I was on a recent panel at SXSW doing Business in China for Fun and Profit, which turned out to be a popular draw, as people were madly Tweeting little nuggets of wisdom we were spouting on stage. It was made more lively because the scheduled panelists (Kris Krug, Robert Scales, Sage Brennan, Christine Lu and myself) were complemented by familiar China Twitterati and quasi-panelists Kaiser Kuo, Elliott Ng and Chad Catacchio. It helps that Christine Lu threw a great SXSW pre-party in Shanghai that got us buzzing beforehand.
The best writeup is at CN Reviews, and James Fallows follows up with some additional insights on my comments. I wish I could have someone as smart as James Fallows always annotate my talks. You can also see the Twitter tag of #sxswchina for the audience chatter.
It was great seeing you and I’m looking forward to following your progress evangelizing the new book!
Andrew:
We are currently working on a book about Jane Jacobs titled, What We See: Advancing the Investigations of Jane Jacobs. Having read about your clear views of self organization and cities vis-a-vis Wikipedia, I’d like to have a brief email exchange to explore having you contribute a short essay. Your observations seem to embody the spirit of Jane’s approach.
Congratulations on your book, hope to hear from you.
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