--- Log opened Sat Mar 23 00:00:46 2013
06:38 < conseo> weird i can drag and drop the markers on the map
06:39 < conseo> mcallan: can u see a new aspect of what they are doing?
06:41 < conseo> heresay.org.uk has little to offer in terms of integrated interface design to follow discussions. + they don't seem to make differences between "issues" themselves and discussion (media)
06:43 < conseo> (geo) maps are very powerful and can offer a very dense level of information, yet i don't think they are a  proper visual for communication, because the discourse is not directly rooted in geographical terms. it can have anchors there, but making it default is rather confusing imo
06:49 < conseo> 3/5 of their data source (randomly chosen) had rss on them, one i couldn't find a feed and one page was empty
06:49 < conseo> on the positive side they seem to hook in all kind of open-access government sites for free
06:50 < conseo> the question is how to make that information usefully available in the proper context of a democratic process. where would it help instead of googling it and linking it in the discussion?
06:51 < conseo> 4/5 pages had rss, so it is probably only a geo-map with news-aggregator
07:25 < mcallan> i did not closely...  just one of 837 knight projects i looked at in the last 2 days. :-p
07:26 < conseo> i can imagine that
07:28 < conseo> i have dived into the cooperative movement a bit and had a look how they democratize capital. i have found some interesting stuff, not sure yet where and how to document/post it
07:28 < mcallan> cool
07:32 < conseo> probably best is to post to mailing lists first, ask for some more info + feedback and then put something in the wiki and maybe give them a dedicated practice visual on the homepage?
07:38 < mcallan> sure, look forward to seeing what u come up with
07:45 < conseo> have u learned some other new ideas through the knight challenge?
08:08 < mcallan> not sure... it's all haze, because i'm struggling to catch up.  have to start direct mailing for the free-range proposal
11:48 < conseo> ok
11:59 < mcallan> but the video on this one is highly entertaining in parts (and apropos, too): https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/submission/genassem-public-debate-of-legislation-and-caselaw-in-a-way-that-just-makes-sense/
18:58 < conseo> mcallan: implicit font-size height bug fixed, ready to pull
20:51 < conseo> this might improve the distinction of the stage (embedded view of votorola tools on top):  http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/css-box-shadow/ what do you think?
--- Log closed Sun Mar 24 00:00:03 2013