From The New York Times: THE LEDE BLOG: In Sweden, Twitter Is Democratic, and File Sharing Is a Religion The Swedish government is handing over an official Twitter account to average citizens and recently recognized as a religion a group of Internet activists who say they worship the act of copying files. http://nyti.ms/AeawWm
I really like the idea of The Internet Wishlist - a platform where people can submit ideas for applications and websites they would find useful. Demand-driven design through crowdsourcing, really.
From the creator Amrit Richmond: "I hope the project inspires entrepreneurs, developers and designers to innovate and build the products and features that people want...I see so many startups try and solve problems that don't need solving... I wanted to uncover and show what kinds of day-to-day problems people have that they want technology to solve for them." (H/T Good)
It would be great to have a similar platform for Data.gov (and similar initiatives), bringing together not just the developers and crowd-sourced ideas, but also people that were familiar with the data/ content that is actually/ potentially available. Of course this could get messy when someone tries introduce IP to blossoming project...
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There's also this notable article by Malcolm Gladwell on why personal interaction is still more important than twitter/facebook/youtube in starting revolutions: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell
The debate continues...
Who says Government isn't innovative?
As Borders filed for bankruptcy - supposedly at the hands of online shopping and eBooks - economist Josh Gans had one thing to say tweet:
"Borders closing? Where will I go now to browse through books I then buy on my Kindle?" (@joshgans, 2011)
Sidenote: How long before Chicago Manual of Style has a section of referencing tweets? Anyone seen anything along these lines yet? - sezflom
So others can do all this. See the (clickable) original here.
Hey Posterous, too busy crossing that chasm to write in the year book? (H/T Blame It On the Voices)
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