An online notebook
Chris, the Digital Pioneer, asked in the comments (and on his – I assume Chris is a he! – own blog) for some advice how how wikis can be used to throw some rough notes up and invite people to collaborate and share knowledge and experience to develop them into more coherent documents. Much of … Keep reading
Political lessons online « Policy and Performance “It’s also interesting to me to watch British political parties try to learn lessons from the American experience. There’s certainly a lot about our process that’s difficult, complicated and expensive. But, of course, we do get some things right.” (tags: obama elections edemocracy politics campaigns usa uk) To … Keep reading
William Shaw has a rant on Palimpsest about Tim Butcher’s Blood River: Of course the real reason why the Congo is a hell hole has to do with the last 150 years of history, not with any darkness. The older part is documented in Hochschild’s brilliant history King Leopold’s Ghost. Back then it was about … Keep reading
On the day that the results of a poll in London reveal that, while one in four Londoners would like to be a local politician, hardly anyone knows anything about them or what they do, Hazel Blears has a piece published asking for councillors to be given more control. First up, that survey. Reported on … Keep reading
Bit late on this one, but hey ho. The Power of Information Taskforce has launched a new initiative, which many commentators have ikened to the BBC Backstage project, to open up the way that government data can be hacked about. Effectively, ideas are being requested to improve the way government communicates. To quote the site, … Keep reading