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Research Briefs: Simple tools to link research to practice
Briefs are important communication tools for linking research findings to policy and practice — and ultimately affecting change. Because face it: in the attention economy no one has time to read the full report. Here's the format we've developed at the Technology & Social Change Group for writing a research brief.
Continue reading...Identica: Open microblogging & recipes in 140 characters or less
17. July 2009
Identica's commitment to open standards is hot. And all good technology shares this characteristic: People can figure out how to make it work for them. It's hackable. Just look at Twyka in Kenya and Naijapulse in Nigeria. And as for me? Tonight I discovered a group that shares recipes in 140 characters or less. Bliss.
Continue reading...Virtual collaboration bibliography
8. June 2009
How might we organize communications more effectively? My hypothesis: A distributed model will work better. (More on this later, you can see some preliminary thoughts in an article I wrote for telecentre.org.) My focus here is on developing a better way to work for distributed, multidisciplinary, cross-cultural teams. More specifically research teams, international development projects, [...]
Continue reading...Characteristics of university-based research groups
8. June 2009
Today doing lots of reading and research on collaboration systems and practices for distributed teams. And especially for research teams. Tracey Lauriault (see also her datalibre.ca writing) gave me a paper she wrote on this with Fraser Taylor: Cybercartography and the New Economy: Collaborative Research in Action. I’ve not yet read the whole paper, but [...]
Continue reading...Social Reporting
29. May 2009
I've been thinking about how to better document events for a while now. This came up again today during the OpenEverything organizing call. Documentation falls into a sad communication grey zone. The poor cousin of Event Design. Too many times an after-thought, with little resources or planning, left to a small group of people. The solution? Social Reporting.
Continue reading...OpenMontreal, OpenEverything
29. May 2009
As part of my work with Station C and Artefatica, I’ve been organizing with Sylvain Carle to hold an MontrealOuvert / OpenMontreal event in the fall. We had a planning meeting last April that went really well. I envisioned this as part of the OpenEverything movement, but really hadn’t done much about it. So I [...]
Continue reading...WordPress: Blog not on home page
27. May 2009
Sharing this with you because I had a hard time figuring it out. I googled, and only lots of found out-dated information and complicated plug-ins. Finally, I just asked Patrick. He sent me a quick, elegant answer: 1. Create a page with the title the same as the address you want for the blog. Usually [...]
Continue reading...Audio 
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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- Omar Azfar
- An open letter to Bluehost: Your values matter
- Rite of passage for Liam as he turns 13
- (B)log On at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
- WordPress: Blog not on home page
- For my American friends: the Elite Escape Plan
- Naada Yoga: Something for my nothing
- Sherman Williams paints has worst logo ever
- Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
- A comic annual report
- L'accompagnement
- Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original
- I believe in open: Take a stand for government transparency
- Hugh McGuire: Books Versus Ebooks
- Montreal
- Alex: If you need any more reasons to have a cold hard look at sustainability, have a look at this: http:/...
- Alex: Maybe music IS something mostpeople do, maybe even everypeople. Maybe this is the tyranny of compar...
- Kirsten: Having troubles getting the blog posts to show on another page. Followed the steps and like Matt, I ...
- BeyondOKC: Thanks Kawika, that explained it for me!...
- Christine Prefontaine: Response to this has been super positive. Hugh is encouraging me to create an online home for the Bo...
- Stefan: Thanks, i feel really dumb now. I've tried to get the blog showing up on a different page to the def...
- Bruce: Putting a note here so I remember as I think this through some more to look at Tonya's theory of cha...
- Yannick: My favourite!...
- Christine Prefontaine: Hi Lauren — You're not the only person who's asked. I'll start compiling the list. Ohhhh... so much ...
- Lauren Thompson: Hello -- I found your blog as I was researching books to give to MY boy as part of a rite of passage...
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10. December 2009
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