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Technology, community engagement and participatory democracy.
Nicholas GruenGovernment 2.0 Taskforce Australia
E [email protected] @nicholasgruen
Tanta Steve Randy Waldman
1. User spots machine-translation errorand clicks ‘Fix this text’.
“No stop-work,”
wharfies told
An application for a four hour stop work meet-
2. Users make text corrections as they read.3. Corrections are saved and instantly shown to
other users.
• Motives Motives • Interest Interest • GloryGlory• AddictionAddiction• Competitiveness Competitiveness • Social utilitySocial utility
Outside the walls: Inside the machine
• If Justin McMurray works 25 hours a week for Verizon, who might be prepared to volunteer for:
–Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums–The research sector?–Helping
• the aged, • the sick, • the disadvantaged?• the environment?
• Volunteers from the helpers and helpedJustin McMurry, Keller, Texas
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IdentityIdentity
ContributionContribution
ReputationReputation
AuthorityAuthority
The culture of Web 2.0
What characterises Web 2.0?• Web/Gov 2.0 isn’t fancy technology
– The technology is simple and ubiquitous• Web/Gov 2.0 is a culture change
– Collaborate don’t control – Improvise, share, play– Users build value, the technology can let them in– Be modular: use others’ stuff, let them use yours– Build for user value - monetise later
• ‘Collaboration requires effort, and it also requires a change of mindset. In particular it requires a willingness to examine services from a perspective which does not place one’s own institution at the centre.’Warwick Cathro