Last night my friends in Melbourne held a Long Tail BBQ, as part of the worldwide Long Tail Camp. Seeing as I live across the ditch
in New Zealand, I participated virtually via a Skype call – which Cameron Reilly from The Podcast Network
recorded. The MP3
is here (10MB – 30min).
At first I thought I was supposed to deliver a Sermon on the Mount to all the aussie
disciples of Web 2.0, but thankfully it turned out to be a nice chat between mates
instead. Cameron and Ben Barren asked some
probing questions, which unfortunately my tired mind didn’t process very well (it was
after midnight on a Friday night at my end). So I rambled a bit in the latter stages, but
even so everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I certainly did.
Some of the things I talked about in the podcast: my experiences of Silicon Valley last month, the origins of the ‘Father of Web 2.0’ meme and my ambitions for it to go mainstream, what’s happening in Web 2.0 in our part of the world, trends for the next couple of years (which is about when my brain decided to fall asleep). Darren Rowse, who it turns out is actually
qualified to deliver sermons, made an appearance in the podcast too.
The Snarksters from Supr.c.ilio.us also had
a Long Tail
event happening in the US. I look forward to hearing more about that.
Here are a couple of pics from the Melbourne event – more on Cameron’s Flickr
stream.
Ben Barren. That doesn’t look like an aussie beer mate…
Paul Montgomery knows the way to a good
honest aussie beverage.
Congrats to Ben, Paul, Cameron, and all the other Melbourne 2.0 believers for organizing the event.
