Comments on: The internet and civic engagement http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/ All Michigan, All the Time Fri, 24 May 2013 02:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: farlane http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5395 farlane Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:22:19 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5395 That’s some really interesting stuff Joel – thanks for the link! I especially liked his article on trusted feeds.

]]> By: Joel http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5268 Joel Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:45:13 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5268 Jon Udell’s been writing a lot about this issue, including some new experiments just within the week. See, for instance, this:

http://blog.jonudell.net/2006/12/27/an-experiment-in-online-community/

]]> By: farlane http://absolutemichigan.com/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5031 farlane Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:34:43 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/the-internet-and-civic-engagement/#comment-5031 I guess I’ll start things off by saying that although I work on the internet all day long (and sometimes longer) and am pretty passionate about working to improve my various communities, I think I have (professionally and personally) only scratched the surface of using the net to work for a better world.

I like to think that Absolute Michigan helps people to find little ways that they can get involved in our shared communities. I know, however, that we have a long way to go to help move the internet from distancing diversion to compelling connector.

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