Fantastic to meet @joannasavill and connect Michael Klausen @BrasserieBread to great chefs for #cravesiff

Breakfast on the Bridge: arrival of picnic-ers #fb

Thats @brasseriebread walking by and yes, Sydney Harbour Bridge is turfed! #fb

I'm volunteering for Breakfast on The Bridge (http://www.breakfastonthebridge.com ) , thanks to my friends at Brasserie Bread (http://www.brasseriebread.com.au)

How amazing to find the Harbour Bridge covered in real grass for this!  We got to Milsons Point about 430am, its almost 6am now and the picnic-ers are expected to arrive shortly.  Apparently 400 people are sitting in my area and 8000 people overall are expected!

Kiama blowhole: thar she blows #fb

Location Sites Experiment to Attract Mainstream Users – NYTimes.com

Technology Aside, Most People Still Decline to Be Located

Mark Schiefelbein for The New York Times

Elizabeth Aley of Nixa, Mo., uses the Shopkick app on her phone to earn reward points in return for visiting stores.

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and JENNA WORTHAM

Published: August 29, 2010

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Internet companies have appropriated the real estate business’s mantra — it’s all about location, location, location.

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Jamie Rector for The New York Times

For safety’s sake, Marsha Collier checks in on Foursquare only when she is leaving a place.

But while a home on the beach will always be an easy sell, it may be more difficult to persuade people to start using location-based Web services.

via nytimes.com

VC’s have poured US$115million into location start-ups. Are mainstream people using these networks yet? Not really, but with Facebook launching Places, the market is about to heat up. The New York Times reports….

All welcome: dinner at Jasmin, Lakemba 530pm Sat 28th August RSVP by commenting #felafeltub

Address: 30B Haldon St Lakemba

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Firstly, can I get a show of hands – leave a comment below to say if you are coming and how many (including children)  I can themn come back here and confirm time to start etc.

Looking forward to this one!

Best,

Tony

Initial thoughts on today’s Social Innovation BarCamp Sydney – all welcome #sibsyd

Social Innovation BarCamp is on in Sydney today.  This “BarCamp Unconference” will be an open conversation where anyone can share their thoughts, ideas and ambitions.  They style is that of open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants.  I first attended a “BarCamp” in November 2008 and it was fantastic.  You can read my blog post here.  If you can get down to COFA in Sydney’s Paddington today I recommend it – it starts at 930am.

Social Innovation is the theme of today.  The website explains further:

Our society has seen incredible growth and progress in industry, technology and communication. Social Innovation is the process of inventing, securing support for, and implementing novel solutions to needs and problems, such as:

• overcrowding and congestion in our cities
• fragility of our resources and natural environment
• disconnection, stress and loneliness
• obesity in the western world whilst extreme poverty and starvation in the third world
• mental health issues
• an education system that sometimes does not nurture our most creative and brilliant minds
• dissemination of our indigenous cultures

I want to thank Kate Carruthers and Michelle Williams in advance of today for the obvious effort they have put in to organsing this event.  Kate and Michelle are part of a community in Sydney who I believe are making a difference: smart, generous people who share their knowledge and experience with others.  You should connect with Kate and Michelle and learn more about them.  Two of the most inspiring people I know in Sydney.

Have a look at these recent BarCamp Canberra photos by Ruth Ellison to get a sense of the atmosphere at these important events:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/sets/72157604632490767/