Joi Ito Keynote at Les Blogs

I’m here at the French Senate in Paris at Les Blogs (voici le tag: lesblogs). Here are my notes from Joi Ito’s keynote:

• Blogs are about open standards and democracy.
• From the bottom-up.
• Origins of the web–connecting computers, connecting the network, connecting content, connecting people.
• Bloggers are the Creative Class–anti-establishment, critical thinking and autonomous action. Self-fulfillment, self-expression and creation.
• The Creative Class crosses borders.
• Don’t forget the next Creative Class–today’s children. See nifty Pepsi/Apple commercial.
• Covers the Long Tail.
• Delivery vs. discovery — the question becomes not ‘how do I get the music?’ but ‘how do I choose the music I want to listen to?’
• Kryptonite lost 10 million dollars in ten days.
• Dan Rather – victim of bloggers
• Gave the usual Creative Commons/IP spiel
• Blogging is an amateur revolution.
• The idea that professional is better than amateur is a dangerous one. See also sex.