tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62454142011-11-27T16:02:42.158-08:00Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-10937465678399851452011-10-27T15:54:00.001-07:002011-10-27T15:55:31.503-07:00

Some things to consider when thinking about NGP-VAN for your next political campaign.

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-91959327541947307322011-10-10T20:49:00.000-07:002011-10-10T20:49:43.457-07:00

Adriel Hampton's Adriel Nation

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-24534561555953131762011-07-30T23:27:00.000-07:002011-07-30T23:27:08.105-07:00

I am writing to ask you to join Adriel Nation, my network for promoting emerging technologies for better government, democracy and self-governance and for sharing opportunities to help charities around the world. All  of my blogging is now on this new platform, powered by NationBuilder. Adriel Nation has two key focuses: promoting emerging technologies for improving democratic and self

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-23580937261459939292011-04-26T22:46:00.000-07:002011-04-26T22:46:07.109-07:00

Nice week for The Cabal private group, the Justice League of Empire Avenue. Robert Scoble is a new member, we've got eight of the top 10 global share price spots, and, in an epic development, "friends and family" beta tester an leader of "Zod's Army," eZOD has joined the group. If you need help on the Avenue, ask the Justice League, and join me in The [X] Bar chat when you see me. - eADRIEL

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-36148436058218942292011-04-26T22:44:00.003-07:002011-04-26T22:44:50.216-07:00

Nice week for The Cabal private group, the Justice League of Empire Avenue. Robert Scoble is a new member, we've got eight of the top 10 global share price spots, and, in an epic development, "friends and family" beta tester an leader of "Zod's Army," eZOD has joined the group. If you need help on the Avenue, ask the Justice League, and join me in The [X] Bar chat when you see me. - eADRIEL

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-86482336309516886452011-04-26T22:44:00.001-07:002011-04-26T22:44:28.600-07:00

Nice week for The Cabal private group, the Justice League of Empire Avenue. Robert Scoble is a new member, we've got eight of the top 10 global share price spots, and, in an epic development, "friends and family" beta tester an leader of "Zod's Army," eZOD has joined the group. If you need help on the Avenue, ask the Justice League, and join me in The [X] Bar chat when you see me. - eADRIEL

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-68037798063379425012011-02-05T18:57:00.001-08:002011-02-05T18:57:13.002-08:00

CDPIC: Engaging and Building Community with Social Media on Prezi

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-6970342405303080532011-01-18T20:41:00.001-08:002011-01-18T20:41:41.250-08:00

Many pieces-One HeartOriginally uploaded by brookdaledude

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Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-60327889643026843462010-09-18T21:33:00.001-07:002010-09-18T21:33:45.053-07:00

e-Soccer HeroOriginally uploaded by AdrielHWe were excited to be on the soccer field today for the start of a new season of e-Soccer, an inclusionary program for special needs kids started a decade ago in the Bay Area by one of the evangelists from our church. e-Soccer is a public service program that serves special needs and typical kids throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and with programs in

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-47733574338138355402010-09-17T20:41:00.001-07:002010-09-17T21:04:48.275-07:00

Jumbletron Originally uploaded by AdrielHParking(ing) Day is one of those, "Only in San Francisco," kind of holidays. Except it's celebrated worldwide :) On the 17th of September, urban dwellers around the globe turn parking spaces into temporary parks. In San Francisco, what I really love is a recent move by the Department of Public Works to also turn unused street spaces into mini-parks.

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-3995609595947237392010-09-12T13:37:00.000-07:002010-09-12T13:37:00.647-07:00

I met Adam and Alicia Messinger and Ramon Villalobos a couple months ago while reading Marvel Zombies in the cafe at Barnes & Noble. They'd just come back from ComicCon in San Francisco, and I was a little jealous. Talking to them, I learned that Adam was a comic book writer, and Ramon an artist. They gave me copies of their personalized business cards, and we exchanged Twitter handles. Alicia

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-57705977809996898552010-09-07T22:51:00.001-07:002010-09-07T22:51:36.072-07:00

Castle ViewOriginally uploaded by AdrielHWell, it wasn't running, but I did get in some nice hiking and light climbing on Mt. Diablo over the long Labor Day weekend. A short jaunt from the Summit Station is Castle Rock, which makes for nice free climbing (even the boys, 6 and 3 did fine) and incredible views.It's a good 30 minutes from the base just to drive up the summit, so I was in awe of the

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-76758108025338681072010-09-03T22:39:00.001-07:002010-09-03T22:39:36.329-07:00

Market St from My WindowOriginally uploaded by AdrielHGoing into the office isn't so bad with a view like this. I actually got to pick my window when the whole floor in my office building was being remodeled, just off a set of plans. I had something like mid seniority, and focused on getting as clear a show down Market Street as I could.Before moving to the seventh floor, my office was internal,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-24964560448714609912010-08-11T21:58:00.001-07:002010-08-11T21:58:09.992-07:00

threecupsoftea.comOriginally uploaded by AdrielHThe title are words spoken to pioneering education activist Greg Mortenson by Sadhar Khan, a warlord in the Afghan territory held by the Northern Alliance before the Taliban took control of the country and then were displaced by the U.S. post-911.I highly recommend this book, "Three Cups of Tea," and am looking forward to buying and reading the

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-17549670401399396222010-08-07T23:12:00.001-07:002010-08-07T23:12:33.125-07:00

