Thanks for the support.

I believe you’re spot on to say that attitudes are changing. There are groups dedicated to improving the openness and transparency of our democracy using the growing wealth of internet technologies. There are several bootcamps and conferences about this, with a number of Members of Parliament getting behind it. There was much discussion about social media transforming media and politics at the Media140 conference (#media140 search on Twitter) yesterday (5 Nov).

Thanks for the link to that site too. It’s very much along the lines of the areas I will be covering. While having kick ass tools, so to speak, are great, they become useless without a strategy; well strategies really.

But these matters, details & more will be explored further in the series.

Cheers
Alex

Thanks for dropping in a note.

The conference didn’t happen as the day was crammed by literally a dozens of protests, events and activities; and competing conferences. However, work has begun on next year’s conference; and in some respects this series reflects parts of the conference.

As for the passwords email me at alex.schlotzer[at]gmail.com and I’ll include you in the invitation lists. You can also email me at that address in regards to the other matters.

Cheers
Alex

I think the concept of social activism via social media is an under utilised one (I still believe people underestimate the power of social networking). However I think that attitude is about to change and I look forward to your series.

An interesting site I came across recently is http://www.amazee.com/ which looks to collaborate for change and would be along an interesting subject as part of your series perhaps?

Cheers