Folksonomy and categories – bottom up/top down – open/closed

How do we federate metadata flows folksonomy and categories – bottom up/top down – open/closed Each has advantages and disadvantages. Can we be creative and bridge this divide The OMN and indymedia reboot are both grassroots bottom up projects, so we obviously start with a folksonomy. Recognising the is some use for categories a draft…

4opens review of NHSX track and trace app

WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS? The app is from NHSX with contributions from Apple and Google obvs and Pivotal Labs and Uni of Oxford. All source code for front and backend on Github and open source. https://github.com/nhsx/covid19-app-system-public https://github.com/nhsx/covid-19-app-android-ag-public https://github.com/nhsx/covid-19-app-ios-ag-public What is the actual polatics behind this? #4opens review. Think it duse 2 opens as…

What did you do in the #dotcons during the climatechoas breakdown

Q. So are you gonna say what you’ve done? I don’t think posting on fb has any affect on the dotcons? The opposite in fact A. Yep it dose, am doing a stepaway project, a group of us run 5 #openweb servers with a search engine, social network, video hosting, and tools development site/openweb organizing. …

Are your viral left mems a problem rather than a solution

“comedy” and “sarcasm” have both been a relevant reaction to the control of the #dotcons of our personal communication and communities. This actually is an unhealthy reaction, as it feeds clicks to the very thing it ridicules. Data is just data. The solution is not to engage, rather to “#stepaway” and take your community with…