Monthly Archives: August 2008

Relationship model of e-government

Posted on August 22, 2008 by egordon

I’ve been thinking about how we might begin to think about relationship model versus transaction model when it comes to digitally augmented government.  In most configuations of e-government there is a choice between open dialog and collective decision making.  This … Continue reading →

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Mixed Reality Deliberation

Posted on August 14, 2008 by egordon

The goal of Hub2 is to introduce a deliberative process into community meetings that currently does not exist. Who do this by integrating Second Life into the existing community process. We believe that the affordances of the tool and the … Continue reading →

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Digital Birmingham

Posted on August 13, 2008 by egordon

The City of Birmingham, UK is working on a significant transformation in image. As it is described on the Digital Birmingham site, the city seeks to transform its industrial past into a digital future. The initiative seeks to tie together … Continue reading →

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Hub2 Works With Harvard

Posted on August 7, 2008 by egordon

For the last several weeks, Hub2 has been working on a project in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. With full support from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and funding from Harvard’s Allston Development Group, we have begun work on the … Continue reading →

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