TEDxKampala: Tim Berners-Lee Q&A Session
On November 23rd, 2009, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web dropped in to Kampala, Uganda for our first ever TEDx. The event was facilitated by UNICEF who graciously provided catering, snacks and the venue; and co-organized by the Uganda Linux Users Group. Simply put, the event was incredible! Stephen Boyera of the World Wide Web Foundation offered the keynote talk, while Ron Nixon from the New York Times dropped with arguably one of the most interesting talks of the day where he presented his app Ujima which tracks spending too and from African countries. Solomon King of Node Six gave a moving talk on how he became a 'famous citizen journalist' for simply blogging about his experiences during the Kampala riots. Paul Bagyenda of Digital Solutions offered advice for young tech entrepreneurs, while Paul Asiimwe of Sipi Law Uganda talked about the importance of IP law and digital rights to protect content and content producers. While all the talks were recorded, it's going to take some time to edit them down and get them uploaded. In the meantime here are some clips from the Q&A Session with Mr. Berners-Lee. The discussion here is largely focused on Localization and Local Content.
TEDxKampala: Tim Berners-Lee Q&A Session from Jon Gos on Vimeo.
Special thanks to all the organizers: myself, Renier Battenberg, Kyle Spencer, Simon Vass, Daniel Stern and UNICEF Uganda!
