I came across this while I was doing some research for something vaguely related the other day and thought it summed things up quite nicely in terms of human behaviour, relationships and the web.

For more from David Armano, check out his blog or follow him on Twitter. Consistently very high quality thinking.

Last week at Gov20LA (an gov20 unconference held out on the West Coast of the US for the first time, expertly pulled together by @You2Gov @Lovisatalk) I met a long time Twitter hero of mine, Adriel Hampton.
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I used to consider myself a *relatively* balanced individual not too prone to obsessive compulsive tendencies. That was until NASA's social websites came into my life of course...

Whether it's following tweeting Astronauts and their colleagues on the ground or watching space shuttles do backflips in space live on NASA TV (yes - it really does exist!), I have found myself becoming somewhat of a space stalker.

And now NASA have even started reaching out to cling-ons like me, running their own Tweetups and appearing at others.

Here's a presentation from a recent NASA appearance at the Houston Social Media Club on Feb 4, 2010 about #NASA's successes in social media and open government.

Enjoy! But watch out - you'll get hooked too, trust me :)

Literally just back from #Gov20LA - and lo and behold what appears in my Twitter stream but GovFresh's video of the event!

More on the event itself shortly over here, but for now check this out for a flavour of what went on over the weekend.

Some people say this was no big deal. I disagree.

With 11,696 questions (and admittedly only time for 0.2% to be asked!) that's some engagement exercise.

To read how Google managed all the information, take a look at their blog.

Well what a week it has been in the world of Gov20 and digital engagement.

First the UK hit us with Smarter Government, followed up with a quick one two from Australia and its Gov20 Taskforce and then (never ones to be beaten) the US with the release of their Open Government Directive (complete with live and interactive online discussion between the White House leads and the rest of the world via Facebook and other such fancy dan things).

Whatever next aye? Policy documents that the average Joe can understand? Now THAT would be engaging! ;-)