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Last year Collabforge participated in One Web Day by presenting on our experience with the Future Melbourne wiki project (collaborative development of Melbourne’s 10 year plan). This year looks exciting as there’s some big changes to the organisation with a Ford Foundation grant and Mitch Kapor and Nathaniel James coming on board. Here’s more details via the JOHO blog (David Weinberger): First, Mitch Kapor has agreed to become its chair. Mitch is an Internet lifer who has put his shoulder [...]

A question I’m often asked by clients, friends and people just passing by on the street is, ‘so what’s the big deal with Twitter anyway?’ This is of course a great question – that is, how is Twitter different than Facebook or any other social networking platform and why should one dedicate their precious time to learning and engaging with yet another web community? There are a few reasons why Twitter is a big deal, but from my perspective, the [...]

Collabforge founder and chief consultant Mark Elliott is returning home from a whirlwind trip to the East coast of the USA. Mark was invited to keynote the City Planning, Civic Engagement & the Internet Conference at Princeton University – detailed post on this to follow soon. Mark spent the first two days in New York and was a guest on acclaimed author and Frontline presenter Douglas Rushkoff’s new radio show The Media Squat on WFMU. Mark’s interview with Doug about [...]