digital democracy

The Solar Power Tree and My Civic Dilemma

by Brian on 10-22-2010

Woke up the other day and read this story about a hideous metal tree (it’s actually London’s logo — maybe one of those things that doesn’t look right on a different scale) with awkwardly-attached solar panels to symbolize London as a “clean and progressive community.” There were already some complaints on Twitter. When I saw it for [...]

Tagged as: blogging, complaints, cooperation, democracy, design, dialog, digital democracy, open government, participation, social media

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Lesson for London in Civic Engagement

by Brian on 04-20-2010

in business,civics,london,web

Yesterday a new website launched, Action London 2010, providing Londoners what promises to be a textbook perfect case study on dos and don’ts of civic engagement in the digital age. They say (and have demonstrated they are) working to improve the site quickly, to their credit. I wasn’t going to post this but I eventually decided to lay [...]

Tagged as: accountability, cities, civic engagement, democracy, digital democracy, generativity, government, openness, transparency

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From the Agora to the Blogosphere, and Beyond

by Brian on 08-20-2009

in a2bb,civics,media

Yesterday I noticed a couple of announcements for London social media events in the fall: a Twitter 101 TechAlliance Breakfast Club on October 14 starring @billdeys, @ericablonde, and @titusferguson a social media [un]conference for the arts community promoted by @adamcaplan, @titusferguson, and @billdeys (from what I understand at this early stage — let me know if I [...]

Tagged as: a2bb, agora, athens, blogging, blogosphere, democracy, digital democracy, digital media, from the agora to the blogosphere and beyond, history, open democracy, philosophy, plato, politics, social media, society

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