Many years ago, I stopped going to most tech events and supporting “ethical” business. the #NGO tech events are mere talking shops, spaces filled with endless discussions but no outcomes. They suck up time, energy, and focus, acting as gatekeepers that reinforce the status quo while masquerading as spaces of change. These events are part…
USA is a mess
Recognizing the cracks in the current path
This is an overview, the path we need to try is to focus on #commons and #cooperation for building tools and communities, to use these tools to challenge the current structures of power. This is a very different path than the #stupidindividualism (as some people say #hyperindividualism) of the current capitalist path. The way isn’t…
Why are people OCCUPYING WINDSOR CASTLE #XR
DRAFT The recent #XR event at Windsor received little meaningful media coverage, well not in my filter bubble, it was totally invisible, which is disappointing considering the importance of the action. The video I made of last year’s London event is still relevant and illustrates the same core issues, even though this time they did…
We’re facing a period of class conflict
It should be obverse even to our more liberal friends that we’re facing a period of intensifying class conflict, but It’s sadly not this simple, the class on our side is largely absent or disorganized. This lack of effective class consciousness among potential allies leads to a divided and weakened resistance, making efforts to push…
The patriarchs of the early #openweb
Back then, we were teetering on the edge of a digital cliff, with the open internet hanging in the balance. There were two insightful perspectives capturing the crossroads we are at: Phil Windley argued that the open internet was a historical fluke, while Dave Winer suggests that what we were seeing was merely the ebb…
Peace News
The current mess at Peace News has the same people and the same story as the mess ten years ago in the organizing of the Radical Media Conference, which I was involved as a core organiser https://hamishcampbell.com/real-media-gathering-how-not-to-re-boot-grassroots-media/ Firstly I have little knowledge about the current mess, but I have experience of the same mess with…
Individualism isn’t the problem, the “stupid” part is the problem
let’s try and compost the mess in this, there is nothing wrong with being your own person, having an authentic inner life, and cultivating a strong sense of self. In fact, psychological separation from family, nation, and community is a critical aspect of human maturity. This perspective was forcefully argued by the socialist psychologist Erich…
The Open Media Network (#OMN) is a set of tools to empower communities
People find it hard to understand the “unique” selling point of the #OMN beyond the tech, which is “common sense”. And this is, drum roll, reveal, that people and content are data objects in the “commons” by default and only private/owed by exception. This is the basic #KISS “unique” selling point of the #OMN there…
Parasite #NGO and #fashionista tech
On the of alt-tech path, I’ve been navigating this messy terrain of decentralized, grassroots technology for a long time. From this experience, I can say with some authority that we have taken a step away from the current mess with the growing #activertypub open web reboot. But we still need to mediate some of the…
Outreaching in the #dotcons is hard work
Outreaching in the #dotcons is hard work: Hello, You have been permanently banned from participating in r/foss because your comment violates this community’s rules. You won’t be able to post or comment, but you can still view and subscribe to it. Note from the moderators: https://www.reddit.com/r/foss/ openmedianetwork, this comment may have fully or partially contributed…
What is “mess” in the hashtag story?
In this 20 year hashtag story, it’s important to understand chaos as a creative force for change. But it’s also important to see that the path of the #openweb and the ongoing struggle for a more decentralized, human-centered internet, makes this idea of “mess” into meany “bad faith” arguments. For #mainstreaming, people hear, images of…