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Cape Town is Becoming a Hub of Free Culture
DaveDuarte, Cape Town (South Africa) · 18/10/2007 17:30
Last month in Cape Town we had the second of 50 fabulous parties with Jimmy Wales and Heather Ford. The idea is that these will be held bring together the open-content communities in various cities around the world.
Heather made a very exciting announcement at the event: There is going to be the first iCommons Free Culture house built in Cape Town. Imagine a place you can pop into for coffee, and be exposed to the latest multimedia and open content, create and remix using the latest tech and open software, learn about and organise Free Culture events, or just meet other enthusiasts to work on new projects. It’s going to be the first of many around the world!
To check out a video of the event, click here.
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rabrant · Alexandria (United States) · 5/12/2007 18:49
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DaveDuarte · Cape Town (South Africa) · 6/12/2007 18:35
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It took me about two months to put this together. Rented out a fairly spacious house, renovated the place, furnished it, purchased multimedia computers,and set up a podcasting studio. Lots more to do but guess this is a good start.
I've been part of the co-working group and the global experience came in quite handy to set this up.
Lots of good ideas brewing up. Should be fun.
Kiruba Shankar · Chennai (India) · 24/1/2008 21:30
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