Monthly Archives: December 2006

What is the International Network of E-Communities?

Also see the ‘Delclaration of Open Networks’. The INEC Declaration on Open Networks outlines the imperative need for Open Networks and the benefits they are to provide to communities. In ten articles, the open networks are presented as the network which best caters the needs of signatory communities. Open networks must be operator-neutral, symmetric, are [...]

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Mobile Social Software Applications

Here is a list of Mobile phone social software applications. (Thanks to Timo Arnall for the link)

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What is Frappr?

Frappr is a ‘social software’ mapping site..(a mashup).

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What is the Virtual Knowledge Studio?

Recent transformations in communication and information exchange have created new opportunities for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. It is not self-evident, however, in what ways scholars can best use these possibilities while maintaining and further developing their specific roles in academia and society. This new KNAW programme, The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the [...]

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Victoria’s ‘Connected Communities’ project

Connected Communities is a project from the Victorian Government with the ambition to (funny enough) ‘connect communities’. It appears to be driven by the ‘digital divide’ thesis (here are the details link). But I have never really understood what a ‘community’ is. The term has become so ‘normalised’ that it is rarely discussed critically. It [...]

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What is blog talk radio?

Your BlogShow lets you host your own talk show online. Receive live callers, interview guests, and broadcast to an unlimited number of listeners. All you need is any type of phone, an internet connection, and something to say. All your listeners need is streaming audio or any type of phone should they choose to call [...]

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Lots of Mobile Phones

About two billion people worldwide are now hooked on to a mobile phone as personal digital technology expands at a revolutionary pace and starts to have a pervasive impact on people’s lives, the UN’s telecommunications agency said (from the Age..link)

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