It needs to be able to locate and expose expertise, it needs to be able to form logical work groups for activities and supply the needed tools, and it needs to be project oriented to allow for effective collaboration around projects.    I recently spoke with Tom Kelly, the CEO, and Azita Martin, the CMO, about their offering. MORE >>

Representational democracy means taking your voice and handing it over to a small group of people to represent the masses. Digg started censoring discussions on a legal issue and found themselves at war with millions of members. See The Hole That Digg Dug. Not bad for a Sunday morning in rainy Sydney! God Forbid. Tough sell. MORE >>

Mike is a technical architect at Stamen Design - the group that did the Digg Labs data visualisations , and the Flickr Mappr tool , and the Adobe Kuler stuff , and the MySociety Travel Maps for Commuters … yeah, you get the idea. It’s the word on everyone’s lips and… err fingertips. Because sharing is *good*. MORE >>

Sharing Information – blogs, Twitter (and related tools), delicious, Digg, Flickr, YouTube (and all content sharing sites) – the focus is on publication in some form or another, then connecting people to that content. (Crossposted on Technology for Communities and Network Weaving CoP ). What is a Technology Configuration? MORE >>

Challenges/key takeaways: user experience (tough to cut across different processes), collaboration (different groups manage information differently), Info Discovery (search results are difficult to refine and validate). Custom control for Digg-lke voting. Notes from session w/Sean Squires and Lincoln Demaris. Implicit structure. MORE >>