Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Démocratie participative en islande

On y arrive je vous dit! Si Si on y arrive!

"C'est un processus politique inédit qui devrait susciter l'émoi des plus conservateurs de nos parlementaires. Depuis avril, vingt-cinq conseillers issus de la société civile — avocat, journaliste, professeur d’économie, physicien, directeur de théâtre, pasteur, étudiant — sont chargés de superviser l'écriture de la nouvelle Constitution islandaise, racontent le site Numerama et le quotidien le Guardian. Le pays, durement touché par la crise économique de 2008, a ainsi décidé de se redresser en actualisant sa loi fondamentale, en vigueur depuis 1944, date de l'indépendance avec le Danemark.
Là où l'Islande innove vraiment, c'est que le processus de révision se veut collaboratif : les projets d'article sont publiés sur le site du gouvernement afin d'être commentés, critiqués, amendés par les internautes via les réseaux sociaux. Tous peuvent ainsi visualiser l'actuelle Constitution ou consulter le dernier brouillon et directement réagir sur la page Facebook, le compte Twitter ou la chaîne YouTube du "Conseil". Chacune des réunions est par ailleurs retransmise en direct et ouverte au public."

Lire plus avant:
L'islande met le mouvement en marche!

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Book Review: The Facebook Effect (D.Kirkpatrick)

I just finished listening to the corresponding audiobook. The book was really enjoyable and interesting. Key to the success of Facebook seems to be the very long term vision of his creator. The company was also very strategic in the way it developed. One example: Facebook decided to open at US campus already using another social network but when doing so, it also opened at all surrounding US campuses in order to create "pressure" from outside and to "gain" the campus for itself. The ambition of Facebook seems to become a kind of platform on the internet (just like windows is a platform). Another ambition of Facebook seems to provide to its member a kind of "identity card" that would become the standard identification method on the net. It also seems to ambitions establishing a currency. In a nutshell, it is a kind of worldwide government with extensive democratic control that Facebook aims for. His boss is depicted as being an idealist who does not put money as its priority at all. He is presented as being someone willing to bringing openness and transparency on the web.
Again, the book is very entertaining and I really enjoyed listening to it. It is motivating and it gives some ideas of what to expect in the future of internet.