March 10, 2009
In the age of Wikinomics, one of the things that frustrates me most about being an avid sports fan is that it is still very difficult for fans to have any direct say in what their favourite players and teams do on, and off, the playing surface (i.e. who plays? who stays? who goes?) As I watched t...
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Ian Da Silva
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February 21, 2009
Jonathan Trenn popped this insightful article about Yelp over on Marketing Conversation, The contorversy about Yelp (and be sure to check out David Gelles’ article on a similar topic over at the Financial Times, Yelp rejects claims of extortion): Ah, controversy. Now, it’s with Yelp, the mega on...
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Chris
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February 20, 2009
There’s something else missing from recovery.gov altogether (see here): the ability for citizens to have input into which projects get funded in their jurisdictions. Stimuluswatch.org, evidently a work in progress, provides an interesting (albeit imperfect) example of how this might work. Laun...
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Anthony D. Williams
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February 18, 2009
(Editor’s Note: Ali joins us from the Carnegie Endowment and has prepared a three-post series on his suggestion for a Global Challenges Wikipedia, check out posts one and two.) If it’s designed and implemented carefully, the GCW that I’m proposing would offer us insight into at least four high...
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February 02, 2009
I had an interesting chat this morning with a colleague who is trying to get wikinomics infused into the culture and operations of the United Nations and finding it tough going so far. Like many observers of the international scene, I find it frustrating to watch international organizations like the...
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Anthony D. Williams
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January 15, 2009
Click on the YouTube video above to hear President-elect Barack Obama invite the nation to participate in the Inauguration festivities surrounding his swearing-in as President on January 20. True to form, Obama’s opening words include “But this inauguration is not about me. It’s ab...
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Don Tapscott
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January 13, 2009
In a country where many forms of communication and media are restricted by government, Iran has one of the most vibrant blogging communities in the world; hosting around 65,000 bloggers and 22 million internet users. To suitably illustrate the popularity of blogging in Iran, according to Alexa.com, ...
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Ming Kwan
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July 17, 2008
Yesterday, the Ontario Government announced that they wouldn’t be putting a gas-fired generator on a Mississauga Lakeview site after a citizen developed waterfront plan was enthusiastically endorsed by the Mississauga city council. The site was home to a coal power plant until 2005, and was to be ...
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July 03, 2008
If we ever needed a greater example of social networking in the 21st century, then New Orleans would be the first place to look. After being destroyed being flooded on account of failed levies in the fallout of Hurricane Katrina, the “sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the th...
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June 27, 2008
Not since the 1999 hit American Pie have I heard the word “sex� and “apple pie� in the same sentence. That is, until the New York Times ran What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer on Tuesday. According to defense attorney Lawrence Walter’s evidence presented in a deposition in pornog...
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