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Best Of: Social Media in London

by Brian on 10-10-2009

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Brogan says it’s ok to do these so, ok, here’s the best of my posts about London Ontario so far. I noticed when I started putting them together they sort of make a case… but you’ll have to create your own adventure! First, some background criticism on our mostly unconnected city: Should London Exist? Ontario [...]

Tagged as: cities, digital media, london, london ontario, london's social media mafia, open democracy, podcamp london, politics, social media, web

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Uncovering London Ontario’s Economy

by LDNbeta on 09-09-2009

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This might seem like a joke or a bunch of rhetoric but it isn’t. Ok, maybe it’s somewhat extremely rhetorical — but no less serious: What exactly is supposed to come out of this economic summit on Thursday anyways? On Saturday I read a passing mention of it in the subhead to some comments by Chris Bentley, [...]

Tagged as: discourse, economic summit, ledc, london economic development corporation, london ontario, london's economy, open democracy, public sphere, social media, web

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Another Look at LDNbeta

by LDNbeta on 08-30-2009

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No I haven’t forgot about the little endeavour I launched in May: I started thinking we need someplace to just try stuff. If it works, then great: we can replicate it on our own sites or even develop something more permanent, public, and professional. If it doesn’t work, then that’s ok too: without actually losing [...]

Tagged as: community organizing, creativity, development, enterprise modelling, initiatives, institutions, ldnbeta, learning, open democracy, professionalism, progress, projects, rapid prototyping, relationships, signalling, social capital, social media, web

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From the Agora to the Blogosphere, and Beyond

by Brian on 08-20-2009

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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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