Three Heads Six ArmsOriginally uploaded by AdrielHI've worked in San Francisco for the past decade, but have lately been thinking about how much of it I don't take time to enjoy. Luckily, I do get fairly frequent opportunities to walk around the magnificent Civic Center.Of late, this spot has been even more magnificent with the addition of Zang Huan's colossal "Three Heads Six Arms" Buddha. For

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-85070596026983793912010-08-03T00:05:00.001-07:002010-08-03T00:05:59.974-07:00

abraham lincoln brigade memorialOriginally uploaded by AdrielH

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-82945756621926762652010-08-02T22:38:00.001-07:002010-08-02T22:49:34.372-07:00

Trail Runner, Japan Originally uploaded by AdrielHThis is me at my trail running peak, 2008, near Mt. Takao in Japan, about a two hour train ride from Tokyo. I had run one 20k and had been training for several months. I found a trail running Japanese doctor who blogged in English, and set up to meet him on this trip. We were on a 30k route, but I was only night removed from the 11 plane trip and

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-48134062051808925962010-08-01T23:24:00.001-07:002010-08-01T23:24:15.830-07:00

Tell me, is there an app for that?Matt Poelmans: FutureGovForum, AustraliaHeather Timmons: In India, Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw DriversNESTA: Small is Beautiful - Innovation in Local GovernmentPeter Corbett: Apps for the Army Winners - Doubling Our ExpectationsElizabeth Woyke: Apps That Change the WorldGov 2.0 Radio: UserVoice CEO Richard White on Leveraging Your Community Posted via

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-65631257847319073842010-08-01T21:27:00.001-07:002010-08-01T21:27:38.325-07:00

I CAN BE MAD MAX?Originally uploaded by AdrielHI've always loved the lolcats form, but have never done a real one myself (other than making jokes on pictures of politicians). Today, my aunt's kitten crawled into a toy car the kids were playing with, and everyone was trying to get a shot. I like it for my first lolcat!

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-73254367536673184352010-07-31T22:57:00.001-07:002010-07-31T22:57:01.733-07:00

There is no theme here. Really.Andrea DiMaio: Australian Government CIO Reinforces Employee-Centricity of Gov 2.0Marcia Stepank: Context Deficit DisorderMorgen Peers: Open Government. Theoretically, it all started in Canada. 1896.Dannielle Blumenthal: The things we don't blog aboutAlex Showerman: Skiing, Water Parks, Dating and Politics (Three Ways to Engage Your Online Community)Linda Cureton:

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-66239006980362073352010-07-31T16:00:00.001-07:002010-07-31T16:00:13.313-07:00

Social networking doesn't work. Crowdsourcing doesn't work. Nobody cares.Most of the folks who come to these conclusions don't even bother to post them publicly (although plenty do). It's enough that they posted a question, asked for help in a topical forum, or tried to build a community online. And nothing happened.Perhaps nothing happened despite a firm belief that something would happen. Heck,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-3066552120579135952010-07-31T15:04:00.001-07:002010-07-31T15:04:03.973-07:00

Did you know that you can blog any public photo right from Flickr? Until very recently, I didn't. Now I'm happily populating two personal blogs (Adriel Hampton and Travel Tokyo) and my Twitter account with fresh and archived shots from my photostream.It's dead simple to link your blogs and Twitter account to Flickr. One you do, it's a few clicks to posting new content. Flickr's blog integration

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-53545210304604676282010-07-30T22:40:00.001-07:002010-07-30T22:40:28.170-07:00

It's a mad, mad world:Allan Holmes: Craigslist creator tries to bring transparency initiative out of the shadowsPeggy Orenstein: I Tweet, Therefore I AmShira Lizar: Gov 2.0 - The Future of Government Is In Your HandsRobin Hicks: How useful is Twitter's government service?Vlad Malik: Internet - Defining privacy in a public spaceWilliam D. Eggers: Sustainable Government is an Attainable

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-7070959275323051422010-07-29T22:27:00.001-07:002010-07-29T22:27:16.754-07:00

The dog days of Summer:Brian Purchia: An open source union movementGunnar Hellekson: Who had the first government open source policy?Alex Showerman: President Obama and a Supporter's Hollow Feeling (A Call for Online Engagement)Shira Lazar and Tim O'Reilly: What is Gov 2.0? (video)AASHTO Honors State DOT Photographers for their 'Faces of Transportation'Rebecca Bowe: Big Brother? Body cams, face

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-72856822785024165532010-07-28T23:33:00.001-07:002010-07-28T23:33:22.964-07:00

International, visual:James Hutchinson: Gov 2.0, Web 2.0 clash over accessibilityEric Fischer: Overlay of San Francisco vehicle movements for all of June 2010Joe Eskenazi: Republicans Following Porn on TwitterFelipe Estaban: Colombia 2.0 - The time is nowJohn F. Moore: The Social Ecosystem - Developing Social Usage Guidelines David Forbes: Transparency is an ammo dumpGuy Molyneux, Ruy Teixiera:

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-13320894193931816652010-07-28T00:00:00.001-07:002010-07-28T00:00:18.853-07:00

Have you bought e(G2R) on Empire Avenue?Mark Headd: The opposite of open governmentAlex Howard: Open government is a mindsetRobin Hicks: Australia's GCIO talks tough at FutureGov forumGovernment Technology (video): Meet Colorado's Chief Data OfficerChristine Pierpoint: The Gov 2.0 Conundrum Gov20Radio: An Apps Day to Keep Climate Doomsday Away Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-76791347482810645502010-07-26T23:15:00.001-07:002010-07-26T23:15:31.772-07:00

