At first I thought I was supposed to deliver a Sermon on the Mount to all the aussie disciples of Web 2.0, but thankfully it turned out to be a nice chat between mates instead. Cameron and Ben Barren asked some probing questions, which unfortunately my tired mind didn't process very well (it was after midnight on a Friday night at my end). So I rambled a bit in the latter stages, but even so everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I certainly did.

Some of the things I talked about in the podcast: my experiences of Silicon Valley last month, the origins of the 'Father of Web 2.0' meme and my ambitions for it to go mainstream, what's happening in Web 2.0 in our part of the world, trends for the next couple of years (which is about when my brain decided to fall asleep). Darren Rowse, who it turns out is actually qualified to deliver sermons, made an appearance in the podcast too.

The Snarksters from Supr.c.ilio.us also had a Long Tail event happening in the US. I look forward to hearing more about that.

Here are a couple of pics from the Melbourne event - more on Cameron's Flickr stream.

Ben Barren. That doesn't look like an aussie beer mate...

Paul Montgomery knows the way to a good honest aussie beverage.

Congrats to Ben, Paul, Cameron, and all the other Melbourne 2.0 believers for organizing the event.

"One of the most important words in the Chinese language is “guanxi.” It means “relationship.” Whatever you think about the term “Web2.0”, the point is that social networking and relationship-building are at the core of today’s most exciting web innovations. The Chinese happen to be the most natural and skilled social networkers on earth."

Censorship is an issue in China of course and Rebecca outlined some practical measures to work around that, in her thought-provoking post. And I loved how Rebecca ended her post:

"Another thing about this story: it’s not so much about what the internet is “bringing” to the Chinese, or how the internet is coming in as an outside force and “changing China.” The real story is about how Chinese users are taking the connectivity, tools and applications, internalizing them, and making them their own."

Also check out China Web2.0 Review's post about Intellectual Property Issues in China’s Web2.0 business, in response to a comment someone left on my blog the other day.