Published Date 11/4/17 2:40 PM UPDATE this is in process. Escaping the #dotcon worldwide Terms of services – based on the #4opens * Activist – based on PGA hallmarks * NGO – find a big org and use that’s TOS Copy the mastodon TOS and refocus to the above * Names x2 * Domains x2…
Offering a real alternative to the dotcons world
Published Date 10/17/17 4:59 PM This is a quite #reboot of the #openweb going on. This #4opens project has nearly 1 million users https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) It’s one of the use it or lose it moments for life outside #failbook. It would be a bad time for progressive funders to start to prop up the #dotcons world…
A look at were alt grassroots media is at
Published Date 9/17/17 10:02 AM A look at some of the current alt/radical media projects in the UK Novra media These guys are some of the most intelligent “idiots” I know. They produce good content and they produce a lot of it. * FANTASTIC CONTENT * HARD WORKING * OLD, BROKEN AND DANGURUES NEW/OLD MEDIA…
Open letter to 4 alt grasssroots media groups about the openweb
Published Date 6/27/17 5:15 PM DRAFT (please comment) Building up alt/grassroots media would be nice to get a reply 🙂 NovaraMedia The Canary Reel Media Real News Hi guys, Good to get a reply about this project from you. OMN is a network of Open Media Sites. Its a push to #reboot the openweb that…
Making History
Published Date 6/14/17 1:27 PM Making History * is the open actavist/grassroots archiveing project that “Resistance Exhibition” is the UK flow. * Travelling open commons / archiving project     * boating europe (outline the trip) * Applying for Lush central funding, with match funding / organizing from local Lush shops         * 8 venues over 2 years…
Fashernisat
Published Date 4/18/17 11:53 AM I have been talking about the fashernisatas for the last few years, its an idea/group that I have been struggling to work with my whole time in the alt/grassroots. So what is a #fahernista? Â A group of individuals who value/push there own individual advancement over the needs of the croup…
Moveing through past blocking in activism
Published Date 1/19/17 11:53 AM can be hard to keep “bureaucratic” thinking out of activist organizing. We do have ongoing adhock strategys that work fine, but, these have issues with scaling. This is an unresolved and un-looked at. Open can help: We have a bit of friction going on, lets all try and reduce this…
Undercurrents in the Mainstream The Trojan Horse Application
This was an profetic project outline from 2001 (or 2007 cant quite tell) Undercurrents in the Mainstream. The Trojan Horse Application A proposal for a world-wide workers co-operative approach to New Media – A Universal TV Channel. .By Hamish Campbell Imagine an internet TV channel where anyone can put anything in and take anything out.…
The Roman Empire is old hat
Comparing the US global role to the Roman Empire is an old hat. Today we are seeing the “declining” face of this comparison. Trump is selling off “offices” to the highest bidders and drawing power around him self and his family. The White House will be filled with toads and hangers on, the “court” made…
Looking at the tech and organising of UK alt grassroots media
How meany sites link to another alt/grassroots media sits. From this list of 38 UK sites, only 2 link to another site. Many people find it hard to understand the underlining understandings that push projects based on flow and linking, such as #OMN and #openweb. Here is a short list of activism projects. Silo Is…