A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views
Trust and control and the role of gatekeepers in blocking
Published Date 9/30/11 10:43 AM Everyone understands the role of “gatekeepers” in traditional media. I want to look at how there are very similar issues with radical and progressive media. Most blocking and authoritarianism in activist organising is not conscious, rather its roots lie in psychological traits rather than ideological thinking. Everyone might be a…
Proposal for making the interactive site live
Published Date 9/28/11 10:06 AM Richard’s Proposal for making the interactive site live I’d like to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions on the site thus far, which we have either implemented or explained why not. I want to point up here a potential very serious problem with the process for the site going…
The Proposal an interactive website which genuinely builds radical media
Published Date 9/28/11 9:28 AM Hi Everyone I’m writing to reflect a bit on the process we currently have for making a website appropriate for the RMC, an interactive website which genuinely builds radical media. This proposal also reflects, to be honest, my great anxiety about it. My position comes from the fact I really…
Control freak s DRAFT
Published Date 9/21/11 5:23 AM (Psychology) an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_freak This has been an issue with many groups and individuals I have been involved with in activist organising. It was key to the decline of the http://indymedia.org.uk project and the ossification the climate camp process and static…
How to build an interactive website
Published Date 9/11/11 9:00 PM FEEDBACK# > GENERAL At the moment the site layout is quite confusing: > How do you navigate back to the top page from the sub-pages? > You can’t always navigate between the pages: eg. from http://live.rebelliousmediaconference.org/discuss/-/message_boards/view_message/137952 I can’t press the “organise” button (a green arrow comes up instead) hamish: There are some…