Tomorrow, G2R gets its own GovLoop profile ;)Steve Radick: What Can the Government Learn from a $100,000 Salt & Pepper Shaker?Kim Patrick Kozba: Late Bloomers and the Evolution of 'Social'Morgen Peers: Getting Down Under(neath) Gov 2.0Nick Judd: The Challenge of Tech for Civic GroupsJohn Ohab: Open Innovation in the Science and Technology CommunityBob Gourley: Google Announces Apps for Government

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-92053965594438293292010-07-25T21:09:00.001-07:002010-07-25T21:09:57.636-07:00

It was a busy weekend:Jesus Diaz: NASA Astronauts Hacked by Twitter SpammersHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Government 2.0 Part 1 - Federal Use of Web 2.0 Technologies Kim Patrick Kozba: Citizen networks - What can we learn from the science of epigenetics? On the Media: The Public Access Crusade of Carl MalamudSteve Ressler: GL Launch - @Energy, DOD SocMedia Hub, Apps4Africa -

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-87580446050817345902010-07-25T15:48:00.001-07:002010-07-25T15:48:46.741-07:00

Much of the hand-wringing in government social media practice - or more so, the decision-making behind whether to have a government social media practice - centers on return on investment, or even "return on engagement." Does it work, and how do we measure whether it works?From measuring retweets, to numbers of fans, unique blog hits, to overall influence within sites like Twitter to Facebook,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-34014729463221890872010-07-24T20:14:00.001-07:002010-07-24T20:14:35.952-07:00

Some like it digital:OhMyGov!: Defunct federal websites live on in CyberCemetaryJeremy Polofsky: U.S. looks to improve disabled access to the InternetPTI: Virtual Summit on Apps for Local GovernmentGood: Vote on your favorite infographic on childhood obesityThomas Gegenhuber: Ride and surf Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-64811760065507885952010-07-24T18:43:00.001-07:002010-07-24T18:43:12.764-07:00

Nor Cal is GrandOriginally uploaded by AdrielHMt. Diablo is the dominant feature of most car trips in the San Francisco East Bay, and, if the mood strikes you, it has roads all the way to the top, as well as some fun short climbs on rocky outcroppings near the observation tower.It has full-service camping, as well as lots of great hiking and running trails. When I was in peak trail running mode,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-45923041885182825192010-07-24T01:19:00.001-07:002010-07-24T01:19:13.550-07:00

What, it's Saturday?John Letzing: Google misses key deadline for high-profile LA contractRussell Nichols: Memphis Cracks Crime Trends with Forecasting TechnologyTrisha Torrey: Can You Name That Pill?Peter Flaherty: White House Emails Show More Extensive Improper Contact with GoogleAlex Howard: Web 2.0 risks and rewards for federal agenciesAttia Nasar: Innovation 2.0 - Seth GodinCheck out

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-1009744107582568062010-07-22T23:34:00.001-07:002010-07-22T23:34:24.442-07:00

Will you be my random influencer?Jonah Lehrer: Twitter StrangersAlex Howard: Social Security in the Gov 2.0 agePaul Karr: Alex Howard '98Dannielle Blumenthal: Should the Government Hire Eminem?Lindy Kyzer: Setting standards for social mediaLuke Fretwell: Gov 2.0 and 'Reinventing Government'Abby Phillip and Kim Hart: Bringing government up to data Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-92109030719641440002010-07-22T03:12:00.001-07:002010-07-22T03:12:19.179-07:00

Promise and peril:Armed with Science: The Dangers of Friending Strangers - the Robin Sage ExperimentAndrew P. Wilson: Social Media Quick Start - A ChecklistEric Schwartzman: Selling the Impact of the Iraq Troop Surge through Blogger RelationsOhMyGov!: The promise and peril of the Social Media DirectorGovFresh: How developers can win CongressCraig Thomler: Contribute to the draft Unofficial

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-15908247896818549602010-07-22T02:28:00.001-07:002010-07-22T02:28:07.474-07:00

Gov 2.0 Radio is back from a July break on Sunday with a very special guest, Australian Labour Party Sen. Kate Lundy, a leader in global Gov 2.0 and information technology innovation.On the agenda with Sen. Lundy: Australia's recent Declaration of Open Government, the AU Government 2.0 Taskforce, upcoming public sphere discussions around open government, the National Broadband Network (delivery

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-90292406998764949672010-07-21T01:11:00.001-07:002010-07-21T01:11:35.717-07:00

Depends. I like being IN the city, but living in the suburbs has grown on me. Our home in the SF Bay Area is suburban, and my wife's family home is in the Tokyo suburbs. I grew up in small towns, and kind of rebelled against that, probably wouldn't want to live in a rural town, but I do enjoy visiting them. Ask me something

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-73560807450729145822010-07-21T00:54:00.001-07:002010-07-21T00:54:24.102-07:00

A Gov 2.0 bridge for the middle of your work week:Dan Slee: Comms 3.0 - How open data will change the face of news and PRSteve Lunceford: GovTwit Statistics - Top Federal Twitter IDsNick Charney: Now What?Dannielle Blumenthal: 10 Ways that Social Media has Empowered Women - And May Save the World, TooMichael Rupert: Transparency Without a Community Makes You InvisibleCraig Newmark: 21st-century

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-41110121422696073362010-07-19T17:39:00.001-07:002010-07-19T17:39:31.251-07:00

