TEDxWarsaw - Zbigniew Braniecki - 3/05/10

Zbigniew Braniecki is a social activist, software engineer and sociologist who works on Internet communities and is investigating various models of motivation and co-operation for several Governmenrt 2.0-type projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Mozilla Europe and is involved in Mozilla community building and localization efforts. Zbigniew has been involved in the creation of Flock, an internet browser designed to facilitate social interaction a part of his decade-long experience in writing free and open software which supports people in building communities. He is also interested in exploring approaches to leaderless project organisation. Zbigniew describes himself as a community ninja (an apt title for a mixed martial arts practitioner), and that is in fact his designated function at Mozilla where he is currently working on preserving choice and innovation on the Internet.

Zbigniew's talk at TEDxWarsaw http://tedxwarsaw.com centered on how technology can serve to enhance the democratic process


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Category:

Education

Tags:

• tedx
• tedxwarsaw
• tedxwaw
• warsaw
• democracy
• gov2.0
• sociology

[kowalskr]

brilliant, #1 talk

[noamkos]

Still my favourite speaker of the day: Zbigniew, you are a legend!

We had one amazing conversation over lunch: if you meet Zbigniew, HELP HIM and you'll do something good for everyone!

This is how we start to pay it forward... 5***** for Awesomeness...

Noam Kostucki