The Government 2.0 Public Sphere briefing paper was finalised on the wiki a week ago, and now we have launched the prettified pdf version, complete with graphs, photos from the day, and a useful mind map! The briefing paper has been sent to the Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce, and in the coming weeks we’ll coordinate a Q&A event for the taskforce so people can discuss specifics of the report, as well as to hand over the findings from the report recommendations endorsements.

Chris Anderson, the editor in chief of technology and culture magazine Wired, may be a part of the press but that doesn't mean he depends on newspapers for his news. So how do you stay informed? "It comes to me in many ways: via Twitter, it shows up in my in box, it shows up in my RSS base, through conversations. I don't go out looking for it."