Comments on: Contemplating the Digital Britain Unconferences http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/05/07/contemplating-our-digital-future/ Digital media consultant Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TdG · Tom de Grunwald | musician & multiplatform producer http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/05/07/contemplating-our-digital-future/#comment-501 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:26:33 +0000 http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/?p=698#comment-501 [...] a dialogue around the UK government’s Digital Britain report. The story has been better told elsewhere, but essentially, during a meeting of some of the bigger and more established players in the UK [...]

]]> By: Tom de Grunwald » Digital Britain Unconferences http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/05/07/contemplating-our-digital-future/#comment-95 Fri, 29 May 2009 10:35:56 +0000 http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/?p=698#comment-95 [...] a dialogue around the UK government’s Digital Britain report. The story has been better told elsewhere, but essentially, during a meeting of some of the bigger and more established players in the UK [...]

]]> By: Brian Condon http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/05/07/contemplating-our-digital-future/#comment-87 Thu, 07 May 2009 23:46:46 +0000 http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/?p=698#comment-87 Thank you Kathryn for being the catalyst that made it all happen.

Yes, we all contributed to the event. But there is a great deal of work both before and after these events to both prepare for and document the results of even the most ‘Un’ of events. Your inspiration is much appreciated.

The tenor of your blog post is insightful and interesting. I suspect ‘catalyst’ is not the correct term!

B

]]> By: cyberdoyle http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/2009/05/07/contemplating-our-digital-future/#comment-86 Thu, 07 May 2009 18:38:31 +0000 http://kathryncorrick.co.uk/?p=698#comment-86 I think the unconferences have been brill, and it is raising awareness of the lack of infrastructure that is going to hinder digitalbritain in the future. Well done for getting them off the ground and bringing together some of the best forward thinking minds of the country. We must remember that the internet is there for the people of the world, not just for governments to use, and we must keep up with the times and not get behind other countries who are laying and lighting fibre. Even third world countries are seeing the ‘light’. We are still operating on an obsolete copper network and are tied to low bandwidth. I hope your final report has gathered evidence to urge government to light fibre to every home in the land, because this is the eNdGAme, futureproof digital britain. Anything else is a waste of time and money, a stopgap solution. Not just my humble opinion but the opinion of many who are limited with the current availability and quality of broadband and find they can’t do the things they want to do. Neither can we try out things, because the system can’t cope, and adsl market failure in rural areas is stifling innovation. More power to your elbow, keep rocking. chris.

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