Social Media for Capacity Building

I’ve never been much of a technologists, but communicating about government reform using network tools has quickly translated into a certain level of thought leadership in gov new-tech circles. However, as a City of San Francisco friend reminded me over lunch today, innovation ≠ technology. My driving interest in Gov 2.0 centers on flattened hierarchies, [...]

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The Tabula Rasa of Personal Computers

(Apologies for the non-original headline, but it’s perfect in so many ways)Despite having owned an original blue clamshell iBook and an occasional iPod, I’m definitely not an Apple fanboy. Which is one big reason I looked on the coming iPad with disdain. However, a few weeks back I was watching my 5-year-old son struggle to [...]

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The Future of Citizen Services

I m prone to idea flurries. Regularly, these idea flurries result in some kind of social media project. They ve often included a domain name, and, back before we called it social media, a blog. Some have been successful, like savecivicpark. Others, not so much, like enviroinvestors or traveltokyojapan. In the last couple years, the [...]

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#yeg: Critical Mass for Gov2 Awesomeness

There are certain governments that quickly come to mind as groundbreakers in the fledgling Gov 2.0 movement: State of Utah, City of San Francisco, City of DC, Manor, TX. Edmonton, Alberta is making critical strides of awesomeness in joining that pack. From last week’s Open311 announcement to Saturday’s Open City Workshop, Edmonton – known on [...]

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Upcoming shows on Gov 2.0 Radio

Upcoming Gov 2.0 Radio shows for 2010.

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Twitter, Time & Tools: TweepleML, TheTwitCleaner, MyTweeple

This is a quick ramble about time, and about some favorite Twitter tools. First, time. I know that people use different social tools in different ways. However, I’ll always fight for two-way communication when that’s what the tool enables. That’s also because it’s offensive when someone wants to give you all their ideas and thoughts, [...]

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