Lesson summary from the financial crisis.

Marty — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:01:55 -0500

This is an absolutely brilliant. Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change finally creates the right narrative that has driven the US economy into this mess.

OpenRegulations.org and CapitolWords.org

Marty — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:02:24 -0500

Tracking government actions a hobby of yours? Here is a new interface that tracks agencies and generates an RSS feed of rulemaking notices. Want a view of the trends check these out..

Why are blogs so effective?

Laurie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:19:08 -0500

We all know blogs are here to stay and can have a significant impact in advocacy and campaigns. But have you wondered why?

David Perlmutter, Professor of Communications at the University of Kansas wondered just how a medium for personalized communication rose from obscurity and fringe status in the late 90s to power, influence and popularity today.

The story of culture shift told from Youtube. (Great Presentation at the Library of Congress)

Marty — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:19:26 -0500

Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself . . .

Scott — Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:19:11 -0500

Hello All: I’m Scott Fine, the new Netcentric Advocacy Coordinator here at Netcentric Campaigns.

Benkler on TED

Marty — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:55:47 -0500

Galaxy Zoo

Marty — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:22:04 -0500

Hmm. I could imagine a traditional organizer interviewing the folks organizing the astronomy research at Oxford.

Flocks and movements

Marty — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:22:00 -0500

I was just reading some interesting information about agent-based modeling. They look at flocks. They are working on how to get computer animated icons to behave like a flock. The interesting thing is that there are three rules that drive the behavior and the way a flock of birds moves:

1. All birds try and fly towards the center.

Up to late

Marty — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:15:39 -0500

White Oak conservation reserve in FL. Testing the new typepad plug in for the phone.

More than just political commentary...

Laurie — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:09:41 -0500

When Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert challenged his viewers to "Make McCain Exciting" he opened up a new fora for political commentary.

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