Back with a passion:Federal News Radio: State Department moves ahead with Facebook-style siteCSC: Government 2.0 in Beta Phase (white paper)Clay Johnson: Why Developer Should Run for CongressGovernment Bits: D4A Winner Profile - Redesign of a .Gov WebsiteGCN: 10 government apps that get resultsDelimiter: Australian Open Govt declaration attracts filter dissentAndrea DiMaio: A Tale of Two CIOs

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-13307267784330205242010-07-18T06:59:00.001-07:002010-07-18T06:59:32.900-07:00

Lots of people use automation or some kind of staff to work on their social media presence. This is hot stuff and most influential people want to make sure they are also using these new channels. Those who are already famous may set up accounts that generate massive hordes of followers, while people who'd like to be more prominent use inexpensive scripts to help build their accounts. I am not

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-67071736472262121232010-07-18T06:46:00.001-07:002010-07-18T06:46:21.668-07:00

Get a head start: How to avoid legal pitfalls around Gov 2.0 As Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out 12 open source tools you should be using Big society: app stores and hyperlocal democracy 20 Percent Harvard for Teach for America, Why Not Gov't Jobs? Declaration of Open Government (Australia Dept. of Finance and Deregulation) Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-15698679714231434742010-07-18T05:29:00.001-07:002010-07-18T05:29:52.608-07:00

Dunbar's number, driven into our collective consciousness by pop social science, posits a limit for meaningful social relationships based on the capacities of the human brain. In social media circles, it is popular to explain why this limit - roughly 150 - is bunk. However, I'm increasingly convinced that the number, and much, much smaller social groups, are the places where the work gets done,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-64240192405598847502010-07-17T17:36:00.001-07:002010-07-17T17:36:42.126-07:00

A half dozen for your weekend: TweetyHall: Lessons from election 2010 - social media and local politics Andrea DiMaio: Australian Sets a New Benchmark for Open Government Ari Herzog: How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy with Google Analytics John Bordeaux: On Change, or Why They Hate You Zack Seward: Open Source Senate NYT: Digital Diplomacy Posted via email from Wired to

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-25956285716524395092010-07-15T22:34:00.001-07:002010-07-15T22:34:02.123-07:00

Get your gov on!Candi Harrison: Customers Know Best - It's Their Results that CountAndrea DiMaio: Open Government ... To Whom?Sen. Kate Lundy: The Declaration of Open GovernmentKevin Merritt: Why Do We Need an Open Data Benchmark Study?Mike Loukides: App Inventor and the culture warsAndrew P. Wilson: The President's SAVE Award - Let's get Telework to the Top (And Here's Why) Posted via email

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-80695815908910406872010-07-15T09:33:00.001-07:002010-07-15T09:33:53.932-07:00

The 'it's late' edition: 5 ideas for a better government web site A Slightly Different Twist Track Federal IT Spending on New Homepage, Dashboard and App GE Launches Larges Innovation Challenge A conversation with the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria Drag My Brand to Hell: #InfluenceProject and the Last Kings of Scotland Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-78638245743457778042010-07-14T05:39:00.001-07:002010-07-14T05:39:26.739-07:00

Get a head start: Mathias Craford: What Futurists Actually Do Flickr: Welcome the National Library of Scotland to The Commons! Government Technology: Edmonton, Alberta, Replicating City in Second Life Bowen Moran: Playing with my Identity ... Jon Lee: The Craiglist Effect on Government Transactions UN launches open data site Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-24593166264556673352010-07-13T20:32:00.001-07:002010-07-13T20:32:48.417-07:00

I have been interested in politics since I was a teenager, maybe too interested. I find myself intrigued by power and the collective governance we call politics and also appalled by its endless pursuit. There is a good line by CS Lewis, "Great sacrifices in ... private happiness by those who have it may be necessary in order that it may be more widely distributed ... But do not let us mistake

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-56664227805758537542010-07-13T19:41:00.001-07:002010-07-13T19:41:06.721-07:00

Gone to Tokyo Tower with the boy, catch you on the flipside: Nick Charney: The Kübler-Ross Model of Internet Access Blocking Shane Snow: How To - Use Game Mechanics to Power Your Business Engaging Cities: Tracking the Progress of Gov 2.0 Erin Vang: In Defense of Good Meetings, and How to Hold Meetings that Suck Less When Open Gov Goes Bad - "Sterilise Claimants Urges Racist Treasury Website"

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-85135976237259213642010-07-12T18:07:00.001-07:002010-07-12T18:07:18.314-07:00

Hmm, I am a bit picky. I have turned down much stranger things than I have eaten. Examples being nato, a traditional Japanese dish of fermented soybeans, and finger-sized beetle larvae, which they were selling in plastic baggies (live) at a food market in Papua New Guinea.I have eaten roasted sea snail, which was cooked live right in front of me. Japanese like their seafood very fresh, and

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-48206302749365473942010-07-12T17:59:00.001-07:002010-07-12T17:59:15.994-07:00

Adriel Hampton's birthday edition:Leila Sedehgi and John F. Moore: Web 2.0 - Is the public sector really behind the private sector?Stephen Hale: British embassies and social mediaGawker: Canadians Declare War on FacebookMarketingVOX: 8 Questions to Ask Before Ditching a Social Media Strategic PlanAlex Howard: Gov 2.0 Week in Review - Summer HeatwaveRobin Hamman: Should Government Bodies Build

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-17610788575152386142010-07-12T17:39:00.001-07:002010-07-12T17:39:19.899-07:00

