Isabelle Laporte, a freelance journalist, came to interview us at Sation C. Her story, published in La Presse, focuses on the emerging co-working phenomenon. But the thing I’m most happy about is her mention of Open Salad, which I learned about from my friends at the Centre for Social Innovation and have since championed at [...]
Archive | October, 2008
Reflections on “I Believe in Open” candidate responses
I was just browsing through the results section of the ibelieveinopen.ca campaign website. Candidates can respond yes or no to each of the five commitments and post comments, some of which give nice insights into the sort of people you may be voting for. I noticed two things: Andrew Graham, the NDP candidate from New [...]
I believe in open: Take a stand for government transparency
I recently joined the advisory board of VisibleGovernment.ca, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes online tools for government transparency in Canada. We’ve just launched our first project — ibelieveinopen.ca — a site that collects pledges from Member of Parliament (MP) candidates to commit to making five improvements to government transparency. The site also collects signups [...]
List of qualitative online research methods
Alecea Standlee, a doctoral student at Syracuse University’s Department of Sociology, has posted a wonderful list of works that deal with qualitative online research methods. She’s also added a few readings that don’t necessarily focus directly on methods, but that may be useful. You can view Alecea’s list on the Association of Internet Researchers mailing [...]
Free online access to all SAGE journals until October 31
Geeks rejoice. SAGE just launched its 500th journal and to celebrate they’re offering free online access to their huge database of social science, humanities, and science, technical, and medical content. This offer covers content from 1999 until October 31, 2008. You’ll need to fill out a form to register.