Kevin: (Via Alf at reportr.) Robert Niles writes: “The key lies in abandoning any expectation that an employer will protect you. It is *your* responsibility to create enough value around your individual work”

Kevin: Ewan McIntosh has an interesting post about “civic innovation and participation”. Government, civil society groups and news organisations need to be involved in this discussion. We need to increase social capital and civic participation and technol

Kevin: Post worth reading from Mukund Mohan about plateau in Facebook use. I’m not sure whether this is part of the life cycle of an SNS or part of a broader trend. Niche SNS services have more staying power than Facebook, Friendster, Orkut. More later.