Check out my new video, Unmasking the Market Makers, going up at EmpireBuilding.net shortly. It is very important to have a strong social media presence outside Empire Avenue. Check out my Empire Avenue lists at TweepML.com and use them build up a solid Twitter account. Interact with people a lot. Take photos of interesting things and post them on Flickr. Blog about a topic that you are

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-53949623920421469502010-07-11T19:26:00.001-07:002010-07-11T19:26:10.057-07:00

Perhaps one of the most popular blog topics in the working world is bagging on meetings. Perhaps some of them are even written on smart phones during meetings. No one is talking about the one-on-one with a boss or a colleague to work out an issue or smooth through wrinkles in an action plan, or the small group meeting with a visiting analyst or executive to compare strategies, we are talking

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-74246303880768671072010-07-11T19:05:00.001-07:002010-07-11T19:05:14.622-07:00

Happy Monday! Steve Radick: Six Villians of Gov 2.0 NYT: Changing Government and Tech with Geeks Sonny Hashmi: Do you need a fancy title to transform government IT? Steve Lunceford: Twitter nears the Gov 2.0 tipping point Richard Fahey: Govt Spending Cuts - Who Knows Best? Andrea DiMaio: When Cultural Differences Do Matter - Gov 2.0 in Japan Pam Broviak: The Computer Names my Subdivision

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-38905946321254950592010-07-08T14:57:00.001-07:002010-07-08T14:57:56.040-07:00

It's Friday somewhere: Is President Obama's open government mandate being taken seriously? GovLoop: 1,000 Awesome Things About Government State Dept. releases social media policy (pdf) Defining our Rights in a Gov 2.0 Community How Local Government Can Do Facebook DC's Local Gov Spending and Expenditures Dashboard Damien Basile: The Problem with Influence Posted via email from Wired to

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-20613507846657239592010-07-07T20:08:00.001-07:002010-07-07T20:08:34.899-07:00

Brought to my American readers from the future: Armed with Science: Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff (video) Govistics launches visual data application Web 2.0, Gov 2.0, Society 2.0 Information Week: 12 Worst Government Web Sites Phillippines Supreme Court Joins Twitter to Widen Access to Decisions Where next for digital engagement? Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-5585793013212692592010-07-06T23:59:00.001-07:002010-07-06T23:59:33.155-07:00

From Tokyo with love:On Twitter, a Close-Knit NetworkUnemployed Keeping Tabs on the Senate LeaderLicense to Thrill: date and the creative commonsPlays well with others: the integration imperative for governmentGovFresh Guide to Gov 2.0 Radio Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-81127324234210503942010-07-06T00:54:00.001-07:002010-07-06T00:54:55.230-07:00

In case you were barbecuing or something:DipNote: Join a Discussion on U.S. Engagement with Muslim Communities WorldwideCNN: Diplomats blaze uneasy trail along digital highwayHow Social Media is Changing the Way Government Does BusinessHow Different is Government from Large Scale Private Industry?BBC's dot.Rory - Government apps: A case for the axe?Attributes of the Social Unit (more in John F.

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-53637334577369172732010-07-06T00:29:00.001-07:002010-07-06T00:29:28.538-07:00

There are nearly 7 billion people in the world, hundreds if not thousands of them with a skill set similar to your own. Many of them are better at what you do than you are. Plenty has been written on this phenomenon; as the world flattens it makes each of us easier to replace. It hit home for me recently as I have worked to help my brother with a job hunt. My brother is UC Berkeley-trained artist

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-7258190062813752742010-07-05T23:27:00.000-07:002010-07-05T23:27:32.163-07:00

These shoes have been out for some time, and I keep seeing Sergey Brin pictured in them, so I finally bought a pair (camo gray, to be exact). They are definitely some interesting footwear, once you get past a core weakness: five toes are much stronger than one toe.Like, if you step on my foot and I am wearing regular close-toed shoes, I will probably be fine. But if you step on a couple of my

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-3045519441107409932010-07-05T01:55:00.001-07:002010-07-05T01:55:59.706-07:00

For your holiday reading: Mass.gov: The Why of Social Media Maintaining the Strong Ties: Community vs. Social Networks Guardian DataBlog - Government websites: How much does each one cost? Adriel Hampton talks about Gov 2.0 Radio on GovFreshTV ReadWriteCloud: An Apps-Driven Government? FCW: Open government plans updated, criticized Twitter's short list of verified world leaders Posted via

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-61062840619702194362010-06-28T23:54:00.001-07:002010-07-06T01:03:52.238-07:00

Waste not, want not: Free our data: For democracy's sake UK Public Data Principles Case study: Maryland Dept. of Education U.S. Federal Government: Axing IT to Save It? Digging Into the Details - Facebook Community Metrics Discussion - Who's on the Front Line for Gov 2.0? Mass.gov Web Consolidation - "A Single Place to Go" Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-84513814665497709012010-06-27T22:02:00.001-07:002010-06-27T22:02:17.167-07:00

Start Monday off right:Colleen Kaman: Unpacking Open Source GovernmentTweet Congress: More than 100 Democrats in Congress using Twitter; GOP still leadsJohn Brunswick: You Don't Want Facebook for the EnterpriseToronto Police: A social media guide to the G20Gov 2.0 Radio: Talking Open Data with Socrata's Kevin MerrittAlso, Gov 2.0 Radio is giving away a ticket to the Next Generation of Government

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-84335421501673042702010-06-26T15:07:00.001-07:002010-06-26T15:07:38.239-07:00

