Personal Democracy Forum 09

I wasn't able to attend the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum. Thankfully, there were a lot of people that were tweeting and live blogging from the event.

Some Key Points

• Rasiej - Talked about new Cisco routers being shipped to China, and that the Internet community has the responsibility to express outrage when governments try to cut access to quash free speech.
• Worldwide, the United States ranks 139th in voter turnout.
  

Blogs and Video:

• Jordan Raynor
• The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity
• Local Government Engagement Online Research
• Joho the Blog
• Day 1 Recap from TechPresident
• Mark Pesce (@mpesce) Keynote
• The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online - Session given by Danah Boyd (@zephoria)
• 'White Flight' Online? danah boyd asks at PDF - Are their real social divisions and a case of "white flight" on? Danah Boyd says yes. This article basically synthesizes what Danah had to say.
  
• The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online [video]
• A Fine Blog - Provocative Ideas from Personal Democracy Forum
• Make The Future: Imagining White House 2.0
  
• Participatory Medicine at PDF 2009: Can We Get a Do-Over?
• Michael Wesch from his talk at PDF '09, The Machine is Changing Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity
• The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity [video]

Other Links

• Personal Democracy Forum Conference
  
• What the Hashtag Transcript
• PDF 09 Wiki
  
• News and Blogs Versus Twitter at PDF09