Memo to Self- Things to Learn

CrowdFlower;

Labor-on-demand is cloud computing but with human workers. In the same way you can divide tasks among a bunch of computers to get more processing power, you can get scalable, parallel work with our online workforce.

Price Index of Marijuana

Price of Weed- an interesting project- "We want to crowdsource the street value of marijuana from the most accurate source possible: you, the consumer. Help by anonymously submitting data on the latest transaction you've made."

Assorted

Using IT to create a post-bureaucratic organization

is government budget the most important pubic data to be made available on the web?

Avoiding Twitter hacks, Koobface, and other security holes

ImprovingAccess.Org is developed by an international group of researchers interested in innovations in democratic governance. A partnership relation between the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Centre for Government Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands resulted in the production and organization of research, conferences, publications and teaching materials.

Interesting Ideas

Designing for Better Health'

Changemakers, an initiative by the non-profit social entrepreneurship group Ashoka, is preparing to launch a competition to generate medical nudges

Medical checklist

Open Government beta version

Tech Agenda 2009: 21st Century Economy

Tech Agenda 2009: Open Government


Tech Agenda 2009: Open Government" (2/2)

Related;
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
Sunlight Foundation

Interesting Assorted

Year of the Potato report

The President-elect on his goals and agenda in a time of crisis


Google Flu Trends

The Rabbi and the Norse King

Julian Zelizer Answers Your Political-History Questions

Can you explain to a nonacademic why political science and economics are considered different areas of study?

Survey of Literature on Boards of Directors

Prowling the Ponzi Archives

James Surowiecki at TED

James Surowiecki: The moment when social media became the news

Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies