Joining the conversation
by supernova
Hi, I’m Suw Charman and I’m joining Renee and Kevin as one of the hosts here at Conversation Hub. I can usually be found, along with my partner Kevin Anderson, blogging on Strange Attractor about social software, the media, journalism, productivity and anything else that takes our fancy.
I’m really looking forward to getting my teeth into the issues raised by this year’s Supernova - I grapple daily with many of them. My jobs as a social software consultant wouldn’t be possible without the networks that Kevin mentions in his post What is the New Network?. Social networks, virtual communications networks and information networks shape my both my personal and professional worlds.
As a digital rights activist - I co-founded the UK’s digital rights organisation, the Open Rights Group - I deal with the infinite transmissibility of data and content over these networks and the impact that is having on our civil, human and consumer rights. As business models crumble, industry bodies turn to legislation and litigation to prop up their bottom line instead of embracing the opportunities that new technologies create.
Indeed, one of the biggest problems I face, both in my professional and activist lives, is helping people who are alarmed by all these changes to think beyond their own paradigm and to let go of their neophobia.
The future is bright. But how do we distribute it a bit more evenly?
