Published Date 10/27/17 4:23 PM MAKING HISTORY The creation of a data soup of semantic enriched digital items on a redundant federated network around the world. The WitchesCauldron is a commons based on the 4opens motivated by PGA hallmarks Simple and human scale KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) to facilitate DIY. Be part of this…
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…
The left Stop the rot and start the composting
Published Date 3/2/17 7:37 PM Its not the people we should be angry at for the current Brixet/Trump mess, it is the small/tiny number of people who pushed neo-liberal polices through for the last 30 years, probably a few thousand. The people rebelled, yes, they could have rebelled to the left or the right, they…
The Witches Cauldron open activist archive
Published Date 12/23/16 1:26 PM The Witches Cauldron The open activist archive is a data “commons” based on the #4opens and motivated by the #PGA hallmarks. We are aiming to create a data soup of metadata enriched digital items hosted on redundant federated network of hosts/servers around the world. The project will start by hosting…
Draw a line in the sand
Published Date 10/11/16 4:44 PM None of the current alt/grassroots media projects link to each other. Message them and ask why and refuse to support them till they do #thecanary #Reelnews #RealMedia #Novaramedia is basic KISS of lefty/radical/progressive thinking. What’s the solution? The minimum outcome a prominent small sidebar box front screen linking to other…
Rebooting the open web
Published Date 9/20/16 2:42 PM The OMN is based on a simple understanding that the last 10 years have been wasted on #dotcoms and #encryptionists delusions. In this NGO’s, activists and at-geeks have wasted the open webs potential to shift society to a more humain path. Â To move beyond this decaying circle we need…
Open Media Network
The project The Open Media Network is a project to play a small role in revitalising the open web. It uses the tried and tested technology of RSS, taking it out of a basic personalised mash-up of feeds into an open metadata social network. Its initial focus will be around alternative media, enabling projects to grow and…