I had the privilege of spending many hours over the past several days immersed in expert discussion about Information Sharing, from several different perspectives. In the “open source” Web 2.0 community (at last week’s Potomac Techwire Internet Outlook 2009 event), the consensus seems to be that there’s a short period of “wait and see” aheadRead… Read more »
Check out http://twitter.com/cdarwin where you can follow the tweets of Charles Darwin on the Beagle. So what other historical events might be educational/amusing using this methodology?
A quick review from: http://freegovinfo.info/node/2434 An interesting new white paper contrasts “Public Media 1.0” (public broadcasting, cable access, nonprofit satellite set-asides) with “Public Media 2.0” (multiplatform, participatory, centered around informing and mobilizing networks of engaged users). It says that “the individual user has moved from being an anonymous part of a mass to being theRead… Read more »
Traditionally, metadata adds structure to otherwise unstructured content. Modern systems open the possibility of unstructured metadata. Rating systems and folksonomies both fall into this category. These user generated finding aids give designers and content specialists, especially those who work in libraries, 😉 pause. We have to: * determine whether our projects would benefit from lowerRead… Read more »
When I was first asked to blog in the early days of GovLoop, I thought it sounded like fun but wondered what I’d write about every week. After all, being a government employee isn’t really part of my self-identity. It’s just my job. Sure, I enjoy my job well enough and have a strong workRead… Read more »
I live on a small island off the coast of British Columbia, across from Vancouver. The Road status tool was built by volunteers, during the bad weather. It’s not a big deal in itself, but is a proof of concept at the very least. Our next step, after completing the geo-tagging of roads, is toRead… Read more »
I had the privilege of speaking today at a conference on social media in gov’t hosted by the Potomac Forum. Listening to the other speakers, as often is the case, I heard similar concepts to the ones I use, but put in different ways. I thought I’d share here some of what I distilled. NoneRead… Read more »
Hi All, I haven’t blogged for awhile now due to my workload that I have had, so now that I have a few minutes to spare I thought I better get back into it (as I enjoy sharing my thoughts and ideas). So, without further ado my blog this week is about employees who proposeRead… Read more »
This is an story about corporate websites. However in my experience of working on websites for both federal and local governments, many of these principles apply to many governmental websites. I would hope that those who have some influence over gov websites especially review “You Need A Separate Web Division”; “You’re Not Getting Value FromRead… Read more »
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