The Role of #Blocking in Horizontal Projects: Mannequins Dancing to Barely Visible Strings

(DRAFT) In this post, I explore how #blocking hinders positive social change in horizontal projects. By #blocking, I mean various tactics: ignoring core issues, prioritizing everyday agendas to obscure systemic problems, and using significant issues to distract from necessary changes. Understanding Outcome-Driven Horizontal Projects Outcome-driven horizontal projects, such as Climate Camp, face sustainability challenges. A…

Live edit PC

This is a costing for the full portabel studio setup Shoping list * Thermaltake LANbox SFF Gaming Case http://www.hardwareking.net/product_info.php?currency=GBP&info=p85847_Thermaltake-Lanbox-Lite-black–VF6000BNS-.html (with no windows) £ 50 * CoolerMaster Silent Pro M500 Power supply – 500 Watt £60  * MSI H67MA-E45 Motherboard B3 or Gigabyte GA-H57M-USB3 (rev. 2.0) £80 * i7 processer http://mocustoms.co.uk/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=32159 £200 * Grafics card http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-460-us.html £150 *…

Michael Albert – what’s wrong with facebook and twitter

A fascinating debate between ZNet founder Michael Albert and visionOntv founder Hamish Campbell covering a wide range of topics, including what's wrong with facebook, the usefulness of non-corporate tools and the importance of linking for radical media. For more info go to http://live.rebelliousmediaconference.org/znet-zsocial-and-beyond http://zcommunications.org/znet http://visionon.tv/plugandplay http://hamishcampbell.com Back ground reading: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-finally-makes-your-exported-data-useful/3452 http://www.wired.com/business/2011/06/google-facebook-export/