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…
Problem on the left the is no alternative
Published Date 7/16/16 3:38 PM In grassroots movements Social media tarts Capturing the grassroots and building a career in NGO land for them selves from activists movements/agenda’s. They are fine as far as they go, every campaign needs some, but they tend to be competent anufe to unbalance movements towards the “soft”. For them to…
Alt media
Published Date 6/8/16 6:19 PM Where is alt-media and what are the issues in geek culture that stop it from having much effect. There is no active working alt-tech and the open web that would be shaped by this open alt-tech is withering under the #dotcon push to enclose. * 98.9% of alt-tech projects are…
Boating Europe
Published Date 5/15/16 1:36 PM Circumnavigating Europe by inland water ways in a converted north sea oil rig lifeboat. 3-4 year trip from London to Russia and back through: Thames – London Seine – Paris Rhone – Marseille Over winter in the south before returning in the spring: River Rhine – Germany River Main –…
Cheap travel small screening projector
Published Date 4/25/16 8:52 AM LED bulbs, cheap lithium battery’s and high power USB charging have changed what a projector is. Its now easily possible to have a full cinematic experience in your pocket and run it for hours on very cheap USB battery’s. The days of expensive, power hungry and fragile projectors are over…
Open Media Network
The project The Open Media Network is a project to play a small role in revitalising the open web. It uses the tried and tested technology of RSS, taking it out of a basic personalised mash-up of feeds into an open metadata social network. Its initial focus will be around alternative media, enabling projects to grow and…
Is client server p2p torrent infrastructure failing
Published Date 3/29/16 1:22 PM There are lots of sites down, lots of fake files etc. A colleague Richard Hering has posted a number of music videos to YouTube. As these contain a synchronised score of complex music, they have unique educational value. Sony recently blocked a number of these in no less than 244…
A OMN post for geeks
Published Date 3/17/16 6:05 PM Climate change and our basic environment are running away with our future. The technology network that could help to save us is splintering. We are fucked, the open web, the thing all progressive geeks build on has plateaued and is visible fading. A project to play a small role. It’s…
The spring OMN The river of news project
Published Date 3/15/16 4:29 PM Am not going to say anything you probably do not know in this application so will keep it short. The project has been inspired by the technical work and ideas of Dave Winer (http://scripting.com) and the practical media work and open web projects of Hamish Campbell (http://visionon.tv and http://hamishcampbell.com) The…
To escape our silo thinking
Published Date 3/10/16 12:01 PM “A river that needs crossing political and tech culture – On the political side, the is arrogance and ignorance, on the Geek side the is naivety and over- complexity” What I am highlighting here, Geeks think this is too simple to think about, the politicos have no understanding of this.…