Archive for December, 2007

What is the question that I should be asking?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

"What is the question that I should be asking?"™ That is my favorite question, as also printed, slogan-like, on my business card. "What is the question that I should be asking?" is open ended, self-referential, and ju-jitsu-like in putting the person you are talking to in a position that must mimic yours. ...

Your balance in times of extreme change - the opinion of the Dalai Lama

Monday, December 17th, 2007

The changes that we observe around us are accelerating, and in a positive feedback loop the successive cycles feed on the previous ones' effects. The source of these changes is technology, as application of the increased knowledge we have of the world around us. As individuals, and as societies we ...

Open Government Data Principles

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

I spent this weekend in Sebastopol, where I took part in the gathering of 30 open government advocates to develop a set of principles of open government data. The meeting was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open government data is essential to democracy. The Internet is the ...