Publications
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
e-Democracy skills training
I was part of a break-out group discussion today on making online deliberation tools accessible. We discussed three facets of this challenge: tool design, user training, and motivating participation. Our conversation began and ended with user training issues, becuase...
Online tools for ODDC: URLs
I'm in Minneapolis for the Deepening Online Deliberation workshop hosted by the Online Deliberative Democracy Consortium. We had a terrific conversation today about some of the tools available for online deliberation and for collaboration among deliberation...
Ambush kills U.S. troops in Iraq
Snip: The suicide car bomb and ensuing small-arms fire killed at least two Marines and four others were missing and presumed dead. At least one woman was killed, and 11 of the 13 wounded troops were female.
The ambush late Thursday also suggested Iraqi insurgents may have regained a foothold in Fallujah, which has been occupied by U.S. and Iraqi forces since they regained control of the city from insurgents seven months ago.
The women were part of a team of Marines assigned to various checkpoints around Fallujah. The Marines use females at the checkpoints to search Muslim women “in order to be respectful of Iraqi cultural sensitivities,” a military statement said.
The demise of Technorati politics?
What's missing from the new and improved Technorati? It seems as if their overview ofpopular blog conversations still includes movies, books, and the top 100 -- but where is their politics page? Until the redesign, Technorati was home to a nifty slice of political...
Where social software meets social activism
A lot of my recent reading and thinking has focused on how social software -- community-building online tools like blogging, wikis and social networking -- effect small-p political change by allowing groups to self-organize more easily and powerfully. Today, Wired has...
The true hazards of blogging: beyond the EFF
The EFF's recent release of a legal guide for bloggers gives bloggers in the US a great tool for assessing and managing the legal risks of blogging. But as the EFF itself acknowledges, its guide only speaks to the US context: This legal guide is based on the laws in...
100 blog shakers
I suspect that the AO/Technorati Open Media 100 will be the meme of the day. It's a list of 100 movers & shakers in the world of open media -- the world of bloggers, social networks, and social software. For the most part the list includes the people I would hope to...
The latest must-have tech
As of this weekend, my blog is now M3R compliant: Looking over my lor stats from yesterday, I can already see the impact -- not only on n-files but also on the peller processes I've been running to optimize my RTimer performance. But of course what really matters for...
The Latest from the Technorati Rank Wars
OK, it just occurred to me that my Technorati claim might in fact have been slightly messed up by the fact that Technorati was tracking my /blog directory, whereas the blog itself is now in the root directory. I set up a new blog claim directed to the right location...
Irony, thy name is Technorati
It's happened! I am now officially kicking Rob's ass on Technorati, having jumped overnight from a soul-destroying 72,991 to a respectable if not stellar 44,348 (just think...only 44,347 blogs with more links than mine!). One might attribute this leap to the silent,...
The Harvard Business Review
e-Democracy skills training
I was part of a break-out group discussion today on making online deliberation tools accessible. We discussed three facets of this challenge: tool design, user training, and motivating participation. Our conversation began and ended with user training issues, becuase...
Online tools for ODDC: URLs
I'm in Minneapolis for the Deepening Online Deliberation workshop hosted by the Online Deliberative Democracy Consortium. We had a terrific conversation today about some of the tools available for online deliberation and for collaboration among deliberation...
Ambush kills U.S. troops in Iraq
Snip: The suicide car bomb and ensuing small-arms fire killed at least two Marines and four others were missing and presumed dead. At least one woman was killed, and 11 of the 13 wounded troops were female.
The ambush late Thursday also suggested Iraqi insurgents may have regained a foothold in Fallujah, which has been occupied by U.S. and Iraqi forces since they regained control of the city from insurgents seven months ago.
The women were part of a team of Marines assigned to various checkpoints around Fallujah. The Marines use females at the checkpoints to search Muslim women “in order to be respectful of Iraqi cultural sensitivities,” a military statement said.
The demise of Technorati politics?
What's missing from the new and improved Technorati? It seems as if their overview ofpopular blog conversations still includes movies, books, and the top 100 -- but where is their politics page? Until the redesign, Technorati was home to a nifty slice of political...
Where social software meets social activism
A lot of my recent reading and thinking has focused on how social software -- community-building online tools like blogging, wikis and social networking -- effect small-p political change by allowing groups to self-organize more easily and powerfully. Today, Wired has...
The true hazards of blogging: beyond the EFF
The EFF's recent release of a legal guide for bloggers gives bloggers in the US a great tool for assessing and managing the legal risks of blogging. But as the EFF itself acknowledges, its guide only speaks to the US context: This legal guide is based on the laws in...
100 blog shakers
I suspect that the AO/Technorati Open Media 100 will be the meme of the day. It's a list of 100 movers & shakers in the world of open media -- the world of bloggers, social networks, and social software. For the most part the list includes the people I would hope to...
The latest must-have tech
As of this weekend, my blog is now M3R compliant: Looking over my lor stats from yesterday, I can already see the impact -- not only on n-files but also on the peller processes I've been running to optimize my RTimer performance. But of course what really matters for...
