron
• Grassroot organizations like E27, TDM, Project Senso
• Experienced entrepreneurs like Bill Claxton, Todd Murray
• Young entrepreneurs like Shen Cheo of Nuffnang, Yinghan of Hitchoo.com
• Geekapreneurs like Uzyn, Choon Keat, Herry, Harish
• Business people from Microsoft, Eubiq (Very innovative Singapore company)
• People from traditional media like Jennifer Lewis and ex-CH8 reporter Ng Kee Haur
• Students

It’s definitely good to have all these cross-domain conversations, where new ideas can spring forth, cross-pollinate and enrich the local scene and have FUN.

So let’s just keep pushing the new medium as much as it can, before technology and creativity runs out of steam and becomes the sole domain of the big corporations (which we already are in some way – think Google, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr).Anyway, great people, great event, great atmosphere. Moving forward, it will be wonderful to mash the technology aspects with the social implications. How Internet has helped to free the voice of the people, create strong grassroot movements like this, the implications for society etc. Good technology does not exist in a vacuum but has to make a positive and significant impact on people’s lives.