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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Social Innovation Camp: Kicking off

So, after schlepping up from Brighton this morning I've arrived at the Young Foundation in east London for this weekend's Social Innovation Camp.

As Jemima noted yesterday, it's basically a two-day hackfest for people interested in making applications that can make a real difference to people's live - trying to find an answer to the question "can the social web make a social difference".

There's a sort of early morning bleariness to proceedings - it's brisk outside and everyone's wandering around, getting a feel for things and deciding which of the six projects they can get stuck into.

I'm going to roll up my sleeves and see what's happening.

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