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Government 2.0, Phase 3: Stable Solutions

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-07-29
I've written before about the three phases of open government, or government 2.0 – Surprises, Experiments, and Solutions. Basically, from about 2007-8, open government had a lot to do with "surpris...

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Government 2.0: The Newest Reality of New Media

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-07-25
New media has knocked on the doors of the White House and the rest of the U.S. government twice in the last week or so, but it looks like no one is answering (so to speak).   First, a partial two m...

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Government 2.0 Movement Seemingly Passes By Twitter, Inc.

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-06-09
A recent story, titled “Twitter to hire White House liaison to help policymakers ‘tweet more effectively’“ reported that Twitter, Inc. of California plans to hire its first employee outside headqua...

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Blog Comments Are Unnecessary For Influence

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-05-28
Four days ago I published a post for O'Reilly Radar called, What Does Government 2.0 Look Like? Well, it's not so much a blog post as an abbreviated white paper. I thought it was a really good post...

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Social media in isolation is useless to government, to business, and to you

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-03-25
Umair Haque, the Harvard academic, wrote a post called The Social Media Bubble that advanced the following hypothesis: "Despite all the excitement surrounding social media, the Internet isn't conne...

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Who's using Government 2.0 apps?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-03-03
A recent New York Times story cited a report which revealed that the average iPhone or iPod Touch user only utilizes 5-10 apps on a regular basis. This, despite over 140,000 being available. There ...

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Should the Federal Government Send Tech Delegations to America?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-24
Last week, the U.S. State Department sent a technology delegation of so-called "dreamboats" to Russia. There's a good writeup about this at The New York Times. It's unconventional to have actors an...

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Government 2.0: Roadmaps Are Good, But What Happens When the Road Forks?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-22
Not long ago, Google Buzz and the video site ChatRoulette did not exist. Today, they have thrown the social media world into a bit of minor chaos. From criticisms over privacy to excitement over di...

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Is Open Government Dangerously Digital?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-19
Yesterday I sat on a great panel about the Open Government Directive and the open government principles of transparency, collaboration, and engagement hosted by Adobe and 1105 Media. I'm particular...

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Must Every Company Employee Engage in Conversation?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-17
Last week, a New York Times op-ed criticizing Microsoft's innovation and creativity sparked discussion on the Web, including a post on Microsoft's official blog, here. In my view, the big takeaway ...

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Why Microsoft? New Video Highlights Philosophical Differences With Google

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-16
Something new is happening at Microsoft. They have something compelling to watch. A new series of messages under the umbrella "Why Microsoft?" is making its way out into the Web. Here's the first v...

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Live-Tweeting Events is Dying. What Can Be Done?

18x18 True/Slant Network Activity   2010-02-10
Over this past weekend, I watched tweets from the popular Gov 2.0 Camp LA with some interest. I had originally planned on attending in person, but with too much happening on many fronts this month ...