The other day I read a post titled “Shared Cultures” on the Naked yak blog, the the ending part of which read… ….We should use the potential openness of social networks to make a difference, to shape the future into a much more intimate place – a world of ‘we’. This comment about ‘we’ resonatedContinueContinue reading “WE the people, WE the bloggers”
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In Web 3.0, the best wall-less gardens will win
In light of the article in Wired and its’ call to action for a “Open Social Net” and the long discussion on this topic that Laurel, Mike and I had on our latest podcast, this quote by Doc Searls over on the Project VRM blog is very timely. Earth to walled-garden builders: You can’t ownContinueContinue reading “In Web 3.0, the best wall-less gardens will win”
FaceTweet – the next killer app?
Would an app that allows people to post a status message to Facebook while mobile possibly be the next killer app? Was catching up on my rss feeds on my mobile phone while travelling in the van on the way home, as I tend to do. Scanning through my friends Facebook status’ feed to seeContinueContinue reading “FaceTweet – the next killer app?”
CLOSEDvOPEN: Attitude and Generation gaps
JP picks up on my “Walled Hearts” post and points to the Generation factor. He writes : The median age for Too Open is probably Generation X. The median age for Too Closed is probably Generation Y. Ay, there’s the rub. It occurred to me that from the Enterprise standpoint Facebook looks very open yetContinueContinue reading “CLOSEDvOPEN: Attitude and Generation gaps”
Walled Gardens or Walled Hearts?
I’ve never read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Tipping Point” but something inside me feels on the edge. Some kind of epidemic at that intersection of technology advance and human desire seems to be going down. Facebook is all at once touted as saviour and villan. Dave Slusher points out what others are thinking. Cam’s talking aboutContinueContinue reading “Walled Gardens or Walled Hearts?”
The Podcast Network Second Life T-Shirt
Saw Cam from TPN was in SL. Thought I’d have a go at making a T-Shirt for SL TPN supporters. So here’s my alter-ego wearing it. It’s my first try so a bit frayed along the edges. Still, if you’re in SL, go grab yourself one from this SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sobaeksan/67/1/65/ Dave
Openness – Going Beyond Transparency
Openness is one of my pet things that’s been on my heart heavy for a few years and I’ve written about before. I read two things this week that conspired me to write some more. One was JP talking about his ‘self-editing’ actions when posting a list of songs he has been listening to andContinueContinue reading “Openness – Going Beyond Transparency”
More on the latest silo wars
As a kind of update to my last post here, Doc, in his usual succinctness, hits the silo nail on the head. Social Silo Liberation Front …. I, like Dave, am snowed under by too many requests to join competing social silos. Social groups to which I belong in the physical world do not compete.ContinueContinue reading “More on the latest silo wars”
Individual the centre of gravity – the times still are a changin, Facebook
As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin’. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin’. -Bob Dylan Stowe Boyd puts it well. At last, I actually read something that points to where the real power of an open distributed web will beContinueContinue reading “Individual the centre of gravity – the times still are a changin, Facebook”
Naked
Got a track back to a post I wrote last year about openness on the Net. It was a link from a post on what appears a fairly new blog called naked yak. Looking around, turns out it’s the blog of a team of people from Naked Ltd who is a start-up company working onContinueContinue reading “Naked”
The reason why we MUST NOT build walled gardens!
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace Couldn’t sleep last night and so read this essay by Danah Boyd This sentence stood out to me: “The division around MySpace and Facebook is just another way in which technology is mirroring societal values.” – Danah Boyd There exists in society too much division already -ContinueContinue reading “The reason why we MUST NOT build walled gardens!”
Will my Second Life land sell on Facebook?
