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Open Source, Social Media, and Open Government

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · OpenSource, policy, social

Business Week attributes an increased interest in Open Source software to the shrinking economy. ReadWriteWeb cites a report conducted by Accenture that millenials (i.e. those born between ’77 and ’97) will ignore IT departments that don’t support their IT preferences and applications. That is to say, many emerging social apps like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and [...]

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The end of the 20th Century

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · economy, policy, politics

The current economic malaise will mark the end of the 20th Century. James Grant puts it in historical perspective in an opinion piece in today’s NYT.

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