For the flight home:Submit: Input on the draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in CyberspaceRead: Next Generation Government TrendsProject: Create an Infographic About Childhood ObesityJoin: Open Model for Citizen EngagementWatch: NASA Releases Time-Lapse Video of the Gulf Oil Spill Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-72904844510048910382010-06-25T21:40:00.001-07:002010-06-25T21:40:51.621-07:00

Light reading:BubbleIdeas: Government 2.0 is the Axis of the Semantic Web [Web 3.0]Candi on Content: Creating a Culture of Customer ServiceBeth's Blog: American Red Cross social media and Social Media Listening Literacy for Nonprofits (wiki)GovLoop's gov-related hashtag directoryApps 4 Edmonton5 tools for finding local tweepsGovernments find Twitter effective at combating rumorsAndrea DiMaio: How

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-23154313085732052142010-06-24T23:31:00.001-07:002010-06-24T23:31:02.211-07:00

Weekends are for vision:Forge.mil could be replicated for civilian agenciesCaliberSF: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Sends His 1st TweetJohn F. Moore: Chatting with Carol Spencer, Web Manager for Morris County, NJFeverBee: How to Spot Your Community is in Trouble: 8 Red FlagsMcChrystal and the Danger of Speaking PlatitudesIf Facebook is a virtual nation, it's a tyrannical one Posted via

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-75327786806444094092010-06-23T22:43:00.001-07:002010-06-23T22:43:01.507-07:00

from our eyes to yours:Facebook CEO promises 1 billion usersJohn F. Moore takes an opening crack at characterizing "The Social Ecosystem"Team Newsom twitpics Russian President Medvedev's first tweetAndrea DiMaio: When Public Servants Make the DifferenceAlan W. Silberberg: Monopolies, Gov 2.0 and CommunityHave you seen Gadi Ben-Yehuda's new blog topic? Gov 2.0 - Governing the Digital Landscape...

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-19340944019306453352010-06-22T22:42:00.001-07:002010-06-22T22:42:58.196-07:00

Four for today:Doug Bastien: Forming a Modern Community in GovernmentNick Charney: Eat or Be EatenNancy Scola: Health Care Reform - The WebsiteCenter for American Progress protests DC Apple store over Congo conflict minerals Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-70667436383649593382010-06-21T23:45:00.001-07:002010-06-21T23:45:01.140-07:00

Department of Education launches Data.ed.govDemocracy Challenge announces video contest winnersCIO: 8 Ways to Keep Your Best Workers on BoardThe Breaking Time: Triumph of the bookGovLoop has a new Twitter feed for job listings:GovGigsNASA photos put the Gulf oil spill in horrific perspectiveWhat is Your Facebook Data Worth?Data,gov's next big thing: mashing up federal data with maps Posted via

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-7577259873538674362010-06-20T22:20:00.001-07:002010-06-20T22:20:40.273-07:00

DCWeek - 240 people to check out on TwitterIdeas for Seattle - Local Gov and UserVoicePaul Day's Conversion-Driven Government: Social Media is Not You JobOpen Government - a book reviewThe Guardian: The Internet - Everything you ever need to knowInternet.artizans: open data doesn't empower communitiesOsrin.net: Understanding gov20 adoption, finding a modelAlex Howard: Gov 2.0 Week in Review

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-26958959022101081052010-06-19T22:30:00.001-07:002010-06-19T22:30:26.715-07:00

Four for today:Dragan Varagic: Social Media Strategy Template RecommendationsOpen Data Euskadi - Basque Country's Open Data siteAdriel Hampton: Usability - Are Hyperlinks Destroying Your Readers' Brains?Act.ly petition in favor of the Social Network Users Bill of Rights developed at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference Posted via email from Wired to Share

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-77273159471649190762010-06-19T08:35:00.001-07:002010-06-19T08:35:41.249-07:00

Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with a new way of linking in my blog posts. I was prompted to do this after reading a Wired magazine article adapted from academics Nicholas Carr's new book, "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains."Writes Carr:(In a 2001 study) one group read (a short story) in a traditional linear-text format; they’d read a passage and click the

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-17165466308658908282010-06-16T22:12:00.001-07:002010-06-16T22:12:03.599-07:00

NOAA launches an interactive mapping tool for the Gulf oil spillHeartbreaking Flickr set - Greenpeace's Gulf Oil Spill photosServe.gov is seeking trained volunteers to help with the Gulf disasterThursday is Dump the Pump DaySan Francisco's Stamen Design wins a $400,000 Knight News Challenge grant for its CityTracking visualizationsStamen wants your help voting up a request for DataSF to release

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-76468715326051161162010-06-13T17:44:00.001-07:002010-06-15T23:26:58.910-07:00

For at least that past two years, a tiny yet fast-growing group of folks who call themselves "Gov 2.0 advocates" has worked tirelessly to spread a message that emerging technologies, low-cost communications and digital culture can reshape government to be more collaborative, transparent, efficient and connected to its citizens. We have advocated for humanizing government, and for using new

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-29861801417064604842010-06-12T12:32:00.001-07:002010-06-12T12:32:42.962-07:00

Most of what I’m doing on Twitter on a daily basis is working to build community. I’ve also got several other places where I’m doing similar things, but Twitter is definitely the largest pool where I reach out to new people to grow my personal network and evangelize a vision for government reform through social and collaborative technologies (Government 2.0). Consistently working on a large

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-73179754864460973042010-06-10T21:07:00.001-07:002010-06-10T21:07:12.604-07:00

