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Vlogging events: authenticity ex-Osmo

October 21, 2016

I finally vlogged my first event. Some first impressions. I’m no gadget freak, but when Damien van Achter showed me the DJI Osmo (right) at the Brussels Hacks/Hackers Event last June I had to have one. It’s an odd-looking piece of kit: a 4K, zoomless videocamera atop a handle, with a dedicated sideclamp for your… » read more

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, authenticity, blog, communications, event, interactive, realtime, trust, video

25 years later

November 10, 2014

Chancellor Helmut Kohl in front of the Brandenburg Gate, 25 years after the launch a process that led to the reunification of much more than Germany (@bild). The above photo is incredible. But how will it be viewed in 25 more years? Of course it’s supposed to be a celebration, and it is.… » read more

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, EU, eurosceptics, reflections, trust

Participation Success Factors: a quick followup

October 17, 2014

What happened when 60 odd people had a go at the Participation mindmap? The EuroPCom session went well yesterday, judging by the Tweets. I’d never even been to an event run on World Café lines, so thank goodness the others knew what they were doing. In the end the mindmap – which started out as… » read more

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, community, eparticipation, europcom, social media, transparency, trust

All hail the Pirates

January 6, 2014

How nice to see a positive answer to the perennial question: “Where are the MEPs?”. [update 7/1/13: see post by @osimod: Making EU consultation accessible: the example of www.copywrongs.eu] In the left corner, the European Commission launches Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules, where stakeholders are asked to download a 36-page… » read more

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InfoSociety, Online Public Space

, consultation, MEPs, trust

Does more transparency make better comms?

June 15, 2011

The answer to this post’s title may be so obvious that you wonder why it needs writing, but Jon Worth’s idea to get a Blogging Day for greater European Parliament transparency together got me thinking beyond the knee-jerk reaction. One of the tenets of transparency is full disclosure, so this is where I point out… » read more

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Online Public Space, socialmedia, trust

, censor, council, scale, transparency, trust

#euco: damn, maybe we didn’t get through 2010 unscathed after all (Updated)

December 17, 2010

In September last year I wondered whether 2010 would be the year when someone poisoned the well for the use of social media by the EU (here and here). In the last few weeks I’ve been mentally preparing an update post, as it didn’t really look like it was going to happen. So is the… » read more

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crowdsourcing, English, Online Public Space, socialmedia, trust

, euco, obama, trust, twitter

The European Citizens’ Initiative Against Poverty Shopping List (Updated)

March 22, 2010

I’ve decided to be a grouch until Spring fully arrives, which is why I am going to do the unthinkable and criticise the European Citizens Initiative against poverty. Like my previous post on the first ECI, my criticism is not about the content at all – who could criticise any initiative to reduce poverty? My… » read more

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ECI, English

, ECI, public space, trust

First Citizens Initiative – one year too early?

February 18, 2010

Last week MEP Martin Kastler (EPP-CSU) launched the first European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI). Is this a slow-motion train wreck, or the dawn of a new era of democracy? Two things immediately caught my eye when I checked out “Mum and dad belong to us on Sunday” (via @Kosmopolit via @andrewjburgess. Update: Kosmopolito blogged on this… » read more

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ECI, English

, ECI, public space, trust

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