adrielhampton.com – Seems that one of the perfect uses of social media and Web 2.0-style collaboration in local government is in economic development. I’ve very interested in your thoughts, from regulatory issues to customer growth, how can Government 2.0 help small and emerging businesses do better? Locally, I’m working with social media friends to putRead… Read more »
What is a blog, and how does it fit into Web/Gov 2.0? Because with the most basic use of the technology, a blog isn’t much different at all from a traditional Web site, and those have been around for a long, long time (OK, if that offends, the fact you’re reading shows you’re young atRead… Read more »
I’m still thinking a lot about the culture of anonymity of the old Web, and what it means for the collaborative nature of 2.0. Lots of smart people at GovLoop chimed in, some agreeing strongly with my rant against anonymous comments, some telling me I was off base. It’s an important issue, so I askedRead… Read more »
My Secretary of State is a Facebooker. She’s got well over 3,000 friends there. And unlike most politicians dipping their toes in social media, my Secretary of State gets it. I’d have to count, but I bet she has more apps going than I do. She was updating her status from a plane landing inRead… Read more »
Following up on my post yesterday about networks (which in part serves to fill in my “who is” page), I was reflecting a bit today on what I want to accomplish with my life and how online networks fit into that. I had a good, brief conversation with a close friend and spiritual mentor, andRead… Read more »
Most social networking and social media enthusiasts are active on two or more platforms. Which ones are you active on, how do you use them, and what do you hope to accomplish by doing so? My social networking is perhaps not as thought out at it could be, but let me open up a bitRead… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – Why do you care what an anonymous commenter says on the Internet? I don’t, and one of my goals as a Government 2.0 advocate is to end the practice of any serious site condoning a culture of anonymity. If Web 2.0 is to flourish into a lasting culture, it must lead to trueRead… Read more »
Do you want to start a Facebook group to rally folks to your cause, organization, content or personal brand? Don’t do it. Let me tell you why Facebook Pages are better than Groups, with an eye to Web 2.0 newbies. Many organizations and individuals are jumping on the social media bandwagon by moving content toRead… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – Plenty of folks add their Twitter activity to their blogs. Want to take it up a notch for your topic- or location-specific Web site? All you’ve got to do it grab the Twitter RSS feed for a search term and add it to a text/html box on your site. I’ve got a feedRead… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – (Preaching to the choir here at GovLoop, but perhaps conversation will help hone my thoughts.) There is probably nothing that grates on my social conscience more than smart people who are anti-government. I don’t mean people who’ve got legitimate problems with politics and policy, but rather the “government can’t do anything right” andRead… Read more »