A DRAFT (copy and paest of a chat useing realmedia as an example) this needs a edit for sense, but my back ach dusent alow this so out it goes We need an Executive summery of why visionontv failed. – we didn’t de-brand fast anufe – we went nimble anufe to be relaverent. its going…
Cheap free tools for coastal cruising
Published Date 10/31/15 7:13 PM DRAFT (needs links) Many boat navigation tools for coastal cruising are available as smart phone apps and laptop programs. OpenCPN gives you a large screen navagation map with live GPS location and heading of your boat. BTGPS sends the smart phone GPS location to the laptop map in OpenCPN Speedview…
The #4opens
Published Date 10/19/15 9:38 PM The #dotcon can not be fixed, the #fashernistas who keep flocking to new “ethical’ish” ones are a problem, not a solution. The #4opens: Are a simple way to judge the value of an “alt/grassroots” tech project. Open data – is the basic part of a project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data without this open…
Some questions came out of the last grassroots media gathering about OMN
Published Date 10/19/15 8:54 PM Questions and draft answers in terms of what I don’t understand it is what do sites specifically have to do? * At a basic level very little. – output an RSS feed of their articles/videos/podcasts (most sites do this already) – grab a sidebar embed code (or CMS plug-in) then…
The problem with alt media
Published Date 10/17/15 3:48 PM Looking at the media (or lack of media) comeing out of the media democracy festival kindaled a old train of thought: Most alt-geeks are trying to solve a pointless problem “privacy online” anything online is in a “photocopying system” privacy is an illusion. You can get a shallow privacy by…
Media Democracy Festival at Goldsmiths review
The alt-media gatherings have been suffering from the tyranny of the funders for more years than I care to remember. The is a big problem of the chattering classes in alt-media. This is a DRAFT over view of the gathering from a working grassroots perspective. Comments in italics are by me. === Festival === To…
A world to win
Published Date 7/31/15 2:03 PM A world to win The possibility of building a better more just world is far away. We have no alternatives to offer to the hegemonic neo-liberalisam. Over the last 20 years we have a decay of left thinking and action. From the 20th century hierarchical “stop the war” To the…
The problem of the chattering classes in activism
Published Date 7/21/15 9:35 PM DRAFT All the quotes are from Oscar Wild. “If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.” LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN The chattering classes are a problem, they are a clear and present…