Bruce Sterling in one day

One days take-aways from one days reading and listening crammed inbetween one days travel and one days work. Bruce Sterling @ IDEA 2006 * architectures of participation * mass dis-intermediated production * participative information architecture * If you cut up the present, the future bleeds through. (William Burroughs) http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000698.php Bruce Sterling @ SXSW 2007 sociallyContinueContinue reading “Bruce Sterling in one day”

Reality is sometimes…..

Yes, Stranger than Fiction. (No Signal) Photo by Whistling in the Dark I just got back from seeing the film Stranger Than Fiction. I state upfront I’m not a Will Ferrell fan and have come to expect shallow, overstated slapstick which quite frankly leaves me feeling empty. But this movie is different. It is aContinueContinue reading “Reality is sometimes…..”

Openness is more than an API

Doc’s gone and done it again – got me thinking and linking stuff whirring around in my brain. This time it’s over an email he sent to Nathan Torkington of O’reilly, documented in a post titled “Business as Morality”. Doc Searls: Business as Morality In it, Doc outlines three moralities, however it’s the last oneContinueContinue reading “Openness is more than an API”

You can’t stop the signal.

I have been spending alot of time thinking about the notes on Linda Stone’s article at Supernova 2005. I’ve decided to put my thoughts up here rather than refine them any further. The article goes from the position of needing to “Filter the NOISE from the SIGNAL” at the start of the article to “FilterContinueContinue reading “You can’t stop the signal.”