Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

I have just returned from attending (and speaking at) the ‘Seminar – Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era ‘ at the IPA in Dublin. An interesting and worthwhile day.. All of the presentations were very interesting and will all be online shortly. I will update you on their availability and provide a full [...]

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Very Interesting Article by Dion Hinchcliffe on SocialComputingmagazine.com entitled ‘Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know’ …the power of the network has deep roots in some profound shifts in society and culture, particularly the singular move from push-based systems (the 1.0 era going way, way back until right around [...]

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Article by Andrew Hendry  on Computerworld.au The federal government has released the report of the Review of the National Innovation System  Venturous Australia, which details recommendations for remodeling the nation’s innovation system. Among 72 key recommendations was a call for an advisory committee of Web 2.0 practitioners to be established to propose and help steer [...]

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 From RRW If you were interviewing someone for a position with your company and they admitted that they didn’t know anything about the new trends and innovations taking place in their field, what would you think? Likely, what you would think is “next candidate, please.” In today’s business world, job-seekers are expected to stay current [...]

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The Global Information Technology Report is the world’s most respected assessment of the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the development process and the competitiveness across the planet. This year, after covering 127 economies across Earth, Denmark came out on top. The report notes the importance and benefits of strong government leadership and [...]

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Oxford Internet Institute : Webcast, University of Oxford. For over a decade UK government has been busy moving online. This has made some progress, for example in driver and vehicle licensing, but is yet to take off in terms of usage in the way of some spectacular contemporary Internet examples like Facebook and iTunes. Is [...]

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The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be [...]

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Stigmergic Collaboration I have just finished reading Mark Elliot’s PHD dissertation entitled “Stigmergic Collaboration- A Theoretical Framework for Mass Collaboration” and I found it to be inspiring and profound. This is one of the most scientific and rigorous examinations of mass collaboration and social networking technologies and their interactions that I have come across, and [...]

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Last year Project10x released their report on the ‘Semantic Wave’. The Blurb: Semantic Wave 2008 Report: Industry Roadmap to Web 3.0 and Multibillion Dollar Market Opportunities. It is the first comprehensive industry study of the next stage of internet evolution — Web 3.0. This landmark 400-page report is written for executives, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, investors, [...]

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I Just came across this document on the Data Protection Commissioners website. Its a projected vision of public surveillance in the near future, a dsytopian one as far as individual privacy is concerned. Thought provoking and worth a read. A Report on the Surveillance SocietyFor the Information Commissioner, by the Surveillance Studies Network Public Discussion [...]

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