
My friend (in both the online and physical worlds), Kate Carruthers asks an interesting question in her post Are social networks breeding social isolation...

Lyndal Curtis’ commentary on the recent Media 140 conference in Sydney suggests she’s not done her homework. Despite admitting to being something of a geek, early adopter and rich social media user, she asks where we find the time and if we’re missing out on talking with big chunks of society. Has ...

The Three Laws of Open Data | Government 2.0 Taskforce Nice work from David Eaves — exist, engage, empower (tags: australia opendata government2.0)

Over at YourHealth, the Department of Health and Ageing’s community consultation site on Australian health reform, they’ve taken an extra step in the opening up of the public consultation model — they’re now encouraging submissions by video. On top...

Craig Newmark: A Nerd’s Take On The Future Of News Media Great take on trust and quality editing of news from Craig Newmark. (tags: journalism socialmedia media)

Brainstorm » Blog Archive » Google Sidewiki: You can’t ignore your customers anymore! Good piece from Jonathon Crossfield on the power in the hands of users with Google Sidewiki. He’s absolutely right. (tag...

YouTube: We’re Bigger Than You Thought — Bits Blog — NYTimes.com Somewhere between 600M and 1B views a day! Now, if they can get people to click on the ads, there will be a revenue stream. (tags: video socialmedia business) No

Journos on thin ice as they take their messages and moans online | The Australian The media orgs continue to run scared of social media. The AFR policy referred in this story will, I imagine, prove completely unworkable. (tags: media business socialmedia)

» Features » Some thinking on Education, from New South Wales Nice thinking from Darcy More in NSW on education reform for the 21st Century. (tags: education innovation)

I was interviewed for a piece in this month’s Research News from the Australian Market & Social Research Society entitled A research dilemma: Confidentiality breaches. The piece explores the management of customer relationships when your information has been criticized and exposed online. ...

The Seven Laws of Projects, and How to Break Them : The World : Idea Hub :: American Express OPEN Forum More projects like this, please! (tags: management business)

What Gives? » box of chocolates Words of wisdom on balance and burn out from my friend, Derek Featherstone. (tags: business)

Community management: The ‘essential’ capability of successful Enterprise 2.0 efforts | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com Obvious. But needed to be said and it might as well have been Dion. (tags: collaboration enterprise2.0) N














