Archive for the ‘Engagement Politics’ Category

A definition of web 2.0

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006Nice definition of web 2.0 via Jake McKee From Tim O'Reilly web 2.0Web 1.0 Vs. Web 2.0DoubleClick Vs. Google AdSenseOfoto Vs. FlickrAkamai Vs. BitTorrentmp3.com Vs. NapsterBritannica Online ...

Hollywoods new politics

Monday, January 9th, 2006Founding eBay made Jeff Skoll a billionaire. Now he is doing something very different - producing political movies that recall the rabble-rousing days of Warren Beatty and Robert Redford, and turning American filmgoers into grassroots activistsSays ...

Communities and politics

Friday, January 6th, 2006Mociology refers to how mobile and wireless technology has changed the way we do things: downloading music on to a mobile phone, for example, or getting the football scores texted through on a Saturday afternoon. To Trippi, however, its ...

The end of the world wide wait

Thursday, January 5th, 2006At many new Web sites and services, the creative energy of countless souls virtually crackles off the screen. They're cobbling together their own services from customizable Web sites and Lego-style pieces of Web software. By the millions, they're gathering ...

Who can you trust?

Thursday, January 5th, 2006I was reading an interesting article about wikipedia and trust in the Financial Times December 23 2005.The article refers to a defamatory allegation about John Seigenthaler Who can we trust? That is the question at the heart of the ...

Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité … err now hold on a second

Friday, December 9th, 2005France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled for December 22 and 23. says Ming the MechanicWhilst I wonder why the French still don't get it. Command and control ...

Its politics, big business and big media. But not as we know it

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005Iain Duncan Smith's article in the Guardian on Saturday made for some interesting readingFor decades the national conversation in most western countries has been directed by a few talking heads. Newspapers play important roles but all ...

Blogging the Observer

Monday, April 5th, 2004It was an interesting read, in Sundays Observer on blogging. Yet it seemed that the point was missed about the true nature and capability of blogging. The focus seemed about the egotistical nature of blogging, which is not wrong however, ...

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