It’s the end of day 1 of the first Gov 2.0 LA unconference and I must say the organizers did a great job of pulling various folks from various parts of the citizenry. I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. Would it be just like a BarCamp? Would it be more like…oh, I dunno…any event with a bunch of politicians in a room? A pleasant blend of the two? Fortunately is was BarCampish with a set schedule and, as I mentioned, a great mix of people.

Unfortunately I couldn’t make it in the morning but I did catch the live stream (thanks TechZulu!) and I watched Cory Ondrejka deliver a great presentation on the necessity for organizations to be more nimble or face irrelevance. Aptly titled, Agile or Dead. When he gets his slides up I’ll link to them here.

I missed the second presentation as I was getting things done around the house but then it was time to hop the bus and head over to Blankspaces to take in the unconference action in person.

Look a little to the left, there, in my ever expanding sidebar and you’ll see the new hotness from NewsVine. They’ve created a fantastic widget that allows you to keep track of who’s voting for who all across the internet OR just on this site. Go ahead, vote, play with it. It’s awesome because there’s no need to register, you just click anonymously. Which is exactly what the internet was built for.

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