Bookmarks for September 7th
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 7th: Beckenham Residents – Local action in Beckenham via a Ning social network site. Hat tip @lesteph
Month: September 2008
Local community networks with Ning
I’ve always been a little uncertain of Ning, the service that allows you to create your own social networks. I’m not sure why: possibly a comination of them looking rather samey (certainly in the early days), and being – to me – a little unintuitive to use. Plus there’s always been the fact that you … Keep reading
CivicSurf video now online
Shane has posted at CivicSurf the two parts of the online video version of the CivicSurf video, which I have included below, too. Why not email and ask for some actual DVDs you could show to your local councillors? [HTML1] [HTML2]
Bookmarks for September 4th
Stuff I have bookmarked for September 4th: paulcanning: How not to do video about recycling – Great notes from Paul on how local gov can make their video go viral (ie get people to actually watch it)
Communicosm
A short while ago, I wrote a little piece about a possible idea to enter into the Building Democracy competition, which was to create a social ‘directory’ of online community groups. I put directory in inverted comments because that isn’t really what it is, but I could think of a better word. Anyway, I’ve come … Keep reading