Alex Steed’s recent connective predictions post got us at Social Ch@nge thinking about the future of technology and civil society. Here’s our predictions for 2009 and beyond, based on some of the trends we’ve been watching at Social Ch@nge this year.
1) Cells will save lives
One of the things you will surely see more of is [...]
You are a Facebook goddess, the fastest Twitter tweeter on the planet. Can you take your mad social media skillz and turn it into a job? How exactly would you describe that job?
I don’t know, but I came across a job posting the other day that seemed to sum it up for me: [...]
I’m really interested in how people that do not communicate the way I do are embracing and using the web. Using 2.0 tools, they are able to connect with their own community, and with people like me. Want to see what I mean? Check out In My Language on Youtube. When you have a tool [...]
Oh, climate change. Oh, the UN. A giant concept and a giant organisation, both with limited access points for the public, guarenteed to make you feel small, disempowered and unheard. Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s the UN Climate Change Conference, and this year it’s happening in Poland!
As a Warsaw resident, I got [...]
In the 19th century, do-it-yourself x-ray kits became popular as people x-rayed their own boots, hands, and plants (not to mention weirder stuff) to find out what the invisible world really looked like. Wired’s Alexis Madrigal has a great post about this featuring links to San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art’s Brought To Light: Photography [...]
You’re ready to get your non-profit online and make a difference. Grand. Except…there’s just a few basic things you’re not quite sure how to do. Like edit a wiki, back up your computer’s memory or um, code.
Off with you to Wired’s How-To Wiki, which happens to be the most empowering place I’ve discovered for acquiring [...]
You’re sitting in your cubicle, trying to get a grant proposal finished. Through the thin plastic wall, Ted’s yammering away on the phone. The phone message light is flashing red, like an emergency beacon signalling your imminent overload. And then Shannon sticks her head around the corner, and asks if you have a sec…just one [...]
So, do you understand the electoral system yet? Thoroughly digested those platforms and polls? With both a Canadian and an American election on the go this autumn, there’s a lot of indigestible info out there. We’re going to show you some sites that will hopefully help you stay on top of it.
One of the things [...]
This morning saw a sharp rise in the markets - known as a “dead cat bounce” by financial analysts. After a spectacular crash, the stock markets often rebound sharply - but this isn’t a real indication of improvement. Apparently, even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height.
Wondering how [...]
Some updates on stories we’ve been following at Social Ch@nge:
Google’s Evil Meter:
You’ll remember that Amnesty International refuses to use Google’s free project management programs on the grounds that Google’s human rights record is poor (if you’re picturing intellectuals chained to their desks, better check out our earlier post ‘Say It Ain’t So, Google’) For a [...]
