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Golda Velez

Lincoln on pragmatic idealism

I really like these quotes from his debate with Douglass: "This they said and this they meant (the equality of those certain unalienable rights). They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer

Learning Communities Online

Just found P2PU - Peer to Peer University - on a list at reddit of online learning resources This looks really cool. The ones I'm most excited about so far are BOINC for citizen scientists tools for content curation

My Friend Radio

'listen to what joe is listening to/last listened to' ah - this does exist, I didn't know if it did; on last.fm you can listen to any other user's library radio. Too bad most of my friends don't use last.

Editorial Calendar search tool

This looks useful: http://us.cision.com/edcals/edcals.asp (though all the links appear to be output with the ':' following the http, as of 1/6/2012)

The Terrible Trivium and other matters

I admit it - I enjoy children's books. My excuse is reading them to my kids. When they all grow up I'll have to rent kids so I can read to them. Compare picture books for kids to power point presentations designed for executives: both assume

quiet thoughts

so many things that cannot be said...at least the good thing about voice is it doesn't leave a record

Writing anonymously and what's wrong with Google Plus

Second things first: Google Plus is too all-encompassing and controlling. I can't get a feed to publish elsewhere, or hack at, or stream, or store as text. Anything I write there lives ONLY in Google Plus, it seems, and can be taken out only manually. And I'

Creative Commons Case studies

Ah - I've been looking for this: ways people are sharing documents to make structures outside corporations. Creative Commons is building up some case studies of how CC licenses spread good ideas through the world. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies Global Voices Online is a good one,

American History Quiz: Which founding father leaked documents that triggered the start of the American Revolution?

From 1773 to 2011, leaking incriminating documents into the public eye has been a powerful mechanism to galvanize revolutions. Nothing quite like reading in black and white the recommendation for "abridgement of what are called English liberties". Benjamin Franklin leaked Royal Governor Hutchinson's letters to the

idea for writers...

Most content sites and could use more serious, thoughtful writers. Brave activists in democracy movements around the world could use more financial support. What if, content sites hire democracy activists who need to make a living, to research best practices in established democracies, in community building and local governance? They