Jaiku’s Jyri Engeström at Geek Dinner London

So there was a geek dinner tonight with Jyri from Jaiku. I have to say it was a very different crowd from normal, if there is such a thing for geek dinners. Maybe it’s just regulars plus transients interested in the speaker.

Anyway Jyri is a great speaker, very smart and funny. His thoughts on Web 2.0 were fascinating. Hey talks about how community web sites are built around something. A lot of people talk about connecting users, Jyri talks about connecting users through something. He gave examples, mySpace has music, LinkedIn has jobs, Flickr has photos, YouTube has videos, &c. It’s a very important concept I think.

Jason Calacanis showed his insight and asked what the object was with “tweets” or “jaiks” (is that the right verbification I wonder). This sparked a discussion with the audience. Someone noted (Tom Morris I think) that both services are used like the early days of blogging before the advent of blog articles. I found that very interesting, it’s almost as if these micro messages are back to basics.

I really recommend seeing Jyri speak if you ever get a chance. He’s a really nice guy and very approachable to chat to as well. There were a couple of people recording/podcasting and I look forward to seeing those when they come out. I’ll also link them here.

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