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Wikinomics in the Blogosphere

Will Dick

May 15th, 2008, 10:47am

Highlighting some of the places that Wikinomics is appearing in the blogosphere.

The Connected Republic has announced a wiki discussion of Government 2.0, using seven principles that they have developed as a starting point.   

The Cambrian House Idea’s Section has a post by DaveH who is looking for help on his new open source loom project

Gordon Crovitz of the Wall Street Journal discusses our Government 2.0 Project.  

The South African Business Report writes about Cape Town University’s application of Wikinomics principles. 

Blogger Carl Dowse has posted an old video clip of Don speaking on BBC Newsnight.  

Blogger John Pana talks about the pre-internet use of Wikinomics principles by Richardo Semler when he revolutionized Semco.

Charlie Huenermann, from Utah State University, questions the motivations of participants on open source projects.  

RISMedia puts Wikinomics on their list of top 25 books corporate America is reading.  

Emma Wallace, Director of Social 8, a management consultancy specializing in Enterprise 2.0, recommends Wikinomics as a tool to convince the uninitiated of the benefits of mass collaboration.

Politicians on Facebook Just Make People More Cynical

Will Dick

May 7th, 2008, 02:36pm

 

Facebook and other social networks can and should be a valuable tool for our political leaders to engage with their constituents, allowing them access to timely information, and giving them the ability to ask questions and voice concerns from the comfort of their home. In particular, it could be a key factor in reversing the Net Generation’s cynicism towards government. Instead, the presence of politicians on Facebook is only contributing to this cynicism by reaffirming the conception of politicians as product pushers.

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