Global Culture

It is not a coincidence that this blog was born a few days after the first Mesh Conference back in May of this year. The fact is that I came back so energized from this conference that I felt it was the right time to get started with an idea that had been dancing in my mind for a while: Global Culture. While the concept was difficult to explain, it always seemed to be floating around us.

But having something to say is only half of the equation. I needed to make sure that people would be interested in listening. The blogging medium seemed ideal, as I explain in my previous post 8 hours labour, 8 hours blog, 8 hours rest:

…having a voice on the web certainly provides all the entertainment that our generation can ask for. While a few years ago critics could‚Äôve convinced most that this participation was meaningless, it is now settled that the future of business depends largely on understanding how people create communities around small niches that, when aggregated, have an important effect known as The Long Tail… People do this by leaving breadcrumbs of wisdom throughout their electronic pathways, which are then followed by others with similar ideals or values. Whether they use blogs, comments, emails, discussion groups or any other construct of the now known as Web 2.0, the ultimate effect is that of participation.

The conference gave me confidence that if the message was put out there, people would get involved and eventually make of this idea an important project. The motto of the Mesh conference is “connect, share, inspire”. Talk about inspiration.

As part of their recent launch of the Mesh 2007, the organizers produced a series of mini-podcast, featuring people from the community. I had the opportunity to talk about this project and my experience as a blogger, migrant and passionate writer. Hear it in my own words:

Podcast was produced by Leesa Barnes from Podonomics.