Published Date 2/18/15 11:39 PM DRAFT In the last few posts I have looked at a failed organising strategy realmedia gathering, outlined a positive way out of this failer, the focused unconfrunce. But for wider understanding I think the content so far is lacking some background, lets look at an old post http://hamishcampbell.com/en/home/-/blogs/the-21st-centery here I…
What would rebooting grassroots media look like
Published Date 2/13/15 2:01 PM DRAFT Intro to the event Unconferences are called for a reason and are about a subject, generally with an idea of an outcome. Invite all the existing groups and most importantly, representatives from past groups to tell their stories and outline their ongoing projects. Invite groups from outside the activist/NGO…
Balcombe anarchist and conservative
Published Date 8/26/13 6:55 PM (DRAFT) Interesting to think about the things you are involved with and the things you do. Important to understand am not talking about the sciences or polatics of fracking here, am lifting the lid to see what I can see under the hood of both camps. I had been staying in…
A presentation of the idea of the Open Media Network and where it currently is
Published Date 5/18/13 1:10 PM A presentation of the idea of the Open Media Network and where it currently is The OMN is owned by nobody and run by nobody. It is merely a set of “stupidly simple” open standards, open databases and working practices. We are building some hubs to flesh the network out.…
We are rolling out some sites and applications that work within the OMN
Published Date 4/30/13 5:49 PM The OMN is owned by nobody and run by nobody. It is merely a set of Stupidly Simple open standards, open databases and working practices. We are building some hubs to flesh the network out. What is there at the moment.? Let’s highlight some of the projects: http://fund.openworlds.info Open funding…
The Activists FUCKED UP USE of corporate social media
Published Date 4/17/13 4:56 PM It consistently amazed me how activists walked into the trap of corporate social networking. I can understand NGO groups narrowness of focus, its were the funding is. I can understand traditional media’s embracing of Facebook, Twitter and the closed ecosystem of app stores as its a perceived as a “safe”…
What is the Open media network 2 OMN
Published Date 4/12/13 11:46 AM Some more notes: Not an isolated individual website – many individual websites in a bigger commons. The open internet used to be a such a commons Q. why is this increasingly no longer so and why/what should/can we do about this. Subject sites linked by affinity sharing activity streams. An…
A brief history of activism
Published Date 3/28/13 1:18 PM This is a DRAFT #Occupy has become bureaucratised and continues as e-mail lists and side projects, not very active. #ukuncut has become institutionalised. Still active – presser protests in conjunction with NGO’s #climatecamp The anarcho’ s left and most of the rest got jobs in NGO’s a few continue in…
Booting up the Open Media Network OMN
Published Date 3/2/13 11:30 AM The open web is being locked out of the closed web – with share this options replacing web-links and Facebook replacing most peoples blogs. If this continues the “open web” will wither and become dysfunctional and the closed web will grow to become the web for the majority of people.…
We have a very serous problem at the moment in progressive technology
Published Date 12/8/12 6:56 PM Geek culture has always had a strong ant-progressive side to it and this in now dominant – it manifests as naivety about politics and over- complexity in open solutions. NGO culture is based on a anti-commons, a dog eats dog fight for survival based on short term funding criteria. Traditional…