Notable moments at Where2.0

Just returned from Where2.0 and have some catching up to do and a ton of notes to go over - I had no notebook as she packed it in the day before I left... nice! Regardless, here's a few notable quotes and items of interest that I picked up on during some of the sessions and found to be worthy of sharing.. enjoy!

- Government should focus on services

- Be nice to civil servant (particularly if you want free data!)

- It's of the web not just on the web

- we have no idea of the business model - A familiar theme at the event!!

- Nokia is building a platform for innovation

- The geoWeb is spreading

- 8 hours of YouTube video is updated every minute

- GPS is the #1 request from consumers

- buildings are consuming 71% of our electrical energy

- the grade for America's infrastructure = D

- Fire Eagle is a bet on the future

- ArcGIS Server will have a strong focus on KML

- GeoTagging is hard to do

- Geonames is getting it wrong

- Many web developers just don't get Geo

- more than 50,000 map mashups have been developed using the gMaps API

these are just a few interestingtidbits from Where2.0

Adrian Holovati at Where2.0