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What's missing from Local News...

The local news website Topix recently asked folks what’s wrong with Local News

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Net Neutrality

Nice roundup...

Political Communication2.0

It amazes me, that finally politicians seem to open up and embrace a bidirectional flow, changing the traditional patterns of political communication.

Some recent examples, that I'm fascinated by, because they go beyond the simple blog-scheme are:

Where2.0 - Kickoff

I'm excited to be in San Jose at the Where2.0 conference for the next two days and will have an eye on what's next in location technology on the web and potential applications for the field of civic engagement

Geographic Web Resources Hold Great Potential for Place Making

At the PlaceMatters06 fall conference, participants were treated to the first sneak preview of outside.in,
a spatially enabled hub for blogs and forums that adds location-based

Imagine a 3D Google Earth

Imagine a google earth world where millions of enthusiastic users
build replicas of their homes and the stores/ buildings in their
neighborhood and then they become veiwable by anybody else. Wiki style,
people can work collaboratively to improve and constantly update
buildings. What would normally cost billions of dollars for 3D design

GIS more than just maps

Yes, we are all riding on the hype that Google Maps started, and the
endless possibilities it provides. But looking at it from a
planners/geographers perspective, are these possibilities really
endless?

In the Directions magazine, Adena Schutzenberger points out:

All Play and No Work for Jack Makes Jill a Better Planner

Several years ago I was with a group
of people who decided to approach the makers of SimCity to see if we
could convince them to develop a similar but more credible tool for
planners, enabling towns and their residents to look at real planning
challenges and experiment with different scenarios in their own

Living in glass data houses

Even though I knew this data existed,
seeing it spatially displayed so I could easily get the scoop on all my
neighbors made me uneasy. Straight from DirectionsMag.com:

$100 laptops open the door for highly interactive public meetings

What will be the next public
participation technology? Here’s one possibility… wireless laptops with
electronic ink capability (and built in hand generators to boot!). All
packaged to cost less than today’s keypad polling devices. Way cool!

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