I just read an article by Blanchard and Markus for my Community Informatics class. Here is the article
itself:blanchard-2002.pdf
This article, and many other community and internet resources, can be also found at our class website.
The introduction lists some existing definitions for “communities” in current literature (great list of references!) and examines how these definitions might [...]

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You can honestly respond with “Ok, but it depends on who is asking.”
Some thoughts on identity…first, I’ll start with my title and lead-in.
Before I go any further, it is important to know that my primary
interest is non-formal education, specifically the camp industry, and I
have worked at a summer camp for the past 13 years of [...]

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Here is something I have been thinking about with regard to ‘peripheral’ members of our community.
With Carla, or even internet lurkers (hello out there to all of our fans; we do this for you, and thank you for your support!), there is some quantifiable and observable way for us to know that they are part [...]

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Having just finished Roger’s “Elements of Diffusion,” I decided to revisit The Cluetrain Manifesto (Punching Care Bears and Cluetrain Eats Soggy Cheerios). Rogers points out that innovations typically don’t happen quickly, regardless of how great the innovation is. Cluetrain’s authors, however, passionately make the argument that there is a revolution in the air [...]

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The Tipping Point: Diffusion from a community approach
The ideas behind Elements of Diffusion are very similar to the ideas behind Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. (while that link takes you to the book on google, you can read about the book in Gladwell’s blog). In the Peruvian Village, it is suggested that Nelida’s [...]

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Below are three theses that really struck a chord with me:
“#12 There are no secrets. The networked market knows more than companies do about their own products. And whether the news is good or bad, they tell everyone.”
#12 reminds me that we as consumers have a voice and, thanks to the internet, it has the [...]

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I just typed a nice, long entry reviewing Cluetrain only to find that my session had timed out and I lost the entire thing when I tried to publish it. AARARGHARGHAGRHAHRGH! I’ll try again to recapture my thoughts, which I was so proud of.
After reading assigned sections of The Cluetrain Manifesto, I am [...]

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Design through Disruptive Technology
Instead of design as an
easier way to create a solution to a problem, we now think design is
the only way to solve a problem. Design implies intention; it is more
than just creating something. If the purpose/intention is to have a
conversation, then the design should be about enabling the
conversation. Design [...]

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Group members: Brandon, Liz, Mike, and Donna First we discussed the definition of “Disruptive Technology.” Is it about social upheaval and disrupting the status quo, or is it about interfering or interrupting order? Community in Disruptive Technology A community is a unified body of individuals, and when using disruptive technologies they are [...]

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I just found this guide through a page that I subscribed to via RSS (thanks, 597!). The page is thepage.time.com, and basically recaps each day’s campaign activity. It’s interesting to see everything at a glance, albeit with a sarcastic viewpoint, and keep tabs on the amazing amount of activity that comprises each day [...]

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