Resources for social by social

Great summary of Jason Fried's talk at SXSW 2008, sharing his learnings from building Basecamp, Ruby on Rails etc etc. Great tips for tech start-ups and software project managers everywhere.

open systems, anti-bureaucracy, opening data and services

Nice post about the perils of building or buying IT systems. Lots of good lessons learned.

This is by Ed Mitchell who used to edit the successful Knowledge Board online community.

this is a link to the tag 'socialbysocial' which will pull together saved items by anyone on delicious using this tag.

Dave follows up David Wilcox's piece about his work in Portugal, with commentary about his own project in Stockholm.

Toby Ward says:
"Consider for a moment the powerful Telindus study of 1,000 European employees that should serve as a warning to all employers and communicators:

39% of 18 to 24 year-old employees would consider leaving itheir employer if they were not allowed to access sites like Facebook and YouTube

A further 21% indicated that they would feel 'annoyed' by such a ban

The problem is less acute with 25 to 65 year-olds, of whom just 16% would consider leaving and 13% would be annoyed "

"Us Now" new film by Ivo Gormley including various UK case studies such as Couch Surfers and Ebbsfleet United.

Lilia Efimova interviews a diverse range of expert bloggers.

Great example from Simon Berry.

Very good write up with some pertinent questions from David.

Posting by Christa Appleton, Univ of Staffs
Best Practice Forum
http://crusldi1.staffs.ac.uk/moodle/login/index.php

Slideshare allows you to upload PowerPoints (ppt, pdf, pps, pot, odp, keynote) and store them in your personal presentation area. You can share them with colleagues, link to them or embed them in many social network sites, blogs or VLE’s . There is also a facility to synchronise a podcast with your presentation for virtual presenting (a slidecast).

"It's natural for organizations to learn from mistakes. The problem is, people who propose new checks almost never consider that the check itself has a cost."
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Helpful note by Bill Ives summarising an (expensive) Forrester reports, which suggests podcasts are on a downward curve - not convinced on this, given they have hardly been tried in many enterprises.

By huddle.net and although from a pro web 2 perspective still has plenty of useful thoughts.

Substantial report by the Barr Foundation on the impact of networks on philanthropy etc.

Last week Tom (Loosemore) participated in a panel event at Channel 4 on what public service means in the digital age, which enabled him to talk about 4iP in more detail. In addition to Tom, the prolific panel was chaired by Reuters journalist Eric Auchard, and included web investor Saul Klein, Chair of Ofsted Zenna Atkins and CFO of Last.fm, Ryan Regan.

Tactical Tech is an international NGO helping human rights advocates use information, communications and digital technologies to maximise the impact of their advocacy work. We provide advocates with guides, tools, training and consultancy to help them develop the skills and tactics they need to increase the impact of their campaigning

One in five children in developing countries die before they are five from simple causes like dehydration. My friend Simon Berry believes he has an idea that could help, as we discussed when we met yesterday to talk about the 2gether08 Festival

Simon Berry got a double boost at 2gether08 last week for his campaign to get Coca Cola to use their sophisticated distribution channels for rehydration salts to save children’s lives. Currently 5500 children die each day in Africa from diarrohea.