Social media creates an open means of conversation between different government agencies and provides the government with new ways of reaching the public; it is an evolution in the democratization of government. Through social media, collaborators are able to create, organize, share and edit web con...

About a week and a half ago, the Republican party held their Tech Summit 2009 (the first ever), aiming to create a real 2.0 strategy to help the party reach out to voters. “When we get to 2010, I want my campaigns here,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said as he h...

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...

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...

Whether you’re a regular reader, or just pop in occasionally, it’s not always easy to keep up with our Wikinomics blog content. With this in mind, we have created the Wikinomics Roundup: Week in Review, to try and capture in brief, some of the thoughts, discoveries, and discussions that graced t...

He’s mobilized youth to previously unprecedented levels, shattered fund-raising records with an Internet-enabled army of small-dollar donors, and made many impassioned calls for sweeping changes  in Washington. But can Obama really transform the cynical, self-interested, and frequently factio...

Tech companies have long suffered from patent trolls: companies that bulk-buy cheap, unused patents from bankrupt companies, wait until someone becomes successful at doing something similar, and then launch a frivolous infringement suit that gets settled out of court. Well now the big tech companies...

That’s right. Starting tonight, a designated representative of both of the major presidential campaigns are going to participate in a free-wheeling debate on technology and government, moderated by Time magazine blogger Ana Marie Cox and channeled via Twitter. (Link) The moderator will pose qu...

It is no secret that Obama has blown his opponents out of the water on YouTube.  Seven of the videos on Obama’s official YouTube page have drawn more than a million views, with his s peech on race pushing the 5 million mark. Not one Clinton video has made it to a million, and McCain’s most ...

Last night, Hillary Clinton asked supporters to go to her website to help her decide what to do next. The request and the results (over 2500 comments and counting, here, here, here, and here) pose interesting questions about the evolution of political leadership and loyalty in the web 2.0 world. The...