Published Date 12/24/16 6:18 PM The OMN an easy project for everyone Producer groups have to put in minimal effort only puting a linking sidebar on their site and providing a RSS feed into the network. These can be: * Tag based content list “you might be interested in this” * Tag based site link…
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…
You do all know that posting polatics on failbook is a pointless circle of nothingness
Published Date 12/20/16 9:20 PM You do all know that posting polatics on #failbook is a pointless circle of nothingness. Please stop and do something more usefull. We have a clective Liberal fantasy in the is an idea that #dotcon can be social useful. Its not what the money (billions) was invested in. They “invested”…
Human beings are by nature social creatures we link
“The Ring slowly but inevitably corrupted its bearer, regardless of the bearer’s initial intent. For this reason the Wise, including Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel, refused to wield it themselves, but determined instead that it should be destroyed. The corrupting power of the ring was apparently stronger on individuals more inclined to evil and selfishness: it…
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…
The world is open for change
* Old paths have visibley vanished* People are up for doing things different* Funders are up for funding different* The new “commons” is infernat and as much as the #dotcons grab the is more.* Socerty is being #reboot ‘ed (trump, brixet etc.)* Our planet is likely to #reboot with out us (climate change) We don’t…
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…
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. To move beyond this decaying circle we need…
The #4opens
Published Date 10/19/15 9:38 PM The #dotcon can not be fixed, the #fashernistas who keep flocking to new “ethical’ish” ones are a problem, not a solution. The #4opens: Are a simple way to judge the value of an “alt/grassroots” tech project. Open data – is the basic part of a project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data without this open…