There's been a lot of reading between the lines of Twitter's job posting for a DC-based government liaison (and even one instance of actual follow-up reporting). One post really caught my attention - because I disagree with it so vehemently.My friend Alan W. Silberberg, a Gov 2.0 innovator and founding organizer of Gov 2.0 LA, argued that, "Twitter needs a government relations expect who is

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-57925668253657692602010-06-09T22:28:00.001-07:002010-06-09T22:28:04.128-07:00

I'd sorely love to see handcrafted Twitter lists gain widespread popularity. They are incredibly useful not only for managing huge Twitter communities, they also underpin a sector of the 3rd party app community and help create a rich structure of intelligent links throughout the Open Web. In honor of Micah Baldwin's Follow Friday, I propose adding "List Friends Friday" - #LFF - to the community

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-39996100301193888812010-06-09T19:55:00.001-07:002010-06-09T20:10:02.522-07:00

A very interesting day of buzz over the new Twitter governmental liaison position, with everything from Act.ly petitions to a sort of Microsoft-O'Reilly Media-Twitter Gov 2.0 debate on Mark Drapeau's blog. @Twitter opened on Monday the with a job post: http://bit.ly/twitgov ... Track the #twitgov search ... ... Cue Wednesday: Mark Drapeau (one of Microsoft's social media samurai) trashes

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-5924034991264967692010-06-08T23:15:00.001-07:002010-06-08T23:15:19.626-07:00

Twitter's plan to hire a government liaison (its first DC employee) has set off a a tweetstorm from the U.S. Capitol to London to Tokyo, and likely a flood of resumes into the Web 2.0 firm's SoMa offices. Some of the Gov 2.0 community's brightest have already offered great suggestions for how this new Twitter position can serve official government social media, and, with Facebook's recent

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-49522000908996183622010-06-05T00:49:00.001-07:002010-06-05T00:49:10.551-07:00

Without going into its continued efficacy, let's just say that "Follow Friday" on Twitter has become a robust tradition. I'd love to see a tradition emerge around a meaning-rich but underutilized Twitter feature - Lists.Now, lists have been all the rage among power users for some time, but they are far from hitting the pop culture core of Twitter. A "List Me Monday" meme could help change

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-31108886373412226042010-06-02T23:03:00.001-07:002010-06-02T23:03:07.184-07:00

Anyone actively using social media runs into the balance issue. Mike Rupert, a communications pro for DC local government, brought this up as one of the topics for his LocalGovChat tonight on Twitter:We check Twitter on the train, read through blog comments in our cars, adjust code in restaurants and study analytics in bed, he wrote (paraphrased). I'm regularly asked about my prolific online

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-34666438994040424852010-05-29T22:01:00.001-07:002010-05-29T22:01:30.836-07:00

There has been an unquestionable explosion of government social media use in the last year. Last week, GovTwit, the Twitter directory of government agencies and officials reported 44.9 million followers for the 3,000 IDs it tracks, after starting in 2009 with just a handful of accounts. Still, towns, agencies and leaders not using social media still far outnumber the early adopters. And much of

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-14860403563156134932010-05-27T21:17:00.001-07:002010-05-27T21:17:17.150-07:00

The best-possible future for Gov 2.0 includes individually controlled social media sharing and the ability to turn verified identities on and off. Unlike the heydays of AOL or present of anonymous newspaper commentary, Facebook's identity system had been helping to slowly change the culture of the Web to persistent use of real identity in social networks. I fear that Facebook's recent privacy

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-20969942920793218402010-05-26T20:33:00.001-07:002010-05-26T20:33:28.562-07:00

A million Twitter years ago, back in 2008, I first discovered the phrase "Government 2.0" while bumming around various LinkedIn groups. Yesterday, Government 2.0 group creator Ric Cantrell, a Utah state govie, invited me to help manage the group, now at 3,800 members. The Government 2.0 group on LI is also where I first met Steve Ressler, founder of GovLoop and co-founder of Gov 2.0 Radio. I'm

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-34789039095411482232010-05-26T19:50:00.001-07:002010-05-26T19:50:47.243-07:00

The way I look at it, Gov 2.0 is more about innovation than technology. Activists in this movement have by now noted that it doesn't matter how good the technology is if it doesn't fill a need and if people don't use it. Of late, I've been thinking more about game mechanics and how stimulating fun can help engage citizens and achieve goals. One idea that I teased out a bit on a recent Gov 2.0

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-83464153000491202292010-05-23T17:47:00.001-07:002010-05-23T17:47:38.138-07:00

This weekend, I got the chance to meet a longtime online friend face-to-face following his trip to a local Google conference. Alan Pruitt, who I met a few years back on a LinkedIn group for private investigators, is a licensed PI out of Yuma, AZ, doing due diligence backgrounds for major employers, and he also has two lines of business helping rural businesses figure out economic development.

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-48059588386043681782010-05-21T23:20:00.001-07:002010-05-21T23:20:39.195-07:00

Social media is still smokin' hot. Plenty of practitioners want to use arcane terms to describe their skills - ninja, ronin, maven, guru - and they often like to call each other "douchbags." But one name accurately describes Big Tech's moves to procure in-house social media talent. Like the warrior samurai class, these influential new media folks are on the front lines for the ruling tech

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-32728494430601022342010-05-21T21:39:00.001-07:002010-05-21T21:39:25.487-07:00

This post is a little bit about social media influence and a little bit about life. You hear the cliche it all the time - "there are no shortcuts in life." And yet in the social media world it's easy to promise shortcuts. The online influence world is populated and dominated by a muddy mix of bootstrap entrepreneurs, marketers of all kinds - especially the Amway types, gossips, visionaries,

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-33146577238418649332010-05-18T21:54:00.001-07:002010-05-18T21:54:13.650-07:00

ShanghaiI'd really like to visit Shanghai one day. And in my former days as a Facebook customer, it's not unreasonable to think that one of the places I'd do a little research is on that social media platform. Type in "Shanghai" and up pops one of Facebook's new "community pages," populated with more than 2,100 fans, a Wikipedia entry, a map and a few recent posts about the 2010 World's Expo.

