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Eaves.ca Blogging Moment #7 (2009 Edition): Explaining the New to the Old

Back in 2007 I published a list of top ten blogging moments – times I felt blogging resulted in something fun or interesting. I got numerous notes from friends who found it fun to read (though some were not fans) so I’m giving it another go. Even without these moments it has been rewarding, but [...]

Posted 04 January 2010 | David Eaves § commentary § cool links § media § random ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Upcoming talk: Toronto Innovation Showcase

Just a little FYI to let people know I’m going to be in Toronto on Monday, November 2nd for the City of Toronto’s Innovation Showcase.
I’ll be doing a panel Open Government with Maryantonett Flumian (President of the Institute On Governance, I remember meeting her when she was Deputy Minister of Service Canada), Nick Vitalari [...]

Posted 28 October 2009 | David Eaves § cool links § interesting people § open data ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Mapping Government 2.0 against the Hype Curve

Last week Andrea DiMaio wrote an interesting post on how Government 2.0 may be approaching the peak of the hype cycle. I’d never seen the hype cycle before and it looked fun, so I thought it might be interesting to try to map where I believe some current Canadian government 2.0 projects, a few older [...]

Posted 28 September 2009 | David Eaves § public service sector renewal § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

The Valpy Social Media debate

So a few days ago I posted this response (a cleaner version to be found here at The Mark) to a piece Michael Valpy wrote in the Globe about how social media threatened the social cohesion of the country. My problem with Mr. Valpy’s piece is that it framed the question in the most negative [...]

Posted 10 September 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § commentary § free culture § media § reviews ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Dear Valpy: social media isn’t killing democracy, it’s making it stronger

So I’m really worried I’m becoming the one man rant show about the Globe, but as long as their columnists keep writing stuff that completely misunderstand the intersection between technology and politics, I feel bound to say something.
First it was Martin Lawrence, who was worried about the future of the country since his profile of [...]

Posted 01 September 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § media § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

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