Aussie BlogHer/Web2 DoubleHeader with Dave Winer?

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There was an email today between myself, 2.0 Grandmaster MacManus Flash and the RSS, OPML Pimp Daddy Inventor Himself - Mr David Winer. The OPML topic was whether Mr Winer would come out to Australia soon, which he said he would if any of us males or females got off our ass and organised a (un)conference that might make use of his genius.

The potential ovatory auditionary experience may be a 2WEB Point Oh unconference, but even better would be a double-header to use a cricket term, which might have 50% Web 2.0 Business and 50% Aussie 2.0 BlogHer. (not that im implying they're mutually exclusive OK !) So guys if u r into this or interested, start spamming me et al. I'm all for affirmative action to make 2WEB more gender normal. Speaking about baked beans on a podcast is not my idea of fun on a Friday night.

This could tie into Mrs'Disambiguity.com's post which has provoked a good discussion on the greater role of gender downunder and in 2.0, with the only answer being what it is when something is f'd up; ACTION. Sophie minus a blog (please add it at gnoos.com.au if you have one) made this neo-feminist observation in response to Leisa's thesis ("It has been brought to my attention that there are no female web 2.0 bloggers or entrepreneurs in Australia.")

Sophie : "Many blokes can afford to be entrepreneurial because they usually have a wife* running their lives and, often more significantly, social lives. Women tend to be more interested in maintaining social connections and networks (which can be good for business, but that’s usually not why women establish them), and that takes a lot of time. If they elect to ­_not_ do that work, everyone - other women, mainly - thinks something is wrong with them; if men don’t keep up social connections, no one cares - that tree falls in the forest and pretty much no one cares. So women are busy being connectors while men are busy doing - the fact that they can operate their friendships with less connecting frees them up to do more."