Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on Nov 30th, 2009
Michael Gilbert writes: Coolness is not innovation. That which is innovative is not always cool. More importantly, that which is cool is not always innovative. Indeed, cool can be seen as inherently conservative. If an invention is not already well on its way to adoption in certain (possibly small, probably themselves cool) circles, then it [...]
Posted in General on Nov 30th, 2009
… by open-standards based streams, served via a distributed network of servers? OpenID + Atom/ActivityStreams + PubSubHubBub = open source twitter, facebook, etc.
Posted in General on Nov 28th, 2009
Connelly gets it completely wrongJoel gets it wrong again.
Posted in General on Nov 27th, 2009
Lester Brown lays out how to solve the climate mess, and how we’ll suffer if we don’t (Hungry? Just wait)Does Silicon Valley noise detract from long-term value creation? | Andrew Chen (@andrew_chen)Lots of lessons for the nptech community here
Posted in General on Nov 26th, 2009
Phil Agre, missingThe challenge of visible twitter at conferences
Posted in General on Nov 24th, 2009
The Lesson Learned
Posted in General on Nov 19th, 2009
Booting Up. McGinn and Broadband.
Posted in General on Nov 17th, 2009
The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future
Posted in General on Nov 16th, 2009
How to Shop for a Green BabyAwesome tips from Sightline’s Anna Fahey.
Posted in General on Nov 14th, 2009
Come join our team at Groundwire (formerly ONE/Northwest) and help us build a better world! Groundwire is growing, and we’re looking for an experienced strategy consultant to join our team. Our ideal candidate will have real world, senior level organizing and/or fundraising experience (online and offline), believe in the importance of relationship building for [...]
Posted in General on Nov 14th, 2009
Meep!Trouble At Twitter: U.S. Visitors Down 8 Percent In OctoberBetter develop your twitter strategy while there’s still time.
Posted in General on Nov 13th, 2009
Why conferences must talk about failureI’d like to see this at a Plone conference or symposium sometime. Maybe as an openspace session?STATS: Has Twitter Flatlined Just Short of Mainstream?
Posted in General on Nov 12th, 2009
Cultural Bent Hangs Over Oracle’s Battle for Sun – NYTimes.comEuropeans want Oracle to spin off MySQL before merging with Sun. Interesting.
Posted in General on Nov 10th, 2009
… don’t get along so nicely. How vexing.
Posted in General on Nov 10th, 2009
Logitech Buying LifeSize to Break Into Videoconferencing – NYTimes.comInteresting– another step towards the mass adoption of HD videoconferencing. One way out of the carbon trap, perhaps!
Posted in General on Nov 8th, 2009
How taking out dams splits environmental groupsIndustry lobbyists torpedoed Copenhagen climate pact, eight-nation investigation by journalists shows
Posted in General on Nov 6th, 2009
As many of my readers likely know by now, my organization ONE/Northwest has just rebranded itself as Groundwire. Obviously, our domain name changed, and with it our email addresses. One of the many “switchover” tasks we faced was the challenge of updating our email addresses on the many Sympa-powered email lists we host. The obvious [...]
Posted in General on Nov 6th, 2009
Plone.org: Plone Foundation officers & advisors for 2009-2010 announced
Posted in General on Nov 4th, 2009
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic
Posted in General on Nov 3rd, 2009
Valentine Web Systems: Multilingual and high security at Plone Conference 2009