The Latest from the Technorati Rank Wars
OK, it just occurred to me that my Technorati claim might in fact have been slightly messed up by the fact that Technorati was tracking my /blog directory, whereas the blog itself is now in the root directory. I set up a new blog claim directed to the right location...
Irony, thy name is Technorati
It's happened! I am now officially kicking Rob's ass on Technorati, having jumped overnight from a soul-destroying 72,991 to a respectable if not stellar 44,348 (just think...only 44,347 blogs with more links than mine!). One might attribute this leap to the silent,...
OneZero
Status update: Twittering your way to effective (and expressive) communication
Like many forms of online conversation, status updates make it easy to confuse the expressive value of communication with the effective value of communicaiton. I’m concerned about the expressive value of communication when I’m “getting something off my chest”, “speaking my truth”, or engaging in some form of creative expression. I’m concerned about the effective value of communication when I’m trying to get you to hear me, listen to me, or understand me.
Comments vs spam
Just realized that the incessant deluge of comment spam had masked a number of comments unrelated to Viagra, porn and serial number cracks. I've approved a bunch of actual genuine comments tonight, some going back to 2007 ....thanks for your patience, faithful...
How to hack your tech to-do list
Leg shaving, nail filing, face cleansing, sunscreening, brow shaping, lip conditioning ….well, it gets to be quite a bit of work. I’ve now been a computer owner for almost as long as I’ve been a magazine reader, and I’m afraid the challenges of tech maintenance are even more relentless than the challenges of beauty maintenance.
Take note of Evernote (especially if you’re an iPhone user)
Since upgrading to a 3G iPhone, I’ve gone on periodic app binges in which I download every app that looks remotely interesting and take it for a whirl. So far, the best discovery I’ve made is a free app called Evernote — and it’s changed my computer use even more dramatically than it’s affected the way I use my iPhone.
Turned off by bad news? Try our special Olympic-friendly Internet!
I'm delighted to be writing this post as a OneWebDay ambassador. OneWebDay, which takes place on September 22, is a global day to celebrate the Internet, and the values that make the Internet such an essential part of our society.
Turned off by bad news? Try our special Olympic-friendly Inter…
I’m delighted to be writing this post as a OneWebDay ambassador. OneWebDay, which takes place on September 22, is a global day to celebrate the Internet, and the values that make the Internet such an essential part of our society.
Halfway to hex: Anniversary gifts for geeks
To celebrate our half-hex wedding anniversary, we created a new, geek-friendly set of recommended anniversary gifts.
Online collaboration for your right brain, part 1: an introduction to digital mind mapping
Most online collaboration tools engage your left brain: that part of you that likes structure and organization, and supports linear, sequential thinking. Collaborative mind mapping, on the other hand, engages the right side of your brain by helping you think visually — together and online.
JSTOR DAILY
Status update: Twittering your way to effective (and expressive) communication
Like many forms of online conversation, status updates make it easy to confuse the expressive value of communication with the effective value of communicaiton. I’m concerned about the expressive value of communication when I’m “getting something off my chest”, “speaking my truth”, or engaging in some form of creative expression. I’m concerned about the effective value of communication when I’m trying to get you to hear me, listen to me, or understand me.
Comments vs spam
Just realized that the incessant deluge of comment spam had masked a number of comments unrelated to Viagra, porn and serial number cracks. I've approved a bunch of actual genuine comments tonight, some going back to 2007 ....thanks for your patience, faithful...
How to hack your tech to-do list
Leg shaving, nail filing, face cleansing, sunscreening, brow shaping, lip conditioning ….well, it gets to be quite a bit of work. I’ve now been a computer owner for almost as long as I’ve been a magazine reader, and I’m afraid the challenges of tech maintenance are even more relentless than the challenges of beauty maintenance.
Take note of Evernote (especially if you’re an iPhone user)
Since upgrading to a 3G iPhone, I’ve gone on periodic app binges in which I download every app that looks remotely interesting and take it for a whirl. So far, the best discovery I’ve made is a free app called Evernote — and it’s changed my computer use even more dramatically than it’s affected the way I use my iPhone.
Turned off by bad news? Try our special Olympic-friendly Internet!
I'm delighted to be writing this post as a OneWebDay ambassador. OneWebDay, which takes place on September 22, is a global day to celebrate the Internet, and the values that make the Internet such an essential part of our society.
Turned off by bad news? Try our special Olympic-friendly Inter…
I’m delighted to be writing this post as a OneWebDay ambassador. OneWebDay, which takes place on September 22, is a global day to celebrate the Internet, and the values that make the Internet such an essential part of our society.
Halfway to hex: Anniversary gifts for geeks
To celebrate our half-hex wedding anniversary, we created a new, geek-friendly set of recommended anniversary gifts.
Online collaboration for your right brain, part 1: an introduction to digital mind mapping
Most online collaboration tools engage your left brain: that part of you that likes structure and organization, and supports linear, sequential thinking. Collaborative mind mapping, on the other hand, engages the right side of your brain by helping you think visually — together and online.
