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Daily Digest | Jumping into the Future

the editors | June 29, 2009 - 5:10pm | Email This!

Announcing PdF Europe (Nov 21-22) and PdF 2010 Special 2-For-1 Offer Big news! Personal Democracy Forum Europe, our first conference overseas, is happening November 21-22 in Barcelona, at the Torre Agbar (pictured). To get on the mailing list for more details, go to www.personaldemocracy.eu and sign up! And, for today and tomorrow only, we're making a special offer to PdF conference attendees and anyone else interested in attending PdF 2010 here in New York City,

scheduled for June 21-22. If you purchase a ticket to PdF 2010 now, you can bring a friend for free.
NYC Council Gives Open Data a Hearing Today, just a few hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg's keynote at the PdF Conference, the New York City Council will hold a hearing on a proposed bill to open all city data. Says Sam Wong, "The bill will require the City to create a centralized online repository of all publicly available information that is either produced or retained by the City... [This data] will be readable by any computer device, whether that is a laptop or a phone. Not only will this collection of information be invaluable to elected officials, other government agencies and public advocates, but it can also be used by private citizens..."
The "Future is Being Written" at PdF '09 (Day One Recap) If you're not able to join us in New York City today for the first day of Personal Democracy Forum 2009, here are some recaps and analyses from the likes of MediaBistro's Amanda Ernst, who covered the morning's opening keynotes. You might enjoy coverage of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's discussion of data-fueled open government by CNET's Caroline McCarthy, New York Future Initiative's Joe Pompeo, and the New York Times' Sewell Chan and Patrick McGeehan. Even Craig Newmark wrote that "[the] future is being written at Personal Democracy Forum 2009." But honestly, at this point the way to get a feel from afar for the discussions, idea generation, and critique happening at PdF '09 is to jump with both feet into the conference Twitter stream being captured by Twitterslurp...