Brad Rourke’s Blog
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A Talk On Framing Issues For Public Deliberation
2011-30-03 issue framing.MP3 Listen on Posterous I had the good fortune of being asked to share some thoughts at the Kettering Foundation’s annual Multinational Workshop week. In this session, people working in dialogue and participation came together from Jamaica, Brazil, Romania, Ghana, Ireland, Colombia, Hungary, Russia, and many more. I had the presence of mind…
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Song: Tomorrow's Gonna Come
To go along with my post yesterday of a new song, here is another one! This is just a demo so my bandmates can see what the song sounds like . . . which means it sounds quite lo-fi on purpose! Tomorrow’s Gonna Come By Brad Rourke Who knows how I’ll feel when I wake…
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Song: Wouldn't Have Let You Run
As many of my colleagues and friends know, I play in a band. One of the things I love about it is that I get the chance to write songs — something I have come to enjoy. Here’s a new song I have been working on. I typically do a quick video demo of new…
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A Growing Hacker
My son lately seems to have been bitten by a similar bug that plagues my father and me. It’s the computer virus. Men in my family seem not to be able to get enough of those shiny gadgets. We are forever tweaking, disassembling, reassembling, reinstalling, uninstalling, recompiling, hacking, and more. I don’t know how many…
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On The Lam, An Ethics Scenario
Tomorrow I will be leading a session on ethics at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. I typically present a scenario with multifaceted ethical dilemmas embedded, and talk through it. For tomorrow’s talk I have written a new scenario and I thought I would share it here. How many ethical dilemmas can you spot? Who…
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Google Chrome OS Netbook My Go-To Household Computer
Friends and colleagues know that I am very, very heavily into new technology — and I typically put it through its paces. I want everything just to work. I am also seemingly on a constant search to find just the right tool for the right job. When it comes to matching computing activity with equipment,…
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You Never Know
Last week, I took my 13 year old son and some friends to a paintball field. We had never been before. As we drove out, we shared about how some of us were a little nervous, but the overall emotion was excited anticipation. Like race horses trembling before the gate opens, we were ready to…
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Reactions To Moving A Community Hub To Facebook
I just sent out my periodic email to folks (you can sign up at the right) and in it I gave a quick recap of the reaction to our decision this week to move Rockville Central to Facebook. I thought you might be interested to read the note, as it collects much of the response…
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Moving A Local Blog To Facebook-Only
This morning we announced that our highly successful local news blog, Rockville Central, would be shifting focus. We will no longer be updating Rockville Central’s website, but instead will shift 100% to Facebook. We think this is a pioneering — and gutsy — move. What allows us to make this move is that Rockville Central…
