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Tools for Developing a
Robust Online Society ---------------------------------------------- The people behind Ageless Learner have long been interested in connecting people worldwide through a series of services and online communities (interrelated societies) that mirror the way people work together in the real world. Services and societies can interoperate based on new industry standard protocols for cross-system secure information sharing. The systems themselves use an open source model that puts ownership into the hands of the individuals who participate. We had begun with a specific initiative called Imergence and now find the work is going on in so many places its unnecessary to keep it all in one place. The following is a list of links to websites that have caught our attention for reasons listed below. This list is a work in progress, and shouldn't be interpreted to be a thorough list of any topics named. We use this to keep track of trends, get ideas, and watch what is happening related to our work. Note: items added within the last calendar month marked new addition.
Communities to TourFollowing is a list of established communities you can sign up to join or just tour around without membership. They are widely different and can help you see how organizations are managing their spaces online today. Each of these communities is working at some level with the people behind the 1Society project to improve their offerings in the years ahead. Club of Amsterdam is an independent, international, future-oriented think tank registered in The Netherlands as a not-for-profit foundation. Community Tools/Publicly AvailableTools freely available over the internet for creating private spaces to establish workgroups and small communities. Gatheroo (currently in alpha) Community Tools/Available for CustomizationTools and platforms available for a fee or that require development overhead to establish workgroups and communities of any size. Plone really a content mgmt site but can be used for community Mongoose Technology's RealCommunities M7 Networks (now part of Motricity) for mobile community building Drupal open source content management system used for community development Public Community Spacesorkut in association with Google (beta, invitation required) Zaadz (currently in beta, requires invitation and password) Social Network Spaces & Bookmark ToolsIntriguing New ModelsCosmopolity (their calendaring is especially interesting) LooseConspiracy: Extranet for the Revolution Konfabulator Gallery and Yahoo Widgets Newsvine (requires invitation and password) Infrastructure ToolsBuzzLogic (recent addition) FON is for unified WiFi Network allowing members of the FON community to share not just bandwidth but experience and ideas. i-names Development Organizations doing Related WorkIdentity Gang (recent addition) Berkman Center for Internet & Society (recent addition) YADIS.org (recent addition) virtualrights.org (recent addition) Commentary and Thought LeadershipDrummond Reed's Equals Drummond (=drummond) blog (recent addition) Britt Blaser's Escapable Logic blog (recent addition) Many 2 Many A group web log on social software Designing for Civil Society blog Identity Woman blog Electric Frog blog MiscellaneousCraig's List, what began as a virtual community bulletin board for the San Francisco Bay Area has grown into much more. Design Issues----------------------------------------------
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