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I just listened to John Edwards' first podcast . While i don;t think that it is in and of itself anything to write home about, the fact that John (and Elizabeth) are podcasting is. I am very excited for what the future holds for politicians and more importantly leaders podcasting. The internet truly is…
Science Fair: Bla, call it what it is, Vendor Fair. Really not fun being pitched to and bribed with little toys and candy. Well the little toys and candy are kind of cool. I now have a new back massager, courtesy of Kintera, and desk clock, and envelope opener (with a sharp razor…
I did a little recording of some NTEN sessions, well one session, and then an adhoc round table with some great folks on friday evening. As soon as I get my powerbook I will start editing the audio and get some podcasts up. But while on the topic of podcasts… I am going to work…
Yet politicians are beginning to see blogs are more than forums for snoops. To some, they are the ultimate cyberspace soapbox. This is from a Christian Science Monitor article this week. Glad the pols are coming around. But i wonder, how will a politician's blog be treated in the context of political expenditures?…
One major problem of open source development is funding it. In talking to some people at the nTEn NTC it came up that there are certain aspects of the CivicSpace suite of tools that are not funded, particularly porting Citizen Speak to CivicSpace / Drupal . Jo Lee and Dan…
Different communities engage on different levels or with different technologies. It is important to think about the audience when deciding on a means of communication. I am so sick of power point presentations at this point. If you are going to write it down then don't just read it out. I can read.…
Chris from Democracy IN action is talking about nurturing online relationships by being personal, especially in email, and solicit their input, think of it like building a freindship. Establish regular communication: I have been telling this to everyone i work with for what seems like ages, it is the first step on the ladder of…
I updated this now that i am back in NY and had a little time. But a cute little joke, one of the panelist from Ashoka said some people in her org have come to call open source "Open Sores" because of their bad experience with some OSS. This session started with a conversation…
What do I mean by "On THe Fly Web Tool Deployment"? So we tried to set up a web chat yesterday, or rather "online" chat. we used an IRC channel at free node. The barrier to entry was kind of high. How many people are used to using irc? well not many. We had…
The Panel has grown to include Jo Lee from citizen speak and Kaliya Hamlin Integrative Activism Marty Kearns from Green Media Tool Shed Dan Robbinson of CivicAction . Marty Kearns: Things are connected. Society is changing, suspend some of your assumptions. Social networks are not new.…