http://kenyersel.org/blog Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:52:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Came across this excellent page on how to make online movements more effective, informative, and rational: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/alerts.html http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=36 Having been sent a collection of related tools and ideas, I've decided to start a dedicated page to provide links to all kenyersel style argument mapping tools. Feel free to send me more! or provide comment and thoughts on those I've listed. http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=21 Frustratingly, I overheated in london (too much sun made me ill), so I missed the OpenTech meeting. But I did get sent a great link to an online argument map concerning same sex marage, enjoy: http://pfarley.livejournal.com/105081.html http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=20 I recently found this lovely site with many similar goals to KenYersel: http://debategraph.org/ It also contains a great source of arguments on a wide variety of topics. So far, it also has a much higher quality of content than some of the mapping systems which try to get into a lot ... http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=16 Have you heard of us? we are the thoughtvine, where rational thought and discussion methods meet web based argument maps. We are a project sprung from KenYersel, focusing on the online mapping of arguments and on providing tools to improve it. We want to support informed rational and critical thinking, ... http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=15 So our talk suggestion was accepted for OpenTech 2009 - so we will be preparing a talk! Other good news is that we've started work on a fun flash interface for argument maps... we are meeting next week Thursday at 9am Peter's yard, so hope to see you there! http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=14 We will be attending the OpenTech meeting, so if you are in London on the 4th of July and want to talk over KenYersel related ideas, do get in touch. We were a little late in submitting a talk, but hopefully they can fit us in! In case you're curious, ... http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=13 There is now a regular meeting in Edinburgh for KenYersel, if you fancy coming along, we would be happy to talk to you! We meet at 9am-10am every Thursday morning for a coffee in Peter's Yard. http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=12 We have recently changed ISP for our web-hosting - we've moved to Zen Internet, so our site is now much faster and we have a whole load of new content management tools to play with! A related new feature is that our blog page now provide you with an RSS ... http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=1 Dr Kavita Thomas and Colin Fraser are currently setting up groups in the Aberdeen area starting this autumn. We are on the lookout for existing community groups who may be interested in using our methodology to discuss issues in a balanced and respectful way. We're also trying to ... http://kenyersel.org/blog/?p=4