Published Date 8/14/16 7:46 PM There is a hard-to-understand idea that the technology behind the OMN (open media network) is complex. At a base level it is not, it’s the same tech that has been written 1000s of times in the past and uses nearly 20 year old technology. What is complex is the ideas…
Where next for grassroots alt media
Published Date 8/7/16 6:07 PM It’s common knowledge that grassroots media is well F**ed and that #failbook and #twitter are the problem not the solution. Where can we go from here? To reboot alt-media (and play a role in rebooting the open web) we need to create an affinity group to cross the geek/political divide…
Media why do names matter
Published Date 8/7/16 6:04 PM Grassroots media Media made and distributed from the lower part of society, made DIY for, from, too, the grassroots. And at its best outreaching beyond. Alt- media Media made from an ideologically different perspective to the mainstream (invisible) ideology. And hopefully, though often not, made in a way that can…