The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Foglio’s Field Notes Leif Utne’s random rants, musings and meditations Why MoveOn Should Introduce Me to My Neighbors with 4 comments Recently, my dad proposed in his back-page column in the May/June Utne Reader, titled “An Open Letter to MoveOn,” that the nation’s premier progressive organization should go beyond issue-driven campaigns and “lead a community organizing …
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Why the Social Web is the Guardian of Net Neutrality Jon Goldman Mashable EXTRACT: The rise of the social web has tipped the balance of information sharing power from corporations to users. Many of the remaining ties consumers once felt toward their favorite search engine or broadband provider have been loosened, making user recommendations the …
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Robert David Steele Recovering spy, serial pioneer for open and public intelligence Posted: October 2, 2010 09:54 AM #1 Amazon Reviewer for Non-Fiction Says Hello Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and/or Comment. I am going to be a most faithful contributor to the new vertical in Education. I agree with the propositions …
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How Social Good Has Revolutionized Philanthropy Zachary Sniderman The term “Social Good” has been bandied about, but pinning down exactly what it means in concrete terms can sometimes be tricky. Is social good the same as “the common good”? Is it the same as normal fundraising? Is it just online giving, or is it particular …
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Here it comes: ‘Super WiFi’ Todd Bishop on Thursday, September 23, 2010, 11:17am PD Microsoft, Google and other tech companies won a key victory in Washington, D.C., today as the Federal Communications Commission moved to open up vacant spectrum between television channels for unlicensed use by wireless devices — a development expected to lead to …
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All government is local 2.0: manor.govfresh Manor, a small town in Texas a few miles from Austin, has become an unlikely star player in the new world of “Government 2.0.” This week Manor and GovFresh, an organization that provides news and information about technology innovation in government, joined forces to host a conference on “big …
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Knowledge Management Specialties By Stan Garfield (Twitter: @stangarfield) – Revised September 1, 2010 The field of knowledge management includes a wide variety of components and disciplines. Here is a list of 25 specialties practiced by those in the field, followed by Tara Pangakis list of 50 KM components across people, processes, and technologies. Sharing, culture, …
