The Museum of Modern Betas May 30, 2008
Posted by Ross Ferguson in analysis.Tags: betas, good content, good web design, museum
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Digging MoMB lately.
Neat little site that doesn’t swamp the user with content; a lesson in keeping it simple and effective.
I would like to see a feature where users could predict whether the beta will make it to gamma or not.
My ‘favourite’ was SalesTwit.com - not one for the UK :)
One for all you data heads May 20, 2008
Posted by Ross Ferguson in knowledge and skills.Tags: data, methods, periodic table, visualisation, vizualisation
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Visual-literacy.org is the site of an online course in data visualisation run by Università della Svizzera italiana. They’ve put together a nifty ‘periodic table’ of visulation methods. A very good resource.
It’s getting to that time again - the general election on the web May 13, 2008
Posted by Ross Ferguson in analysis, edemocracy.Tags: campaigning, elections, online, parties, uk, us, web
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On Thursday there’s an event on at the US Embassy where a panel will present their thoughts on the influence of the web on the US election and, laterally, what it all might mean for the UK.
This will be the first of a flurry of online campaigning analysis as minds begin to focus on a general election at some point in the next two years.
Online campaigning is interesting for lots of different reasons: for academics it means data, the media see a rich source of scoops, and the parties see massive PR potential, if not a direct route to voters. No prizes for guessing what new media consultants see. For the electorate, online campaigning should mean having access to a sufficient amount of information on which to base informed decisions.
While all are agreed on the desirability of electioneering online, there is no agreement on what is feasible and what is worth doing. Online campaigning is still a ‘grey area’, which makes it a nightmare for the regulators - and probably the electorate - but while everything is up for grabs it also means that online campaigning is a rich source of innovation in a otherwise pretty mundane area of politics.
eDemocracy in the top flights? May 9, 2008
Posted by Ross Ferguson in analysis, edemocracy, egovernment.Tags: e-democracy, edemocracy, football, leagues, online, politics, teams
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Have been thinking about analogies ahead of a presentation I’m to give on eDemocracy in the UK. And with our domestic football season coming to an end, I’ve been thinking along footballing lines and playing about with this angle…
If we think of the web or politics as having football-like leagues, then taking an interest in eDemocracy is remarkably like following a lower-league team. (more…)
