Category Archives for Blog
Making a Difference
I was just browsing through the blog of Karena Weinstein, one of my students in the Guadelupe Challenge (a project where we were consulting a Mexican Mayor for one week 24/7). She is on her way to Bolivia to study … Continue reading
Little Brother
I am only on page 42, but I am hooked. Read it, especially, after having read Jonathan Zittrain’s The End of the Internet. It can be downloaded for free under a creative commons license. I ordered it on Amazon yesterday, … Continue reading
TRIPS 3: Intellectual Property Rights on Steroids
Just in case you missed the leaking of the “super-secret” intellectual property rights international treaty proposal, then follow the story at Boing Boing. Or go directly to Wikileaks. And if you want to know more go to Michael Geist’s blog: … Continue reading
activism 2.0
we are still trying to figure out, what these new tools mean, so do not read too much into the following story, but do follow it! (CNN) — An American student who used a microblog site to free himself from … Continue reading
anybody out there 2.0?
Only last week, I decided to move my photos from facebook to picasa. The interface is nicer, you can upload better quality fotos, etc. However, how do I get my friends to see them without spamming them anytime I upload … Continue reading
public value 2.0
We are planning on having a fun and very informing (peer produced) workshop on July 9th. Bernie Krieger from Cambridge, Ines Mergel from Harvard, Alex Schellong from Frankfurt, and me and you will be debating the impact of 2.0 technologies … Continue reading
Living-Operating-Systems
no “user” (i.e. any-non-geek) switches operating system for the “right” reasons (security, stability, etc.), but because of little things that make difference (and then the cool stuff). So after a month on ubuntu 8.04, let me talk about those: – … Continue reading
Public Policy 2.0
Von New Public Management zu Public Policy 2.0 Seit mehreren Jahrzenten werden mit New Public Management, dem neuen Steuerungsmodell, wirkungsorientierter Verwaltung, Digital-era governance und der Idee der Netzwerk-Gesellschaft unsere Grundüberzeugungen vom Gemeinwohl und Staatlichkeit aufgeweicht und schleichend ersetzt. Public Policy, … Continue reading
Generativity… Captures 2.0
you have about 9 hours if you want Amazon it delivered by tomorrow, but you could also just watch the video: http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=195 or just go straight to the site/wiki/fulltext at the Yale University Press Creative Commons Series (where Benkler’s Wealth … Continue reading
Ubuntu 8.04 Works,… Really!
it really works. It really does. Try it. I dare you! Do the grandmother test.