David Eaves (@daeaves) a public policy and negotiation consultant was recently interviewed by Steve Paikin’s TVO programme The Agenda. Here’s the video where David talks in detail about Open Government, E-Governance and Government 2.0. Most of the examples are from Canada, but we guess the government and the governance is the same everywhere – i.e. there’s a need to be ‘open’

Mark A.M. Kramer on SmartMobs reccomends to download (free e-book) and read – Open Mobile: Understanding the Impact of Open Mobile – Implications for Telecoms/Devices, Web, Social Networks, Media and Personal Privacy. He says, “It is not often one comes across a book which encourages an entire industry to reflect upon its essence and purpose”.

This book explores the interplay between the world of the Internet and the world of mobility. The Internet world is regarded as being ‘Open’; however, as we shall see, ‘Open’ can be interpreted differently depending on constituency. The mobile world is supposed to be ‘Closed’. Thus, the interaction between the Internet and mobile worlds extends beyond technology – and into the realm of philosophy (Open vs. Closed). Driven by customers and under the influence of the Internet, it is inevitable that the closed mobile ecosystem is now ‘Opening up’. We call this phenomenon ‘Open Mobile’.