Wheeling

Y should use social networking, featuring representatives from the BBC, Channel 4, the Guardian, Yahoo! among others. There was a keynote speech by Nic Brisbourne about how actually to make money out of the social media, all ending with a free-wheeling, wine-fuelled panel on ‘future gazing’ where the audience would get a chance to grill a selection of the day’s speakers on what the future held for social media. The highlight of the day, though, was the early morning keynote speech by Jason McCabe

But I saw no grandfather, no piazza, no flowered dressing-gown: I saw only a luxuriant palm-tree, waving broadly over a tranquil landscape. Pleasant homes clustered around it. Gardens teeming with fruit and flowers; flocks quietly feeding; birds wheeling and chirping. I heard children's voices, and the low lullaby of happy mothers. The sound of cheerful singing came wafted from distant fields upon the light breeze. Golden harvests glistened out of sight, and I caught their rustling whisper of prosperity