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I was at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens last week taking pictures, among other things. I have finally been through all the snaps and have posted a few below amid a quick rundown of events.

The remainder can be found at my IGF photo gallery/archive at kierenmccarthy.co.uk/photos/igf/. If anyone has any questions or queries, […]

Amnesty International delivered a petition of 50,000 names to United National special assistant Nitin Desai on the last day of the Internet Governance Forum today.

The handover was part pledge and part promotion of the human rights organisation’s Irrepresible campaign.
The pledge to which the signatories had signed up online read: “I believe the Internet should be […]

Some amusement in the Internet Governance Forum here on the last day as a government representative from Lithuania offering to host the IGF in 2010, was followed immediately by a government official from Azerbaijan who - yes - stated that the Government of Azerbaijan would like to offer to host the IGF in 2010.
Nitin Desai […]

I got some good advice once. It was: “Make sure you never take yourself too seriously.” That has stuck with me despite - perhaps because of - the fact that it was delivered by an old French drunk sitting on a Paris bench facing a lit-up Notre Dame over the Seine at 2am.
To be perfectly […]

The Greeks drove me to it. Last night, under the cover of conference quietness, I sneaked into the Apollon hotel store room and stole a waiter uniform. I’m not proud of it, but I am proudly wearing it today one for simple reason - I want my own coffee and water, and I don’t want […]