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THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace
Just fabulous.

DavePress

Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: How we used email as a customer support system at mySociety Ten propositions about digital technology later in life Reflections on WebSci13 John Carey...

DavePress

Convenience vs control
Everything in life is becoming a balance of convenience versus control. Only, it’s not so much of a balance as a mass grab for convenience. Sometimes this doesn’t matter, sometimes it...

DavePress

Playful Civics
Last weekend, I had the honor of being on a plenary panel at MIT8 talking about publics and counterpublics in a networked context. My remarks focused on the idea of playful civics – or, how...

Place Of Social Media

Webchat on social media in parish councils
As part of our work supporting NALC in their inquiry into the future of localism, I’m facilitating a webchat on the use of social media in parish, town and community councils. It’s...

DavePress

Participatory Budgeting in North America: Use of Technology 2012/2013
As was to be expected, I greatly enjoyed the Participatory Budgeting Conference this past weekend. Always nice to meet folks in person, learn a few things, and make new connections with instigators...

Intellitics Blog

PB Conference: “Digital Engagement Across the PB Lifecycle”
Here are my slides from our technology panel earlier today (see program): Session C: Tech Tools for PB (DH 231) This session will focus on the key issues and questions that people should consider...

Intellitics Blog

What Is Digital Engagement?
Here’s a working definition I used during today’s presentation at the 2013 Participatory Budgeting Conference: Digital Engagement The use of information and communications technologies to...

Intellitics Blog

Tipping my open government hat
Alex Howard I first met Alex Howard in Los Angeles at Gov20LA a few years ago. This was shortly before he joined O’Reilly Media as its Washington correspondent covering the open government/Gov...

GovFresh

How to pull Building Construction Permit data for Counties from the US Census Bureau
How to pull Building Construction Permit data for Counties from the US Census Bureau For a recent custom data request, I pulled building construction permit data for US counties and places (aka...

Cubit's Plannovation