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Stuff I have bookmarked for December 30th through December 31st:

• 27 Blogging Secrets to Power Your Community – Chris Brogan shares some blogging magic
• TDO Mini Forms WordPress Plugin (v0.12.5) [thedeadone.net] – "This plugin allows you to add a form to your website that allows your readers (including non-registered) to submit posts." This could be INCREDIBLY useful.
• dotproject – Open Source Project and Task Management Software
• Cambridge Carbon Footprint – "Cambridge Carbon Footprint is a local, voluntary organisation concerned with climate change. Our aim is to help people work together creatively to make real reductions in their CO2 emissions."
• The Akashi Project – "The Akashi project works with community and faith groups (via social gatherings at your church, mosque, village hall, community centre, youth club or even with a group of friends at a local café!). We can run discussions and group activities that will help you to consider the future of our planet in a fun, interesting way, that is relevant to your lifestyle and values."
• McMillanChavis.pdf (application/pdf Object) – "This article holds more useful advice (and a great practical framework) for developing an online community than any other." – Richard Millington
• Sueetie – "The Future in .NET Open Source Online Community Development" apparently.
• Measure how the media is portraying your company or organization – A 'web based media management platform'
• Not all online community members are created equal – "Do you know who your most important members are? You should be able to name them all right off the top of your head."
• ThoughtFarmer: Intranet 2.0. Wikis, blogs, social networking. – "ThoughtFarmer is next-generation intranet software: wikis, blogs
  and social networking for effective internal collaboration."

Stuff I have bookmarked for December 28th through December 30th:

• Oxite – Lab – MIX Online – Microsoft's open source blog platform / CMS?
• Front Seat – Software for Civic Life – "Front Seat is a civic software company and incubator. Our software connects people to the places we live, the resources we consume, and our communities." Via @AlbertoNardelli
• Podnosh Blog » Archive » Why doesn’t government have reservists? – "The role of government is going to change. As individuals find it easier to collaborate and solve problems, traditional government structures will need to be reshaped and rewired. So how do we start this change?"
• www.patientsknowbest.com – Welcome to Patients Know Best – "An open source personal health records project"
• PHPizabi – Create Worlds – "PHPizabi is one of the most powerful social networking platforms on the planet. With literally thousands of websites powered by PHPizabi including everything from simple friends sites to the most complex networking super sites out there. Easy to install, use, and raising the bar on what it is to provide a reliable, fast, social networking package to raise your business to the next level."
• Predictions for Google’s 2009 – What might happen at Google over the next 12 months…

Stuff I have bookmarked for December 21st through December 28th:

• MoMB Labs | Twitter 100 – 100 of the best Twitter services
• How to make a Delicious “plugin” for Chrome – Simple bookmarklet to use delicious in Google's Chrome browser
• Pods – Pods is a CMS plugin for WordPress
• Favo – Smart bookmark management and collaboration – Cool looking visual social bookmarking service coming next year
• WP Theme: Credit Crunch | Smashing Premium WordPress Themes – "Beat the credit crunch with this magazine style money and business theme. Features powerful customisation theme options, magic automatic image resizing, 4 page templates to choose from… This has everything you need for your online magazine." Costly, tho.
• Welcome to CitizenScape — Citizenscape – "CitizenScape is a 2 year eParticipation Programme Trial Project that is integrating and testing state-of-the-art Web 2.0 social networking Internet tools combined with offline outreach community activities in a socially purposeful way in concrete legislative and decision-making processes – specifically looking at engaging Citizens to debate and engage in the implementation of EU environmental legislation at a local level."
• Blubrry – Blubrry Powerpress – "The Powerpress Podcast Plugin has all of the elements needed to have you podcast RSS feed in complete compliance in order to obtain a iTunes listing, and is optimized for listings in podcast directories and the Zune Marketplace."
• Things Are Going to Change Around Here… – Guido is moving away from Blogger onto something new. Will be interesting to keep an eye on how this develops.
• Welcome to MuniGov 2.0! ‎(Exploring Government Collaboration Via Technology‎) – Interesting Google Sites based collaboration between public bodies in the US
• Ericulous – Free & Premium WordPress Themes + Plugins – Nice looking set of themes found by @davebriggswife
• FutureGov » We are the government. Us Now. – "I intend to do everything I can to help get the film into the hands of some of the movers and shakers in government as I am certain that the film can be used to turbo boost institutional change and with it wider social good."
• List and status of UK Local Council Twitters as of 18th December 2008 « Local Gov Engagement Online Research – Excellent collection of information about UK local gov's use of Twitter
• List and status of UK Local Council Twitters as of 18th December 2008 « Local Gov Engagement Online Research – Excellent collection of information about UK local gov's use of Twitter
• FreshNetworks Blog » Blog Archive » So how do you measure ROI of online communities? – "The answer to this question is simple and complex. The simple answer is that you make sure you establish a set of criteria when you launch the community and then judge success against these. The complex answer come with some of the ways in which you may judge success."

Stuff I have bookmarked for December 7th through December 15th:

• World Economic Forum launches social media initiative | Media | guardian.co.uk – The World Economic Forum has launched a number of new several social media tools and is inviting web users to discuss key issues on the economy, US politics, business ethics and the environment in advance of its annual meeting in Davos-Klosters next month.
• Community Toolbox – Bringing Solutions to Light – Great set of resources around community building, H/T Steve Dale
• Ed Mitchell: Platform neutral » Blog Archive » Conference networking at Online Information 2008: report and lessons learned – Nice big summary from Ed about his and David WIlcox's activities at the Online Information conference
• Socialreporter | Plan to train thousands of local digital activists – Great post by David Wilcox on digital media and community. Two videos featuring Will Perrin, too, and plenty of links to digital mentors
• JayCut – Online video editing – Interesting-looking online video editor

Stuff I have bookmarked for November 26th through December 5th:

• Save the Planet and Win – Social network for carbon reduction
• European Citizens’ Consultations – The European Citizens’ Consultations are the first ever pan-European debate involving citizens from all 27 Member States to debate the future of the European Union across the boundaries of geography and language.
• http://camcreative.wordpress.com/ – A hub for the creative industries in Cambridgeshire
• On the road next week – speaking at… – Yay, Simon Wakeman will be sharing a stage with me at the PSF event on 4th December!
• Bare Bones Software | Yojimbo – Yojimbo looks like a really useful tool