Bookmarks for March 8th through March 14th

Stuff I have bookmarked for March 8th through March 14th: James Harkin on why gregarious online communities are a myth – Potentially interesting piece that turns out to be bereft of any kind of substance. Shame. How is this thing…

Bookmarks for March 4th through March 8th

Stuff I have bookmarked for March 4th through March 8th: Finding a political navigator – Neville's thoughtful view on the Director of Digital Engagement post. How to open source your stuff at Helpful Technology – Steph on sharing your code…

Bookmarks for February 2nd through February 7th

These are my links for February 2nd through February 7th:

  • Social Innovation Lab Kent - "SILK is a way of working that puts people and their everyday experiences at the centre of policymaking and service design."
  • digitalresearchtools / FrontPage - "This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively."
  • Passenger Focus - Putting Rail Passengers First - "We are an independent public body set up by the Government to protect the interests of Britain's rail passengers."
  • Clay Shirky: online crowds aren’t always wise - "Clay Shirky, leading commentator on internet technologies and author of Here Comes Everybody, last night backed away from his earlier enthusiasm for the online wisdom of crowds in democratic decision-making. He suggested that Government use of social media should focus more on “small groups of smart people arguing with each other”, than national-scale engagement online."
  • City of Lincoln Council - Planning & Building Control - Plan - Lincoln Council provide Google Map of planning applications on there site - data courtesy of planningalerts.com - good work all round!

Bookmarks for January 28th through February 1st

These are my links for January 28th through February 1st:

Bookmarks for January 14th through January 21st

These are my links for January 14th through January 21st:

  • apophenia: Taken Out of Context -- my PhD dissertation - Danah Boyd's PhD dissertation. Well worth a download.
  • Government 2.0 Club - "Government 2.0 Club is a national organization that brings together leading thinkers from government, academia and industry to share ideas and solutions for leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborate, efficient and effective government — Government 2.0."
  • Anecdote: Profiting from Collaboration - "Google and P&G are both known for their innovation capabilities and strict internal policy. Driven by market forces, they made an exception. They swapped about two-dozen staffers who spent weeks dipping into each other's staff training programs and sitting in on meetings where business plans get hammered out. This is terrific example of purposeful collaboration delivering results."
  • DELL COMMUNITY - Great example of taking a community approach to customer service.
  • McLuhan Program - Research - Current Academic Research - "Because language is intimately integrated within the human mind, any technology that processes language in one way or another may have strong effects in the way the mind processes that content. Though they may have deciding common points such as plot, period and characters, a film adaptation is processed very differently by the mind of the viewer, than by that of the reader. "

Bookmarks for January 7th through January 10th

Stuff I have bookmarked for January 7th through January 10th: iGov – The Atlantic (January/February 2009) – How geeks are opening up government on the Web 21st Century Learning: The Art of Building Virtual Communities – "The burning question for…

Bookmarks for January 4th through January 5th

Stuff I have bookmarked for January 4th through January 5th: Back in the office, back on PM « Policy and Performance – "We won’t be gearing up with a big project on PM like we did before, but we will…