In response to the devastating aftermath of the twin earthquakes (on January 12 and then on January 20) in Haiti, Crisis Commons has come to serve as a key forum for the coordination of professional volunteers in the development of rapid solutions to the diverse array of information-based challenges facing the aid effort....
Continue ReadingSeth Godin has an insightful blog post up where he very succinctly describes the fundamental difference between spam and permission-based email campaigns.
A spam campaign feels like a smart idea, but over time, the more you use it, the less your brand is worth. A permission campaign, on the other hand,...
Continue ReadingExceptional social networks listed in this OhMyGov article include The Federal Contractor Network, Our Border, GovCentral, ExchangesConnect, Govloop and Military.com. From my review of this list four of the six appear to be built on the Ning social networking platform....
Continue ReadingBack in January 2009 I started the Master of Information Management program at the University of Maryland, and last semester I took a class on Consumer Health Informatics and another one on Social Computing. With the permission of both professors, I wrote different versions of a paper for each class about how Wikipedia has maintained accurate health information,...
Continue ReadingThrough a very elegant blend of rental data from Netflix and Google Maps, the New York Times continues to improve on the infographic with a very interesting interactive feature called "A Peek Into Netflix Queues", which it published on January 10.
The Netflix maps drew me in for about 30 minutes,...
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