IDAs plans for on-line government services are public now. William Heath experienced the Sandhamn syndrome.
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Sandhamn
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Scottish fatigue?
A while ago, KableNet brought an article about consultation fatigue among Northern-Irish citizens. In Sweden, one would probably rather talk about polling fatigue. The Swedish Minister for Democracy, Britta Lejon, called this “SIFOcracy” (SIFO was the name of Sweden’s “MORI”, that is, a survey institute).
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You don’t have to be rich …
to run a stalwart news site! OJR: Content Management for the Masses.
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World eBank
Nua Internet Surveys Weekly Editorial – An online anarchist circus?: “Holding conferences online, on the other hand, could turn out well for both the politicians and the protesters. We have to wait and see whether Wolfensohn deigns to offer a meaningful response to any of the questions posted on the conference site but, if he does, it could be the start of a new era where the Internet enables rational discussion between the two sides. Fingers crossed.” Some 1800 people from 80 countries participated in the event.
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London Calling, California Dreaming
This summer calls for the return of me as a reseracher. I will spend a number of weeks working in London together with Stephen Coleman at Hansard Society and London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). I’ll also be going to California this summer, invited by Pacific Council on International Policy to speak at a meeting. I hope to catch up with Etienne while I’m there. I want to talk with him about eCoPs.
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Knowledge Mangement for grassroots: Blogging
Grassroots KM through blogging is a very interesting article about “experiences with a strategy and technology so simple in design, that it could present the next wave of grassroots KM implementations. We are talking of the “storytelling” as the killer strategy, and “blogs” as the killer technology. Both of them share one common ground: grassroots interaction.”
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Peer-to-BigBrother
WebReview.com: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Systems: Caught Between EMI and Echelon. “Big brother is watching you. Find out exactly how”.
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eCoPs: Technology for communities of practice
Etienne Wenger’s survey Supporting communities of practice is an interesting read. Well worth byuing, if you have lots of money …
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Voice or Exit?
Things come, things go. Third Voice took the First Exit.
Dear Third Voice users,
As of April 2, 2001, we are no longer supporting the consumer version of the our search and annotation tools. Thanks for your support these past few years. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Third Voice teamThe consumer-focused application for attaching “sticky notes” to Web pages wasn’t making money. Is web annotation dead?
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Good for whom?
McKinsey Quarterly: Putting citizens online, not in line: “E-government, in short, allows the private sector to operate in areas that used to fall strictly within the public domain. The challenge for policy-makers is to recognize that what is good for business is consistent with good government.” Is this the real challenge?