Via Iceland, a very good overview of the basic argument for opening access to government data collections: Hjálmar Gíslason: “I’d like to argue that any data gathered by a government organization should be made openly accessible online. Open access, means absence of all legal, technical and discriminating restrictions on the use or redistribution of data…. Continue reading
Date archives "September 2008"
P2P Architecture (5): A P2P Pattern Language for social housing?
Favelas include some important properties of self-organization that can be studied and re-applied to more humane pattern of settlement. The effort to raze such settlements and replace them with monotonous “warehouse” structures has in many cases also proved disastrous. We came across an essay on urbanism and social housing which seems to have strong ‘p2p’… Continue reading
Liam Kirsher on embracing Hopelessness and the Brilliant Swarm
Interesting thought capsule which argues we have to accept and embrace hopelessness, and use Brilliant Swarm strategies to engage with such realities. The Brilliant Swarm site is here. Liam Kirsher: “I don’t mean to sound cynical, but I do want to cultivate a sense of hopelessness. We have to stop doing what doesn’t work. Hope… Continue reading