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-45712438160902713712010-05-17T22:03:00.001-07:002010-05-17T22:03:22.587-07:00

"Everyone is using it."That's the typical justification for pushing as much content onto Facebook as you can. It's why the U.S. State Department has fan pages for more than 200 initiatives and it's why last year my congressional campaign spent days building up a large network for my personal Facebook profile.Facebook purports to have 400 million active members. It wants to be the default identity

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-78020957196011121122010-05-15T21:37:00.001-07:002010-05-15T21:37:41.440-07:00

I have a confession. I kinda loathe tech elites. Too many have the same privileged upbringing and attitude as the politicians and investment bankers who've helped revert the United States into the developed world's grossest plutocracy. I don't see uber-blogger rants about privacy and tech elites public spanking other tech elites very helpful at all to the real issues facing the citizens of the

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-11949238703117211102010-05-12T21:50:00.001-07:002010-05-12T21:50:17.635-07:00

In a webinar about Gov 2.0 on Tuesday, publisher and conference convener Tim O'Reilly referred to Carl Malamud as the father of the Gov 2.0 movement. Wednesday, Malamud was in San Francisco at the Mitchell Kapor Foundation offices for the 10th in a series of 15 workshops he's hosting around the country for his current project, Law.gov, which aims to create an authenticated bulk data feed for all

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-21601146081944273492010-05-10T20:49:00.001-07:002010-05-10T20:49:13.310-07:00

You might not think that local governments are primed to be hotbeds of innovation. Then again, you may not have heard of Manor, TX, a little town that's repeatedly garnered attention from the White House for its innovative ways. And you may not have heard entrepreneur-turned-scholar Vivek Wadwha give one of his frank talks about the demographics of startup founders: 40, educated but not Ivy

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-43467347660150502062010-05-09T15:31:00.001-07:002010-05-09T15:31:09.635-07:00

I've been watching with interest as social media blogger extraordinaire Chris Brogan adapts his person brand from "social media guy," to "human business guy." Chris has been writing about effective news media strategy since long before it was a cottage industry, and many of his tips and probing questions center around the human component of using tools like Facebook and Twitter for marketing and

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-15112533539743589022010-05-04T00:22:00.001-07:002010-05-04T00:22:50.034-07:00

A friend recently asked me for suggestions of political tweeps to follow, from center left to far left. From candidates to elected officials to activists, from school board to Congress, in no particular order (especially not on the "leftness" political scale), here's what I came up with:@brontyman @moanasaves @tiffanyrenee @strategicfox;@pschurman @beraforcongress @strandedwind @garamendica10;@

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-57758644486633893132010-05-03T23:20:00.001-07:002010-05-03T23:20:17.212-07:00

Maybe my Sunday question was too hard: we've got two passes to the Gov 2.0 Expo to give away, and all you need to do to enter is tweet @gov20radio with a link to your favorite Gov 2.0 Radio episode and why, and/or leave a substantive comment on a post at Gov20Radio.com. We'll be awarding one pass to a tweeter at random (my 5-year-old will pull a name from a hat), cutoff Wednesday 5/5 at midnight

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-79746507330972140752010-05-02T09:03:00.001-07:002010-05-02T09:03:28.119-07:00

Tune in to Gov 2.0 Radio tonight, May 2 (starts at 9 p.m. ET) for a special call-in trivia contest to win a conference-plus-workshops pass Gov 2.0 Expo (our media partner) in DC later this month.And, if you're not into contests but plan to go, check out Gov20Radio.com for our discount code and register by May 5 before prices go up. The expo is jam-packed with great speakers and workshops by

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-14403198307743015672010-05-01T09:13:00.001-07:002010-05-01T09:13:46.830-07:00

On a tip from Edmonton, AB CIO Chris J. Moore, I've been checking out Empire Avenue, a new social networking startup out of Edmonton (dear readers will recognize this particular physical space). Empire Avenue (#empireave) is a game built around trading people and Web sites as stocks, with additional value accrued by the online activity (blogs, Twitter, Facebook plus RSS) of member "stocks."

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-75062656837094638432010-04-29T21:35:00.001-07:002010-04-29T21:35:27.987-07:00

Just over a year ago, I wrote a post advocating local governments building their own Ning networks. I'm more convinced that ever that social portals are the future for local govs, and I'd like to see San Francisco embrace such an effort around its non-emergency 311 services center and capacity-building initiatives out of the Department of Emergency Management and Office of Administrative

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245414.post-55818362545216677552010-04-28T21:26:00.001-07:002010-04-28T21:26:57.657-07:00

One of the most promising areas for open government efforts is cross-gov collaboration on standardized APIs, enabling interoperability of civic apps wherever one goes. From San Francisco to Edmonton, AB, city IT leaders and developers have been signing on to a key effort on this front - building out an Open311 API for access to non-emergency city services. It's an effort that will not only

Adriel Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com0