Using the Herd to Promote Your Ideas
Getting our ideas into the public sphere isn’t much of a problem. Start a blog and start typing. But how do we make them take hold in the collective imagination and develop a life of their own.
Carrotmobs, Jujutsu and Advocacy
How do we engage online audiences so that they advocate our cause? What do we do if they steer off message? And what do carrotmobs have to do with any of this.
The Chalkboard Blog and the Town Square
Each morning, Alfred Sirleaf combs through the day’s news and writes headlines and stories on a giant chalkboard. It’s the world’s least likely, most popular blog.
Spreading Memes on the Chinese Internet
How a 12-character message — “Jia Junpeng, your mother wants you to go home to eat” — became a Chinese Internet sensation, attracting 300,000 comments in a day.
Vote Report India
Vote Report India demonstrates how to crowdsource election events and provide coherent feedback.
I Read the News Today
Five easy pieces… or some of what I read in the news today.
