Work on things that matter : Tim Oreillys keynote at Ignite Boston-4
Sep 12th, 2008 by harijay
I have been to three of the four Boston ignites and even spoken at the second one, but yesterdays keynote by Tim oreilly at Bostons Ignite-4 was truly exceptional . It takes someone with Tim Oreillys vision to put it the way he did. It was one of those talks you walk away from inspired and I am afraid my summary will not do it justice. But I am forcing myself to try by writing down what I took home from his rousing talk
jHere are the key points
# Alphageeks matter , they are the look of things to come , todays Pioneers
#Global warming is real , and even if you dont believe in it , taking action will only benefit us
# Its time for us to come-together to work on problems that matter and that make a difference. And there is no shortage of problems that can use an alpha-geek outlook
# The sensor-web is here , this is a collection of sensors that abound in our digital lives, be-it the GPS receivers , TPMS ( tyre pressure monitoring systems) or the ubiquitous cell-phones . Sensors are getting cheaper and cheaper and they are all linking with each other to capture data that should be put to uses that could benefit us all
# Be it education , alternative fuels , ecology or social empowerment there are numerous opportunities for us to act and connect with others out there who are toiling away at their niches struggling to make a difference
# Everyone should register to vote and do so ! We owe it to ourselves and our futures
If you can catch a video of the talk , do so! Its worth the few minutes of your time