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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, social [...]
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 sharing [...]
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 “Blog” [...]
Continue reading...A comic annual report
23. March 2009
Face it: most annual report are boring and they suck. Reading or (worse) writing them will suck your life force, transforming you into a dry, withered shell that your loved ones will stare at and kick around, wondering what happened to you. And producing them will do the same to your organization’s time and financial [...]
Continue reading...Communications guide for networks
2. December 2008
Just finished posting the first draft of a communication guide for telecentre networks on my blog on the telecentre.org website. People who manage distributed teams will also find some good stuff in it. I’ll be developing some of the concepts here, but in a more generic form. Especially the eavesdropping model — a great alternative [...]
Continue reading...Report from Webcamp Montreal, Part 1
12. November 2008
Thanks to Patrick (all my blogs will now start with this phrase!) today I attended Webcamp Montreal. Since I’m a practical girl, interested in facilitation and open space meetings, and think it’s important to document and share HOW we can work better together I’m starting out by sharing the meeting rules and non-rules. Rules 1. When you first [...]
Continue reading...Enterprise Microsharing Tools Comparison
2. November 2008
Laura Fitton and the folks at Pistachio consulting have just released a Enterprise Microsharing Tools Comparison report, which compares nineteen applications that companies can use for microsharing inside of companies. You can download it from Scribd.com. Non-profits and social-change initiatives should look closely at how micro-sharing can work for them, as well as folks interested in [...]
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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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Beth Kolko, User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity & Consumerism in a Digital Age. “If I’m a hacker, I’m thoughtful about how I negotiate the world, I think about how I can make use of objects and systems rather than allowing the object or system to make use of me by slotting me into a pre-arranged role… hacking embodies the notion of agency and resistance.” #UrsulaFranklin
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- WordPress: Blog not on home page
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- A comic annual report
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