John Smith

The screencast and guide below show how I stream and record Google+ Hangouts (or group skype conversations) to a webcasting service like Ustream.tv, Livestream.com or Justin.tv. Settings will vary depending on which hardware and operating system you use. Everything below applies to streaming on a Windows7 machine. For Mac Users, check out Lorna's excellent guide to Streaming Media on a Mac. For Windows XP Users, check out the Webcast Academy's guide to recording skype conversations and live streaming . - John Smith

Social capital is an essential complement to the concepts of natural, physical and human capital and can be used for beneficial or harmful ends-or simply be allowed to dissipate. While all forms of capital are essential for development, none of them are sufficient in and of themselves. In this paper, I focus first on the concept of human-made capital and examine some of the essential similarities between physical, human, and social capital. In the second section, four differences between physical and social capital will be examined, including:( a) social capital does not wear out with use, but rather with disuse; (b) social capital is not easy to observe and measure;( c) social capital is hard to construct through external interventions; and (d) national and regional governmental institutions strongly affect the level and type of social capital available to individuals to pursue long-term development efforts. The third section will discuss the problem of creating social capital and pre - John Smith

Notes from first get-together (26 January 2012) by Ewen LeBorgne. - John Smith

TAGteach is a revolutionary science-based technology that enables educators and coaches to teach efficiently and helps students learn effectively. TAG is an acronym for Teaching with Acoustical Guidance. The focused, positive nature of this method yields immediate and stunning results that are clearly evident to teachers, students and parents. Used with dogs AND humans! :-) - John Smith

The Program on Liberation Technology "Liberationtech" seeks to understand how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a variety of other social goods. For more information, please visit http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/. Liberationtech is a moderated but open list, which means that anyone can join. As a friendly reminder, please take the necessary security and privacy precautions such as using psudonyms, fake email addresses, https, and anonymizer software especially if you intend to discuss items of a sensitive nature. Two particularly robust applications are https://www.eff.org/https-e... & https://www.torproject.org/. - John Smith

Supports direct Skype connections - John Smith

integrating user IDs between wordpress and mediawiki. - John Smith

Dozens of technical Q communities. - John Smith

Nice examples of why "usability" doesn't account for community adoption. - John Smith

Stack exchane netowrk has a BUNCH of communitites... - John Smith