thoughts upon a tree

Heute bin ich eingezogen:

Gemeinschaftsbüro Wien - Bürogemeinschaft für Kreative im Herzen Wiens.

Ab sofort jeden Tag für die nächsten 3 Monate an openideas arbeiten - freu mich schon =)

Have a look and let me now what you think about the interface improvements.

openideas.eu - You can change your world.

Now all new ideas are posted automatically to the twitter feed: openideas_tweet

Also all new contributors and contributions will be shared this way.

Very interesting in the Christmas Edition of the Oxford Internet Institute Newsletter is the release of new Surveys on their website.

The World Internet Project marks the first time that a worldwide partnership of research institutions has compiled survey data on the behaviour and views of Internet users and non-users. The OII has been the UK partner in the WIP since 2003, with data contributed from our OxIS surveys.

OxIS - Oxford Internet Surveys.

But even more interesting for me, concerning academic backup for the idea behind openideas.at, is the report of Bernie Hogan:

Report: How Canadians’ Use of the Internet Affects Social Life and Civic Participation

The report finds that Internet users are at least as socially engaged as non-users. They have large networks and frequent interactions with friends and family, although they tend to spend somewhat less in-person time and, of course, more time online. An appreciable number of Internet users are civically and politically engaged, using the Internet to find out about opportunities and make contact with others.

Sounds good to me =)