My initial post from Gnomedex 6 in Seattle on June 30th 2006. I missed my first set of notes, got deleted by my borrowed computer.

Some notes - I have not been blogging of late because I have been offline without a computer while my laptop is getting fixed (more on that in a later post).

Michael Arrington started off Gnomedex with a dicussion about web 2.0 business models. I asked about whether/how people can think about models that impact the world outside of the web - he cited a site about swapping items (for free) as well as eBay, I think there are far more examples and opportunities - to look for ways to think about businesses that are focused on sparking activity and actions offline as well as online. MySpace is one example (follow bands, get laid, flirt) but there are far more opportunities.

Dave Dederer - of the Presidents of the United States of America - led a discussion about music and the web, the differences of business models and the opportunities. I asked/pointed out that musicians have long thought about their fans as a passionate community - as the world moves to lots of microcommunities bound by passions not geographies there may be lots of ways to capture lots of value from those groups.

Now John Edwards will talk and I will save this blog and blog that seperately.

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