Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on Sep 30th, 2009
From Marshall Ganz’s lectures on organizing: Stories of “now” articulate a challenge we face now, the choice we are called upon to make, and the meaning of “making the right choice”, in particular the hope that may be there. Stories of “now” are really stories set in the past, present and future. The challenge is now; [...]
Posted in General on Sep 29th, 2009
County government simply isn’t sustainable, anywhere in the state, and no amount of focus on budget priorities is going to fix this over the long term. At some point, voters are going to have to accept that the level of revenue they are providing simply isn’t sufficient to support the level of services they’ve [...]
Posted in General on Sep 28th, 2009
Paul Krugman has a great column on climate change today. This leapt out at me. “For three decades the dominant political ideology in America has extolled private enterprise and denigrated government, but climate change is a problem that can only be addressed through government action. And rather than concede the limits of their philosophy, many on [...]
Posted in General on Sep 24th, 2009
TechNerd Interviews McGinn Silicon Valley Hyperbole and What It Means to Really Change the World - if people are really, really interested in where the next generation of truly disruptive innovation is going to come from, it’s not Silicon Valley. At least not this iteration. If people really want [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2009
Ellen Miller: Congress' Tech-Oriented Growth Spurt- “Three years ago, those using the Web for transparency likely registered around zero. But in the intervening years, Congress has adapted to the Internet at incredible speed.”The Story Behind the Story – The Atlantic (October 2009)- With journalists being laid off in droves, ideologues have stepped forward to provide [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2009
Why doing good sometimes makes you into a bad person- Researchers have found that, after doing something ethically sound, people are more – not less – likely to do something immoral, or even illegalMore ways to make open data sexy: 5 Municipal Apps I’d love to see (what are yours?) | eaves.ca- Fun ideas for [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2009
Northwest farmers have banded together to market their own flour
Posted in General on Sep 19th, 2009
A Message From The People’s Waterfront Coalition
Posted in General on Sep 18th, 2009
WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT NOW?Safety agency: 'Open source relevant for all public administrations' —Now, when the world needs more oil than ever, it's changing faster than we can keep up with – By Daniel Yergin | Foreign PolicyDoes Obama Need An Enforcer?
Posted in General on Sep 17th, 2009
On Politics – Expand the House? – NYTimes.com- An interesting notion.
Posted in General on Sep 16th, 2009
A Voice Of Reason That Needs To Be Louder- “A conundrum, Seattle is. Brimming with big brains, yet milquetoast when it comes to execution.”A Voice Of Reason That Needs To Be LouderBringing Honesty Back « Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog- Amen!
Posted in General on Sep 15th, 2009
Supporters of long-term social change should not just be providing resources to organizing campaigns. They should also be focusing on helping decisionmakers become more able to hear the messages that social change campaigns are sending. What good is funding campaigns to send faxes, emails, tweets, phone calls and letters to legislators who are already overwhelmed [...]
Posted in General on Sep 15th, 2009
Snakes on the WebReadTwit: All the Links From Your Twitter Stream in A Filtered RSS Feed
Posted in General on Sep 14th, 2009
A French Twist On GDP
Posted in General on Sep 13th, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist – Boy, Oh, Boy – NYTimes.com- Maureen Dowd nails it, somewhat uncharacteristically.
Posted in General on Sep 12th, 2009
Awesome talk on how wrong we are about motivation- This is really awesome. Rewards inhibit creative thinking!Seattle Mayoral Debate, Seattle Mayoral Debate seattlechamber on USTREAM. Politics- First Seattle mayoral debate is online!
Posted in General on Sep 11th, 2009
Toward a new self-definition for open sourceWill a new mayor think boldly about planning?Share Lists of Twitter Users | TweepML- Very interesting. Open-source format + code.It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Posted in General on Sep 10th, 2009
Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeksShirky’s Advice: Leave Social Contracts IncompleteUS Government To Embrace OpenID, Courtesy Of Google, Yahoo, PayPal Et Al.- Very cool! I hope this becomes a model for state and local governments as well!
Posted in General on Sep 9th, 2009
DIY Visualization of Local Open Government Budget DataGov 2.0: Tim O'Reilly Argues for a Left-Right, Do-More-With-Less, Synthesis | techPresident- Some smart values thinking here.
Posted in General on Sep 8th, 2009
8 Principles of Open Government Data [...]