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LA Times Tweet Gets Everyone in a Tizzy

Submitted by Jim Brown on May 15, 2009 - 3:29pm

Earlier today, the LA Times Twitter feed reported the following:

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage (Prop 8) ban: http://bit.ly/hhwEg

Volunteerism via Blackberry

Submitted by Jim Brown on February 7, 2009 - 8:09pm

Okay, I'm intrigued by The Extraordinaries. From the About page:

The Problem:

Slate Readers' Version of the Inaugural Speech

Submitted by Jim Brown on January 20, 2009 - 9:07am

Following up on Adria's post about MixedInk, here is a collaboratively written inaugural speech put together by Slate readers (and previous Presidents).

Crowdsourcing: Picking Obama's CTO

Submitted by Jim Brown on November 14, 2008 - 9:48am

President-elect Obama will hire the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, and ObamaCTO.org asks people to suggest what the priorities of that CTO should be. Clearly, these are just suggestions, and the CTO will not be checking with "the crowd" before making decisions. But it's nice to see the incoming administration asking for input.

Whitehouse 2.0

Submitted by Jim Brown on November 12, 2008 - 7:31pm

I continue to wonder what a continuation of the Obama "movement" will look like. This Slate story asks whether Obama can continue the participatory ethic of his campaign when he moves into the White House:

Hyperpolitics: What's next?

Submitted by Jim Brown on October 8, 2008 - 8:17pm

A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me a link to Mark Pesce’s talk on “Hyperpolitics”. I had never heard of Pesce, but this piece intrigued me. Pesce is a “digital ethnologist,” and his discussion of “hyperpolitics” draws on a discussion of Wikipedia, Flickr, and the Obama campaign. At times, it’s difficult to tell whether Pesce is championing digital technologies that empower users or decrying these technologies for their reliance on mob rule.

"Read what they read"

Submitted by Jim Brown on August 28, 2008 - 8:44pm

When I logged into Google Reader today, I got a message that I could read what journalists and what people from the Obama and McCain campaigns are reading. So, I subscribed and started reading "what they read":

Web 2.6.23.1

Submitted by Jim Brown on October 22, 2007 - 4:37pm

Okay, so it's time for Web 3.0. This term is starting to make the rounds. For those of you who are feeling behind the times and don't even know what Web 2.0 is, your best resource is Tim O'Reilly's description of Web 2.0.

So, if Web 2.0 is Wikipedia not Britannica/blogging not home pages...what the hell is Web 3.0? Not surprisingly, Wikipedia has an entry: