Metrics are good. Unless they’re bad.

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So what happens when you measure the wrong thing? This is one of those issues that tends to either stop discussions in their tracks or lead us all down the path of rhetorical perfection that is in fact little more than the real-world version of a filibuster: “hey, I use a slightly [...]

Information markets in philanthropy

Tim O’Reilly notes the following great examples of innovators around “transparency in government” and recommends they consider joining the incoming Presidential administration.
“I’m thinking of folks behind initiatives like the Sunlight Foundation, or Everyblock, or public.resource.org. Heck, I’d even reach out to the geniuses behind mysociety.org in the UK.”
Is there a [...]