Many of you know that I am now deeply involved in Federal Green IT. Add that in with my personal nonprofit work on Food/Obesity/Recycling and I’m all ears for video conferencing. Which is why I’m a bit wry in these thoughts scrambled on sheets during my first VTC: Sitting in two separate rooms. Two different …
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Don’t deny it, Obama is all Web 2.0
I have been telling friends this for a while: Obama (his campaign) is the most powerful and far-reaching Web 2.0 business in the world. The fact that he has gone from a virtual nobody to a near land slide presidential victory (typing this at 10:45 EST on election night) is absolutely transformative. He is reported …
Computer Troubles
Is it possible that computers are just too hard. That they are just so complicated that it requires a degree to understand them. Yes. Is it also possible that we have been turned off by computers. They prevent us being outside and experiencing things. They make things harder instead of easier. They are just not …
Vidcast of day 1 from Web 2.0 Expo
Well, day one came and went. We had some fun, some disappointment, and a little hangover this morning. Luckily enough we put our thoughts to video before the after partying took are brains away. Check it out and send any questions. Also, here is Andrea’s blog-up of day one. Especially check out her links to …
Library of Congress Partners with Flickr
There is a quite a hubub about this new partnership and its well worth it. Everyone needs to take a look for themselves. The Library of Congress (LoC) is not only releasing their photos on Flickr. They are also providing context about the photos, links to the full URL, blogging about this, and being honest …
Netflix…baby steps: unlimited instant viewing
Netflix did it. The finally gave me unlimited access to their library (see official announcement below). I now have unlimited hours of viewing from their “instant viewing” site. The library they have is growing and the player is decent. The only problem is having to view content on your laptop or hooking the ‘puter up …
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Senate Hearing Discusses Web 2.0 to Improve our Democracy
Wow, I am really excited. Something amazing happened yesterday, Dec 11, 2007, for the American people, democracy, and my work. I will try to break it down for you in a simplified way. The story is pulled from several statements, 60 plus pages, and a Senate Hearing. Here it is: A Congressional Hearing was called …
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My Community
Many thanks to Stowe Boyd, Lars Trieloff and Emily Chang for this post. Inspiration strikes in the weirdest places and for the weirdest reasons….I’m at an Enterprise 2.0 conference (E2.0) talking about the development of Web 2.0 and what happens? I get inspired to start an art blog. Who knew… But thanks to the power …
Enterprise 2.0 Conference – Boston
Well…here I am sitting in a grungy boston-style hostel, getting all excited for the Enterprise 2.0 conference. With sessions like the ones listed below, I have high hopes. Social = me first Collective Intelligence: Monkeys or Memes? Social Project Management: Everything Big Is Small Again Leveraging Your Community as a Competitive Weapon With attendees like …