Douglas Rushkoff is in fine form in this video interview, recorded by Alex Pasternack for Motherboard in early 2012. The interview is still highly relevant today. Rushkoff talks about how, while many see Occupy as dead, in fact it “has barely begun”, and that the movement will never lend itself to being described “in a… Continue reading
Date archives "October 2013"
The logic of the commons to build global citizenship and global justice at multiple levels and scales.
The Building a Global Citizen’s Movement conference in Johannesburg, November 11-13, organized by DEEP, Concord, Civicus with the support of the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation is kicking is starting a community to build a Global Citizens Movement and is crowdsourcing input from participants for a declaration of common commitment for this movement. I proposed… Continue reading
Event: Infrastructuring the Commons? Helsinki
Infrastructuring the Commons? November 7. 2013 – 9:00-16:15 Place: Media Factory Auditorium (Aalto University, Arabia Campus – Hämeentie 135 a 3rd floor) ”commons are a new way of expressing a very old idea: that some things belong to everyone and as a whole, they comprise a set of resources that should be actively protected and… Continue reading
A typology of openness
Reproduced from Tim Berners-Lee: “I was recently asked to talk about the idea of “open”, and I realized the term is used in at least eight different ways. The distinct interpretations are all important in different but interlocking ways. Getting them confused leads to a lot of misunderstanding, so it’s good to review them all…. Continue reading
Rhizomatica links up Mexican villages the Telcos ‘forgot’
Rhizomatica (http://rhizomatica.org/) is a project that seeks to close the gap Telcos like to leave on the outskirts of their areas of coverage. The current focus of activity is in Mexico’s Oaxaca province, where indigenous communities cannot get service from the large telecommunications giants. The Rhizomatica project makes inter-village communications possible. There is an indiegogo… Continue reading
Essay of the Day: Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians
Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians * Thesis: Participatory Aid Marketplace. Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians. Matt Stempeck, 2013 URL = http://www.mattstempeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Matt-Stempeck-Participatory-Aid-Marketplace.pdf Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2013 Abstract… Continue reading
Book of the Day: What Then Must We Do?
* Book: What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk About The Next American Revolution by Gar Alperovitz. “In What Then Must We Do? Gar Alperovitz points to the fact that many Americans are frustrated with the current economic system, concerned that it’s on the verge of collapse and open to the idea that there may be a… Continue reading
Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy
Third of a 10-posts-series on P2P Lab’s 2013 publications. I feel healthier taking this and there are no side effects. Buy cialis. The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) inspects Internet pharmacies and awards a “VIPPS” seal to those that meet its criteria. This post is about the theory of the four future scenarios… Continue reading
The neofeudal structure of California's tech-oligarchic economy (2)
Excerpted from Joel Kotkin: “The emerging class structure of neo-feudalism, like its European and Asian antecedents, is far more complex than simply a matter of the gilded “them” and the broad “us.” To work as a system, as we can now see in California, we need to understand the broader, more divergent class structure that… Continue reading
Video: Introducing the Art of Hosting facilitation methodology
“The Art of Hosting is a successful body of techniques used by a growing number of groups – from businesses to the governments of the European Union – to explore issues deeply and create meaningful solutions. This video is one in a series that shows the techniques in action, along with interviews with leading practitioners… Continue reading
Project of the Day: Dozuki
Dozuki = an online documentation creation solution that makes it easy to create excellent, full-featured documentation, even in tandem with the production process. “The iFixit team, widely known for their excellent instructionals, created Dozuki, an online documentation creation solution that makes it easy to create excellent, full-featured documentation, even in tandem with the production process. Designed for computers, iPads, iPhones,… Continue reading
Trend of the Day: Research Reputation Metrics
Research Reputation Metrics by Richard Price: “New reputation metrics, developed by a number of startups, have been developed that incentivize scientists to share their research openly, rather than incentivizing them to put their research behind a paywall. Scientists are adopting them to better stand out from thecrowd when applying for jobs. Examples of these new reputation metrics include inbound citation counts,… Continue reading
The student-centered, passion-driven learning revolution
An article in Wired profiles radical teachers in various countries, by JOSHUA DAVIS. An excerpt from the introduction: “Access to a world of infinite information has changed how we communicate, process information, and think. Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones. Innovation, creativity, and independent thinking are increasingly… Continue reading
How IP Creates Thought Crimes
Joren De Wachter, brilliantly deconstructs the flaws of Intellectual Property legislation. Strongly recommended! Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5BOBs3Nmbw&feature=youtu.be Great product for daily use. Indian pharmacy. Our Online Canadian Pharmacy is verified by Pharmacy Checker.
Mike Lewis on cooperative accumulation
Mike Lewis has updated his comments on ‘cooperative accumulation’: ‘Co-operative accumulation to what end’ is a strategic issue, John. So too, is the invisibility of the ecological in this discourse and the question of how we invent language and practices that explicitly help us to live within limits. Practically none of the comments you so… Continue reading
Trend of the Day: Networked Participatory Design Systems
Networked Participatory Design Systems By Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Frans Vogelaar of Hybrid Space Lab: Networked Participatory Design Systems Today: “The projects described above stand in the long tradition of participatory urban design, in the long tradition of the efforts of inserting the voice of the public into the process of shaping cities. Today these networked participatory design projects, such as CITY KIT, DIY Pavilion and SIMPLE CITY, are… Continue reading