3 points on why government isn’t ready for 2.0 yet

Friday, August 14th, 2009

While listening to a congressional hearing on Enhancing the Relevance of Space, a quote from Miles O’Brien (54:39 minutes in on the webcast) carried a powerful message to NASA and similar government agencies:
Olson:
“How do we communicate how beneficial NASA has been to our society from a technological, from a national security perspective, and from an [...]

Tags: Community Management, congressional hearing, government, miles o'brien, nasa, social media, social web, space, trolls, web 2.0

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Spacehack.org launches!

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Spacehack launched to the public today! I’m really excited to produce a resource that myself and others felt was lacking in the online space community.
Spacehack is a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, interact + connect with the space community and encourage citizen science.
A huge thank you goes out to all my former [...]

Tags: citizen science, space, space community, space exploration, spacehack

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Space madness… in social media

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

image via twm1340
Exploring the unknown territory of the space community’s involvement in social networks, I’ve compiled a list of space-related Twitter accounts that are on my radar. From telescopes to planetary explorers, astrobiology to robots, these accounts aim to add some education to your everyday.
At last count, I have 112 space-related Twitter accounts on the [...]

Tags: astrobiology, robots, space, telescopes, twitter

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