POST GLD TEN - Click here for the text transcript of the conversation between Sir John and Vint Cerf. Click here for the voice recording.

PRE GLD TEN COMMENTARY
It is not for nothing that my introductory remarks make mention of “The Thrilla In Manila” and the lessons learned from its chief promoter, Don King. Just as Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier were the greatest of all heavyweights, I think it is fair to say that Vint Cerf and Sir John Daniels are heavyweights of equal stature in their own realm — one inside the world of education; the other inside the world of technology. (more…)

Draft remarks of John Hibbs at the Opening of GLD Ten.
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This is the Index Page for the Opening Ceremonies which will begin at 00:01 GMT, Sunday October 8, 2006. Click here for times in your part of the world.

NOTE: If you live anywhere in the America’s, the start time is Saturday, October 7. (more…)

I believe we should immediately create an Opening Timetable for the first sixty minutes of this undertaking. It will serve as a model for all subsequent TimeTables. I think it should have links to an Index Page devoted to the Pre-Opening — the 120 minutes of “warming the chairs” that also serves as testing and training grounds.

Timetables are the single most important document that we will create. And the hardest. (more…)

First, I am going to refer to those we hire to help with the archives and real time Help Desk as “page pushers”…even though they may not in fact “push: any pages. Next, I am going to use the term “Schedule” here in the hopes that we adopt that term -Schedule - for purposes of guiding the “page pushers”. (more…)

Let me begin by the request that we organizers are clear with respect to the words “timetable”, “index page” and schedule; however it may well be that as a result of our talks about this important subject that “we” will decide that we can use a single term, even though there may well be several different timetables, or index pages or schedules. (more…)

We have found it extremely helpful to “start the stream” two full hours before the official start time. Here’s why: (more…)

For those who don’t think our event would not be have more impact by adding music and video, please see these favorites of mine (more…)

How do we “personalize” a virtual conference? Friendly, interesting conversation in real time is best; but it can be made much richer by maps, photos, profile and biographic information, bookmarks, favorite books, favorite music, even the local weather. (more…)