Comments on: Local online organizing at the Sunlight Foundation meeting http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/01/15/local-online-organizing-at-the-sunlight-foundation-meeting/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » Looking beyond the US for activist inspiration http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/01/15/local-online-organizing-at-the-sunlight-foundation-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-121479 …My heart’s in Accra » Looking beyond the US for activist inspiration Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:25:46 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1186#comment-121479 [...] I really enjoyed my time at the Berkman Center/Sunlight Foundation meeting earlier this week, but felt a little out of place. Sunlight’s focus is primarily on transparency in US government, especially on the role of money in Congress. My interest in tools for political transparency tends to be on developing nations, and while some of the tools built for one environment work in another environment, a lot of the projects described during the Sunlight conference won’t translate easily into a developing world environment. [...] [...] I really enjoyed my time at the Berkman Center/Sunlight Foundation meeting earlier this week, but felt a little out of place. Sunlight’s focus is primarily on transparency in US government, especially on the role of money in Congress. My interest in tools for political transparency tends to be on developing nations, and while some of the tools built for one environment work in another environment, a lot of the projects described during the Sunlight conference won’t translate easily into a developing world environment. [...]

]]> By: Stacy H. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/01/15/local-online-organizing-at-the-sunlight-foundation-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-120402 Stacy H. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:44:24 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1186#comment-120402 Hi Ethan, It was a pleasure meeting you at Harvard! Thanks so much for introducing me to your projects, I am VERY interested and will keep an eye on them. Thanks also for the shout-out to my project. Hope to see you again soon, Stacy Hi Ethan,

It was a pleasure meeting you at Harvard! Thanks so much for introducing me to your projects, I am VERY interested and will keep an eye on them. Thanks also for the shout-out to my project.

Hope to see you again soon,
Stacy

]]> By: Berkman Sunlight: Political Information in an Internet Era at Jake Shapiro blogs sometimes. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/01/15/local-online-organizing-at-the-sunlight-foundation-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-119873 Berkman Sunlight: Political Information in an Internet Era at Jake Shapiro blogs sometimes. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:46:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1186#comment-119873 [...] So for a full rundown check out Ethan’s post on the panels and the demos and Dan and David pile on. John Palfrey weighs in with some reflections on the goals of the day. [...] [...] So for a full rundown check out Ethan’s post on the panels and the demos and Dan and David pile on. John Palfrey weighs in with some reflections on the goals of the day. [...]

]]> By: Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Political Watchdogging http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/01/15/local-online-organizing-at-the-sunlight-foundation-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-119620 Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Political Watchdogging Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:05:30 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1186#comment-119620 [...] I’m in Cambridge for my monthly visit to the Berkman Center. Today features a Sunlight Foundation mini-conference where people who are interested in political transparency are comparing notes. (See also Ethan Zuckerman’s great notes; and there’s a Technorati BerkmanSunlight taglist.) [...] [...] I’m in Cambridge for my monthly visit to the Berkman Center. Today features a Sunlight Foundation mini-conference where people who are interested in political transparency are comparing notes. (See also Ethan Zuckerman’s great notes; and there’s a Technorati BerkmanSunlight taglist.) [...]

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