As the post-election smoke clears, we’re launching a small experiment on the Foreign Office Global Conversations blogs. On a number of blogs (for now, mostly the US ones, such as this one), we’re adding the comment functionality of Facebook Connect. So for now, we have different mechanics on different blogs, but this is by wayRead… Read more »
Research Reports 1. The Impact of Social Computing on the European Union (11/19/2009): Trends about user-centric and effective services as well as new forms of civic and political participation. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=9410&dt_code=NWS 2. WEB 2.0 implications on knowledge management (2009): Web 2.0 can do more than broadcast messages to a wider audience. Through simple, user-driven tools, theyRead… Read more »
Exploring over the Internet I recently landed over the subject of incarceration around the world and rather landed myself into trouble of loosing two consecutive nights in sleeplessness. For here I am (we are) selling Open Governance, Social Media, Government 2.0 to a generation with social consciousness, and thinking how sweet the generation would beRead… Read more »
As some of you know, I have a new son, who is now almost 9 weeks old. I travel quite a bit (average 10 days per month away from home) and in order to limit the amount of nights that I am on the road, I have started setting little rules for myself: 1. TryRead… Read more »
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Facebookand their privacy issues, as well as their perceived attempts to ‘take over the web’ through their ‘like’ buttons and other integrations with their platform. As a result, quite a few commentators and influential social media types have announced that they are leaving Facebook, deleting their accountsRead… Read more »
Not really a blog, but this is my latest commentary for www.usafe.af.mil and www.af.mil. Most of it probably holds true for any organization’s employees when it comes to using social networking from the office. Social networking sites are open to Air Force servicemembers and employees in the workplace. This change to policy has raised manyRead… Read more »
I reached out to Senator Joyce after he joined my community on Twitter. Senator Joyce is serving his 7th term as a Senator from Massachusetts, representing the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater. The Senator agreed to an email-based interview, whichRead… Read more »
Social media only increases fragmentation in society which the commerce will happily exploit. Rather what is needed is social bonding and returning to the culture of the past that will help nourish roots and in bonding much joy and happiness will be experienced.
In a webinar about Gov 2.0 on Tuesday, publisher and conference convener Tim O’Reilly referred to Carl Malamud as the father of the Gov 2.0 movement. Wednesday, Malamud was in San Francisco at the Mitchell Kapor Foundation offices for the 10th in a series of 15 workshops he’s hosting around the country for his currentRead… Read more »
When both Apple and Twitter announced new advertising platforms, I admit, I got more than a little nervous. One of the things I love about Twitter and my mobile apps is that I can engage with the brands I love without companies pushing their products and services on me. I wondered, in a time whereRead… Read more »