I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year - embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all that good stuff.
Here is a smaller scale example - a young IT professional in Kansas, partly inspired by Barack Obama, decides to run for State Legislature. He calculates the amount of money he would need to likely beat the incumbent and then, using all the technology tools at his disposal (including a take-off on the popular web-only XKCD comic strip), makes his appeal for 3000 people to donate about ten bucks each.
The election's not until November but the cool thing is that he managed to achieve this goal incredibly fast and is still raising money beyond what he initially hoped for.
(via MetaFilter which, in true 2.0 style, has a comment from the guy who's running for office in the thread about his campaign)
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Friday, July 25
Friday Fun Link: The Internet Changes Politics (Small Fry Version) (July 25, 2008)
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Jason
on Fri 25 Jul 2008 10:52 PM CST
Sunday, July 20
Several Lessons To Be Learned From the Finnish School System
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Jason
on Sun 20 Jul 2008 03:59 PM CST
I first became aware of the best-in-the-world ranking of Finnish schools in the excellent book, "Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper Parenting" by Carl Honore. (This is probably one of the best books I've read so far this year and would highly recommend it, whether you are a parent or not. A lot of it applies to expectations of today's children in public settings like libraries for instance.)
This article explains some of the reasons why Finland is so far ahead of the curve including extended, high quality pre-school, delineated high school and free higher education. From the section related to their first example: In all three Scandinavian countries students begin formal schooling only at age seven, two years after most American children begin school. However, prior to entering school, all children have participated in a high-quality government funded preschool program. As opposed to a focus on getting a jump academically, these early-childhood programs focus on self-reflection and social behavior. It is interesting to note that one of the most notable attributes of Finnish children is their level of personal responsibility. The early focus on self-reflection is seen as a key component for developing that level of responsibility towards learning. Saturday, July 19
What's Your News IQ?
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Jason
on Sat 19 Jul 2008 11:46 PM CST
I got 19/20 on this short quiz with a couple lucky guesses but missing one tricky question about the stock market (you'll know it when you see it.)
Of course, I'm a US news junkie too so would've been disappointed if I'd done much worse than that. (via MetaFilter) |
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