karen louise smith

It seems that everything interesting these days is happening at the Convention Center in Toronto.

During the American Political Science Association (Sept. 3-6, 2009 - also at the Convention Center) I was able to attend workshop on Coding the Blogosphere run by Stuart Schulman. Currently, I am considering how I can use the toolkit to gather materials which can be collected via RSS feeds.

Today, I attended WIREDcamp, part of the Ontario Government’s showcase event. WIREDcamp builds upon the unconference ChangeCamp event in Toronto to consider government in the age of the internet and participation. It was open to ‘public’ participants defined very broadly (i.e. Ontario government, Federal government, municipal government, non-profits, etc.). I attended a variety of sessions that dealt with issues such as: Government participation on third party (i.e., typically corporate sites), eConsultation, and why government employees may feel a ‘chill’ to participate in certain online arenas. If you are interested in finding out more, the event is documented at: www.technowonk.ca

This is my badge from Showcase. They read the barcode on my badge before I could enter some areas of the event.