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Okay, okay. so maybe you weren’t so impressed with my ACS Offices Google map. For a more thoroughly developed demonstration of the potential, see this map for Pakistan earthquake relief. Again, you can go to the Communitywalk website and look at some of the experiments others have tried or register and start your own.

All the buzz these days is about Web 2.0. The term applies to the idea of an internet built for much greater user participation in what is on the web. It also applies evidently to a lot of hype around the Bay Area from people who miss the dot-com bubble of the late ’90s and want another shot at it. ...

Over at Community Mobilization I talk about a the dangers of Narrowliving. Joi Ito had a post on Narrowcasting, which is the production and distribution of niche media to small highly targeted audiences. The technological advances in printing and on-line publishing is making this possible and I am very skeptical of what the future holds if the trend expands unchecked. ...

If you want to try out a site that falls within the domain now loosely defined as Web 2.0, I recommend Netvibes.com. It’s 2.0-ish because, as a user, you have control of how you design your personal page and because its built around RSS feeds rather than URLs. You can easily create little boxes for sites with RSS feeds you ...