Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on Dec 4th, 2007
Those of you who missed our recent event “Online Social Networks: Can They Power Social Change” missed a good time and a packed house with a ton of energy and enthusiasm. Fortunately, we got a decent video of our eight 5-minute presentations, which you can watch online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh3hlU97_wo Warning: the video’s just under an hour, so grab [...]
Posted in General on Dec 3rd, 2007
Michael Gilbert picks up on an important piece: How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social — Not Electronic A couple of key ‘grafs: The network-centric approach had worked pretty much as advertised. Even the theory’s many critics admit net-centric combat helped make an already imposing American military even more effective [...]
Posted in General on Nov 15th, 2007
Right this very minute, ONE/Northwest is hosting a “brain trust” event where 60+ people are gathered to talk about online social networks and their potential for powering social change. Here’s a liveblog of my notes: Gideon Rosenblatt, ONE/Northwest (http://www.onenw.org) Executive Director We are a capacity builder that helps environmental groups engage people in environmental protection. Thanks to Aron Thompson, [...]
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