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Digital and social activism: no small change
The social upheaval that exploded in Tunisia and Egypt is spreading across the Arab World. At the time of this writing, dissent is snowballing in Libya, Bahrain and Iran. In …
‘Digital forgiveness’ in a world that does not forget
We need to discover new forms of empathy and forgiveness in this digital world that “records everything and forgets nothing”.
Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness
via ted.com The Web is a lot of things. Jonathan Zittrain @zittrain tells why he sees the Web also as acts of kindness — a calling even from some — …
TED Talks – Clay Shirky: How social media can make history
Clay Shirky talks about how social networks like Twitter, Facebook are changing the landscape of news production and reporting, and how this change in top-down control of news concurrently changes …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 3/3
Some inspirations Digital Public Square of the District of Columbia Vivek Kundra, America’s Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), spearheaded this project when he was still the Chief Technology Officer of …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 2/3
Starting points for practicing E-democracy “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”” (Memorandum of the …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 1
This month’s article is brought to you by the letter ‘E’ and ‘D’ —‘E’ for ‘electronic’, ‘D’ for ‘democracy’. Taken apart, they each constitute a vast body of meanings. Google …
“…In the face of doubt, openness prevails."
Day 3 of the Obama Administration and it looks like Obama’s keeping his word. Yesterday saw the signing of an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, as …
Timi’s List: top 4 most interesting concepts for me at the moment
1. Peer to peer production (P2P)This is different from for-profit or public production by state-owned enterprises as it focuses on:» Production of use value through the free cooperation of producers …
Spread the love, spread the music
http://www.blogger.com/www.we7.com is stoking music fans’ passion with its music download and sharing concept, which allows you to get free music AND also pay the aritst. > It offers users free …