Okay, time we put this Facebook thing to the test. I’m trying to sell my waterfront land in Second Life so have just listed it on Facebook Marketplace. Let’s see the famed power of this ‘social network’. Funny how I couldn’t list it in $Linden. 🙂 Here’s the slurl to the land Listing on slexchange.com
Weekend with Dad
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Kent swivels
Here’s my submission of blogs for Kent’s Swivel feeds experiment.jp rangaswami – confused of calcutta – http://confusedofcalcutta.comjp is a kind of information hero of mine. something about how he sees things just clicks with me in totally perpendicular ways. he’s the cio of bt global services.nick hodge – mungenet – http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/Uncle Nick is a MungeContinueContinue reading “Kent swivels”
Back on the air after 48 hours
I don’t believe it. Mark of the beast?I’m actually back connected to the outside world after over 48 hours of two of my phone lines being out of order – one of them my ADSL connection.I felt helpless as I rang Telstra again and again with them saying that its a ‘major fault” (no shitContinueContinue reading “Back on the air after 48 hours”
Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’
I’ve been sitting on this thought for ages. I have to get it out.I’m of the opinion that what’s stopping Second Life (SL) moving from the ‘game realm’ to the ‘useful business platform realm’ is a four letter word – TEXTSimply put, SL needs to integrate text in-world.The only talk for ages has been aboutContinueContinue reading “Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’”
New media activism
A brilliant example of new-media activism from Texan, Greg Hewlett, on YouTube. Link for more info. Hat tip Kent. Reminds me of the audio mashup I did back here to get attention of Cam and Father Bob. More reason to make sure people are empowered to have a voice.
David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language
While I wait for my copy of “Everything is Miscellaneous” to wend its way across the oceans to Australia; after ordering it via Amazon, as the local book stores tell me it’s not released here in Australia yet (cough); I while away my miscellaneous time reading about the book in Mr Weinberger’s blog. While deeplyContinueContinue reading “David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language”
What do YOU call community?
After events of recent times, like the podcast with Laurel, this blog post by Kent and my response here and the Facebook boom, I really like this following quote from Adam Fields, via Doc. “There’s really only one rule for community as far as I’m concerned, and it’s this – in order to call someContinueContinue reading “What do YOU call community?”
Facebook and Myspace – buckets of lemmings?
Kent asks a genuine question on his blog about the popularity of things like Facebook and Myspace. What is so much better about Facebook (and MySpace and other similar platforms) than an ordinary blog on a popular platform- say WordPress? Maybe it’s just that the likes of Facebook, Myspace are seen as a ‘place’ toContinueContinue reading “Facebook and Myspace – buckets of lemmings?”
The times they are a …..
Had a discussion about broadband, fibre (of the optics variety, not the food type) and the stances of each side of Government this morning. Nothing new or unusual for me you say? Except that I had this discussion with, of all people, the District Nurse who was on a visit. And she was the oneContinueContinue reading “The times they are a …..”
The Fourth Platform clarified – the Social Sector
Over on her blog, Laurel does as brilliant job of expanding on a very important penny that was dropped and jelled at the Connecting Up Conference earlier in the week. It’s reflected in the comment I jotted down here while liveblogging. During his keynote, Daniel Ben-Horin from Compumentor made reference to the emergence of aContinueContinue reading “The Fourth Platform clarified – the Social Sector”
Where’s your attention?
In this fast changing Web 2 world of fancy tools and moving objects; where’s your attention? Original source: Cognitive edge Dave
My blog promotion advice for Ali in Kenya
Update: Tools and more tips here and here. Well, I got a signal in the ether from Beth Kanter about Alison Lowndes asking how Ali could best promote the AVIF Volunteers blog to get the message out about her work with children in Kenya. I’m no A-list blogger but have been pleased about connections myContinueContinue reading “My blog promotion advice for Ali in Kenya”
People like to own stuff – ask a ninja about monetising atoms not bits
There was a profound important small discussion on the latest TWIT #97. Guest twit was Kent Nichols from Ask a Ninja and they were talking about merchandise. Kent made the comment that ‘people like to own stuff’ and John C Dvorak got the point of the matter. It’s what my mate Mike terms “monetise whenContinueContinue reading “People like to own stuff – ask a ninja about monetising atoms not bits”
