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Book 2.0

Nov

2009

I am pleased to announce that the book, State of the eUnion: Government 2.0 and Onwards, is now in production and will be available for ordering in your favorite bookshop very soon. But wait, there’s more: On 18 November, the free, online version will be available from 21gov.net. Read the press release. Follow the book @gov20book on Twitter. The book’s twitter hashtag is #gov20book. Also, follow the list of contributors.

Canonicalization of Democracy?

Jun

2007

Ah, what an age it is When to speak of trees is almost a crime Bertolt Brecht To Posterity (1938) (German: An die Nachgeborenen; Danish: Til Efterkommerne) The Council of Europe invited me to participate in Forum for the Future of Democracy held in Sigtuna in Sweden this week. The general theme was Power and empowerment: the interdependence of democracy and human rights. I was invited to make a contribution in a break-out session about eDemocracy â€“ key role in facilitating and strengthening democratic processes? ...

Halo Halo

Mar

2007

I’ll be visiting HP Labs in Bristol, UK, tomorrow wearing my Version2-hat. The theme is adaptive infrastructure, but they also promise we’ll experience the advanced video collaboration system, Halo, which sounds like fun. I love enterprisey gadgets. I’d love to hear from users of advanced video collaboration systems.

Sharing a bit of identity 4

Jan

2007

That was easy. First, I claimed it, then checked it, then mapped it and then checked it again, and now I guess I can claim my identity is gotze.eu. My public persona is currently at gotze.myopenid.com. I’m playing with my own IdP, but that’s not ready yet. OpenID is cool. To show you just how cool it is, try this: Using your own OpenID, try making a comment to this entry. You should be able to identify yourself with OpenID on this blog. Thanks to ...