How to Parent in a Digital World: Resources
Family Minecraft Policy (Google Docs version here)
Family Support Form Responses (copy this to your Google Drive so you can adapt it to your family’s needs. For help, see How to copy a Google Form)
iOS 12: Getting to Know Screen Time & Stronger Parental Controls (for iPhone/iPad)
The Complete Guide to Setting up Parental Controls in Windows
How to use Parental Controls in Windows 8
How to Use Parental Controls in OS X to Protect Your Kids
4 Ways to Set up Parental Controls on Your Home Network
Parental Control Tools That Cover Every Device In Your Home
One Damn Thing After Another
Rob Cottingham's blog, a terrific and wry source of info and analysis on Canadian politics. <i>Full disclosure: he's not only a brilliant speechwriter and political commentator, he's also my husband.</i>
Gnomedex 5.0
The next mega-gathering of West Coast bloggers, coming up June 23-25 in Seattle. Looks to be a great way to connect with the latest thinking on blogging, tagging, social software and all those other Web 2.0 buzzwords.
BlogherCon 2005
The first BlogherCon — a blogging conference for women — is planned for July 30, 2005 in Santa Clara California. The schedule of events will be announced May 1.
Rad Geek’s Projects » FeedWordPress
I've been exploring the wonderful world of RSS aggregation for the past few months. (RSS newbies, check out the Wikipedia introduction.) I wanted to go beyond aggregating content for my own use, into the realm of aggregation as a way to support the blogging process....
Online engagement: strength in numbers
The Canadian Policy Research Network has released a new paper called “Democracy — Updating the Owner’s Manual” by Mary Pat MacKinnon, the Director of CPRN’s Public Involvement Network.
The paper provides a very useful introduction to citizen engagement, informed by CPRN’s own extensive experience in engaging over 2,000 Canadians in public dialogue. Mary Pat suggests […]
Participants – Toolkit Citizen Participation
This site describes itself as: a growing group of civil society (NGO) and local government organisations from all over the world, working together to promote participatory local governance. Our site offers information on tools which promote citizen participation, a...
Blogging for Social Capital
Elizabeth Albrycht’s latest article at Blogging Planet, Collaboration Requires Contribution, provides a nice exploration of how blogging might enhance social capital. Her article includes a number of specific pieces of advice for how companies can use blogs to build community, and draws the connection between active participation in online content creation, and the development of […]
Digital era records management
I recently heard from Sarah Demb, a fellow Canadian now working with the International Records Management Trust in London. The IRMT fills an interesting niche in the governance world:
The Trust was set up in 1989 to help develop new strategies for managing public sector records. Records are so fundamental to democracy that governments and international […]
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Michael Cornfield of the Pew Internet & American Life Project notes an important newconsultation on Internet campaigning:
The Federal Election Commission opens public comment for sixty days on Monday, April 4 regarding its plan to renovate the online space for national politics.
The FEC’s proposals include provisions addressing online advertising and blogging, both major forces in the […]
Italy gets 57 new e-democracy projects
Information Policy reports that the Italian government is boosting its support for e-democracy:
The government will contribute a total of EUR 9.5 million to selected e-democracy initiatives at regional and local levels.