Published Date 4/24/13 10:33 PM This is two draft’s of a project for the end of the summer FUNDRAISING FOR THE REAL STORY Stories grow from the soil, they grow from social/geologic conflicts. Thus an interesting place to start a story is from the mud and dust where it stands. With this in mind we…
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…
Good activist media
Published Date 4/1/13 6:04 PM Lets get positive for a moment What has worked in Alt/radical media? DRAFT – looking at two contrasting successful activist media strategys. When indymedia started in 2000 in the UK undercurrents the radical news organisation I was working for had played a role in its founding running a ALPHA build…
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…
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…
Backup of Couchsurfing profile
From LENALEIA Bratislava, Slovakia Jul 20 Positive A great guy. From Kayte Fairfax London, England May 24 Positive Hamish is a super energetic video activist who is totally committed to his ideals and seeing them enacted in the world. He’s also a damn good vegetarian cook who whips up culinary delights when you least expect it, and loves a good debate!…
The memory hole from 07 09 2010
Published Date 11/1/12 1:45 AM DRAFT The old-mainstream media used to dominate national, international and local news to such an extent that many voices were unheard and any radical story was systemically distorted. With the onward march of the digitisation project (see more info LINK) the old-mainstream media is crumbling with the failer of its…
The media wreck
Published Date 6/14/12 8:28 AM The digital tsunami has passed, the washed away sea front of the the old media world is being re-built with the usual fast food joints and global burger bars media outlets. Leaving little space left on the fringes for the new media world that hasn’t made the shift into the…
April London Liferay User Meetup
Published Date 4/13/12 5:24 PM It was a good to share skills and ideas with the different groups last night. We introduced a range of programmers and developers to Liferay, and started what is almost certainly the first community bug-fix of a Liferay site in London. The next London Liferay User meetup will be in…
Hipster Burgers: Short Film Outline
Scene 1: Street in Dalston Opening shot: Busy street in Dalston with normal people. Gradual transition: One hipster appears, then two, then a few more, until the street is filled with hipsters. Focus: Establishing the hipster vibe of the neighborhood. Scene 2: Café (Otto) Camera tracks: A line of hipsters waiting to be served by…