Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Sep 27, 2008	This is a no brainer for the UK.
Free Debates is an important democratic movement. They are demanding that a condition of a network getting to screen presidential debates is that they make the material available with open source/creative commons licensing, so it can be rehashed and mashed etc. It is a great idea...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	CarrotMob or Save the environment by drinking beer.
There are different ways to tackle climate change. In the last month I’ve written about the focussed and globally ambitious cquestrate . Now recent Birmingham Blogger Jonathan Melhuish (and also here ) who’s relocated to London tells me you can also do it by drinking beer. ...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 5, 2008	Social movements 2.0
flickr photo courtesy of racoles The jury is still out on the potential that social media has to facilitate social change. I would argue its widespread prevalence is a major shift in itself at least in person-to-person interaction. I wondered what the world would look like if all of...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jul 28, 2008	Crime Mapping from the British Government based on a West Midlands example
Tom Watson , William Perrin and the Power of Information taskforce shows off some mock ups for crime mapping by neighbourhood and the whole social media story makes it onto the Telegraph’s front page with a couple of subsidiary articles – including one mentioning West Midlands...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jul 23, 2008	Communities in Control: real people, real media.
Empowered people tend to be good at conversation, understand their place in networks, have experience of how networks help get things done. So it is very good news that the new Government Empowerment White Paper acknowledges that social media (the conversational web) will play a part in...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jul 8, 2008	The Charity Commission Responds to Education and Blogging.
A month ago I asked if your blog helped you learn . There were dozens of responses both here and on the Bad Science blog – mostly from people who keep personal or professional blogs which help them learn. (Thank you) This was all in reply to the Charity Commission using blogging...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 26, 2008	Community Docking
When I speak to council officers and civil servants about community engagement the conversation often conjures up mental images of docking space stations. The officers are sincerely trying to picture interesting ways to approach the community, connect with it, create an airlock where they...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 14, 2008	Is the British Government planning a new department of Digital Cleaners?
According to the FT the Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, thinks he may be able to not just control product placement in TV programmes but also on the web!. To quote from Neville Hobson’s blog post (nice spot Neville) Andy Burnham, culture secretary, said the government had an...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008	Journalism from the UK Parliament Twitter Stream
If you modestly define journalism as telling people what they need to know when they need to know it I think the various British Government twitter streams are getting into the swing of that. This on David Davis and his resignation as an MP from UKParliament (which uses its biog to...... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 14, 2008	Honest Tom
http://twitter.com/tom_watson/statuses/834846622  ... [view]

Posted By:  Podnosh Posted On:  Jun 12, 2008	Environmental News Online blog: The Musical.
A cracking video made to promote a Birmingham blogging venture – Environmental News Online . The site has been run by a group of journalism students working with Paul Bradshaw at Birmingham City University. A month or so ago I helped in a session with the students to...... [view]