Four friends of the P2P Foundation explain why they support our Winter Holiday Appeal Ideas relating to new ways for humans to organize work, learning, and life are now flowing fast and furious, and they are continuously and masterfully collated by the P2P Foundation. I can’t think of a more thorough and informed source for… Continue reading
A New study about the Governance of Open Source Software Foundations: Who Holds the Power?
* Article: Governance of Open Source Software Foundations: Who Holds the Power? By Ludovico Prattico. TIM Review, December 2012 The Abstract: “The research reported in this article attempts to discover who holds the power in open source software foundations through the analysis of governance documents. Artificial neural network analysis is used to analyse the content… Continue reading
Video of the Day: Usman Haque on Global Open Data for Digital Urbanism
Stuart Candy (ARUP Melbourne, Australia) explains: “Usman Haque (@uah) is a London-based architect, artist and entrepreneur. He has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and dozens of mass-participation initiatives. We are rapidly populating the world with instruments that help us comprehend our architectural, infrastructural and environmental surroundings. As their increasingly rich data flows… Continue reading
Movement of the Day: The Post-Growth Institute
The Post-Growth Institute advocates for reduction in consumption and minimizing one’s ecological footprint, the Australian-based institute supports and promotes sharing communities and prominent sharing advocates Cat Johnson explains: ” With a tagline, “From bigger, towards better,” the Post-Growth Institute provides platforms for people to offer insights about sharing in an economic context. Advocates for reduction… Continue reading
Open Access Debates (2): A critique of the elitist aspects of Gold Open Access specifically
Excerpted from a critique by Martin Weller: “The favoured route is that of Gold OA, under which authors pay publishers to have open access articles published, usually through research funds. This is good in that it means these research papers will be openly available to all, but bad from a digital scholarship perspective. And here’s… Continue reading
Project of the Day: The Networked Transit System proposal for Los Angeles
Paul Davies writes: “Under the banner of NETWORK_LA Transit, a group of architects and urban designers are proposing a bold data-driven approach to getting Angelenos out of their cars. NETWORK_LA Transit makes a bold assertion: by mining the torrent of real-time mobile data produced by the city’s denizens, urbanists can revitalize public transit in Los… Continue reading
Video of the Day: Beth Noveck on Open-Sourcing Government
Via TED: “What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of practical openness — connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, creating a truly participatory democracy. Imagine the “writable society” …” Watch the video here:
Neal Gorenflo: “Donating to the P2P Foundation is a no brainer”
Neal Gorenflo of Shareable on why he has donated to the P2P Foundation: “Donating to the P2P Foundation is a no brainer. Do it. I just did. The explanatory power of their research and writing is unmatched. They’ve helped me make sense of what’s emerging, and they do that for millions of people. They show… Continue reading
PlantCatching, an online ‘catch and release’ community
PlantCatching is an online ‘catch and release’ community that connects folks in possession of unwanted/surplus gardening materials with those who might want them. Matt Hickman explains: “Meet PlantCatching.com, a website that enables those with extra or unwanted seeds, perennials, gardening materials, and related plant-related paraphernalia to connect with local folks who might actually need/want the… Continue reading
Video of the Day: The Story of Change
Via: “In “The Story of Change”, Annie Leonard’s latest collaboration with Free Range Studios, she explains that conscious consumerism is a great place to start but terrible place to stop, because it is not the solution to a better environment. Annie believes that our global environmental issues begin with bad policies and bad business methods,… Continue reading