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Markup and Emergence, Yin and Yang
	I have been refining some of my strategies for an upcoming knowledge management project. I have been an advocate for organizing information by emerging patterns, rather than emphasizing markup and metadata. But I think Jon Udell got it just right when he wrote Markup and Emergence, Yin and Yang, in which he sees the tension itself as creative and useful. Posted: 12/23/03; 8:50:05 AM #

ICT-Usage among Transnational Social Movements
	Global political change favors those who can communicate and organize effectively over great distances. If you are interested in learning from the success of the movements concerned with globalization, I recommend Bart Cammaerts paper on ICT-Usage among Transnational Social Movements in the Networked Society: to organise, to mediate & to influence (PDF). Posted: 12/23/03; 8:49:48 AM #

The Selfish Generation

There is this tendency in the nonprofit sector to think that the for profit world does everything better. While I agree that civil organizations have things to learn from business (and vice versa), there are many dangers to trying to make nonprofits more like business. Here is one example: In The Selfish Generation, Jenni Russell looks at what happens when we substitute market values for social values, something that I see progressing at a terrifying pace in the nonprofit world. Posted: 12/23/03; 8:49:30 AM #

Adoption and Utilization of the Internet in Thailand
	I've been looking more and more at cross cultural communication and infrastructure challenges lately. So, I went back and read this case study from First Monday: A Critical Analysis of Adoption and Utilization of the Internet in Thailand for Educational Purposes. Posted: 12/23/03; 8:48:54 AM #