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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Open data creates inefficient government and why this is good
The promise that open data will improve government efficiency is misplaced. Every administration claims it will make government effective and efficient. We had Clinton’s Reinventing Government and Bush’s reforms after 11 September. Neither has delivered as it promised. In large … Continue reading
Posted in Government, local government, open data, public sector, transparency
Tagged Democracy, government, government efficiency, government inefficiency, Hurricane Katrina, inefficient government, open data, Politics, September, Tim Berners-Lee, United States
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Penn State and the crisis of the American University.
The Penn State crisis reveals a deeper crisis than the Sandusky crimes where a sexual predator preyed on young boys. The crisis is more than the cover up of the crimes described in the grand jury document and the Freeh … Continue reading
Have hypertext and hyperlink been over-hyped? The view from local government.
Since the dawn of the social media age, we have been treated to various claims that hypertext and hyperlinks will change the way we work, read, and write. There were even claims that hyperlinks will subvert hierarchies. Yet, … Continue reading
Posted in good writing, Government, linked data, local government, open data, transparency
Tagged facebook, Google, Hyperlink, Hypertext, Microsoft PowerPoint, Social media, technological evangelist, Twitter, web writing, World Wide Web
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Does social media make us less than human? Human nature as a social object
I was fascinated by the idea of social object as used on this blog. The author developed the idea to include the concept of being in the world. In this idea, our understanding is shaped by being as subject and … Continue reading
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