Open Source Politics
Danish parties going Facebook for election
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, March 9 2011
Today we have a special focus on Danish election campaign, thanks to PdF Europe speaker Astrid Haug. Haug is co-author of "Lyt til elefanterne", a book on digital communication, community manager at Berlingske, a Danish ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Behind the scenes of the Hungarian EU Council Presidency
BY Antonella Napolitano | Monday, March 7 2011
EU | Behind the scenes of the Hungarian EU Council Presidency: a podcast Last Friday Yesterday the fourth meeting between eurobloggers and the Hungarian Presidency took place in the Hungarian representation in Brussels. ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Think Globally, Tweet Locally
BY Antonella Napolitano | Sunday, March 6 2011
UK | Think Globally, Tweet Locally: British Town Council In Midst of 24 Hours of Tweets What does a local authority do every day? Can social media help explaining it? As our own Nick Judd says at TechPresident: Read More
The Europe roundup: Keeping OpenGov data open
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, March 2 2011
Keeping OpenGov data open Today there is an unprecedented amount of data available and reusable for free as it is released by public bodies. But how do we avoid the possibility that reusers consume government ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Why mySociety folks should run a Masters in Public Technology
BY Antonella Napolitano | Monday, February 28 2011
UK | Why mySociety folks should run a Masters in Public Technology ... as their boss says! Tom Steinberg explains why he thinks people in his team should run a Master "which would take people with the raw skill and the ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Planning a better whistleblowing website
BY Antonella Napolitano | Saturday, February 26 2011
Planning a better whistleblowing website: a review of "Inside WikiLeaks" On O'Reilly Radar, Andy Oram reviews "Inside WikiLeaks", the newly released book by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, former member of the organization and ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Feel like buying a smart city?
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, February 23 2011
Feel like buying a smart city? What does exactly mean "smartness" when it comes to cities? Gartner VP Andrea Di Maio tries to dig in: Vendors do associate almost exclusively “smartness” to the interoperability of ... Read More
PdF 2009 Video--Michael Wesch's "The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, July 15 2009
Here's the video of Michael Wesch's keynote talk from the second day of Personal Democracy Forum 2009. Wesch, a professor of anthropology at Kansas State University, first gained acclaim as the author of "The Machine is ... Read More
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