“We do so much but no one knows about it. We have to do a better job of telling our story.” I’ve heard this again and again. So, why’s it so hard? I’ve come to suspect that part of it has to do with the structure of communications within organizations. The centralized structure is a problem. We need to figure out how to make a distributed model work.
Archive | July, 2009
Tim Hwang at Participation Camp: Can computer games increase citizen engagement?
Tim Hwang looks like a super cool guy. And he’s not just cool because Joi Ito took his portrait. Nope. Most important? He founded ROFLCon, the internet celebrity conference. Or maybe it’s his work at Harvard. Or maybe this awesome talk on video games and citizen engagement. Hmmmm, hard to decide!
Russel Banks, Sarah Cole
Patrick on Miette’s podcast, reading Sarah Cole, by Russel Banks. Ugly is beautiful.
Darin Barney, One Nation Under Google
Darin Barney, One Nation Under Google: Citizenship in the Technological Republic
Identica: Open microblogging & recipes in 140 characters or less
Identica’s commitment to open standards is hot. And all good technology shares this characteristic: People can figure out how to make it work for them. It’s hackable. Just look at Twyka in Kenya and Naijapulse in Nigeria. And as for me? Tonight I discovered a group that shares recipes in 140 characters or less. Bliss.
Delicious wordle & shifting perspectives
Visualization is powerful because it gives you a different perspective. Which helps you think differently. I like to tell my friends that I’ve figured out what enlightenment is: It’s the ability to see all different perspectives simultaneously.
My lifes work, she says, is the impact that this has.
she closes the lid
and unplugs the device
no bigger than her thumb
from the computer…
And, her lifes work is more than a four meg flash drive. My lifes work, she says, is the impact that this has. This is not about what I produce. It is all about what others receive.