Sean Kollak

Twickit presentation on the Webciety stage at CeBIT 2010

Twick.it hit the big stage. At least 150 people were listening to our vision of a universally accessible social glossary which we presented on the Webciety stage at the CeBIT. Not to mention the people watching the lifestream on the internet. After the presentation (which failed spectacularly) we had a professional photo shooting and met Sascha Lobo – Germany’s most famous blogger. By the way: More videos of the CeBIT are available at TwickitTV.

After driving through a snow storm for four hours we arrived at the CeBIT in Hannover and prepared the presentation. To make sure nothing could go wrong we installed and opened all the files on the laptop. All the presentation lady had to do was to press the right button. She messed it up, of course. Markus waited on stage for about a minute absolute ages before he could carry on. Luckily I made a backstage documentation of this historic #fail. At least we you have got something to laugh at feel sorry for.

Vision of a social glossary

At least 150 viewers stood in front of the Webciety stage. Markus introduced them to our vision of o collaborative social glossary – which everybody can partake and profit from. Think of a database of short definitions which are accessible in all kinds of electronic media at the push of a button – then you’ve got the idea of the explain engine. To show how it works we had prepared examples of our Tool Tip for the CeBIT website. We also showed how Twick.it could enhance the search results of Wikipedia and even Google.

Interview with Sascha Lobo

After our presentation Sascha Lobo talked about his personal highlights of the Webciety. The audience was asked to question Germany’s Mr. Web. As nobody dared I asked whether the dream of Web 3.0 had already come to an end. Sascha answered that not many people have yet understood the difference between Web 2.0 and the new buzzword Web 3.0. Moreover these words have been substituted by a new hype Social Media. Afterwards we briefly talked to Sascha Lobo before he had to go to his own photo shoot. He has promised though to answer our questions on the future of the semantic web and social media via e-mail.

Markus and I would like to thank all Twick.it-Fans who encouraged us live, via Twitter and SMS. When the presentation failed the Twitterwall was displayed on the big screen. You could see a tweet of Billomat. His message “Go, Twick.it go“ is my most memorable moment of the Webciety.

Tags: CeBIT, social glossary, Webciety