Because I love trains. And am drawn to understanding how we are connected. Or not. From the New Scientist‘s article on our connected earth.
Archive | June, 2009
Fix, Hack, Create
Once again Karl has been twittering awesomeness. (Thanks!) This is from some things he posted tonight… and connects to my Plan B post and some stuff I’ve been thinking about. First: The Repair Manifesto, from Amsterdam’s Platform 21. Funny. I just got my favorite jeans repaired (two pairs, the bottoms went out on me), as [...]
ParticipationCamp: Just like being there
I wanted to attend ParticipationCamp in New York. Apparently I can. From Montreal. They have live video feed with great quality: Of course social reporters can use add the #PCamp09 tag to their tweets, which are aggregated on front page of their website. Great use of social media and attention to virtual participants: livestreaming video, [...]
Digital revolutionaries: What’s your Plan B?
Farhad Manjoo wrote an article in Slate: The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized: How the Internet helps Iran silence activists. Consider this: According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran has one of the world’s most advanced surveillance networks. Using a system installed last year (and built, in part, by Nokia and Siemens), the government routes [...]
Unmanaging knowledge
Unmanaging Knowledge, an article by Charles Ehin, has a few nuggets I found helpful. He’s describing characteristics of an open organization. I don’t believe in open all the time. I actually get along quite well with rules and structure. They’re important. (Well, as long as they’re smart and don’t get in my way. Then time [...]
Is changing names enough when you post images online?
What about their faces? These photos are online for everyone to see. The book is on Amazon.com. Doesn’t this assume that Rwandans cannot access this article and these images? Or that they have no friends or relatives in other countries with better access?
MobileVoices
Joe Sullivan and I were talking this week about project communications. How can research teams communicate better? More engaged, more transparent? He told me about a project François Bar is working on: MobileVoices — a platform where immigrant workers in Los Angeles can use their mobile phones to share stories about their lives and communities. [...]