Facilitating Change

Collaborative consumption

27. September 2010

I was telling a friend this weekend that bike-sharing — a la bixi — is one of the fastest-growing forms of transportation in the world. But then I faltered: Really? I forgot where I got this little factoid. Good thing for me the lovely peeps at Station C posted the video up on their blog — pointing out that coworking is also part of this trend. So... I still don't know if it's true for real. (I want it to be!) but at least I know where my factoid came from.

Open research, open data, open development

16. September 2010

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I've been thinking about this for a while now, gathering resources, printing out stuff to read. Waiting for the right time to pull it all together into a tidy package. Well forget it. Instead I'm going to dribble it out bit by bit.

The Mortician’s Daughter

19. August 2010

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This was the song of the day a while ago, but I think I cheated and only posted it via Twitter. It's by Freedy Johnston. It's sad in a perfect way. It came to me via the hippest theologian — ever.

Delicious audio

9. August 2010

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Quick note to let you know that today in my travels I came across two lovely audio collections: NPR's books that changed the world and James Bridle's new podcast, Mattins.

Make music in the kitchen, the back seat of the car, wherever

7. August 2010

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Think about it: Wouldn't it be so nice if making music was something mostpeople did? Like writing and reading. Not something you consume. Not something veryspecial verytalented people make for you. Instead an everyday creative, collective act. A joyous togethering, washing away for a moment pain and discord. I would like that so much.

Littlest Birds

6. December 2009

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Song of the day. Sammy Parton/Jolie Holland/Syd Barrett's Littlest Birds, as sung by The Be Good Tanyas. Photo by John Haslam.

Tim Hwang at Participation Camp: Can computer games increase citizen engagement?

21. July 2009

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Tim Hwang looks like a super cool guy. And he's not just cool because Joi Ito took his portrait. Nope. Most important? He founded ROFLCon, the internet celebrity conference. Or maybe it's his work at Harvard. Or maybe this awesome talk on video games and citizen engagement. Hmmmm, hard to decide!

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Collaborative consumption

Open research, open data, open development

The Mortician’s Daughter

Delicious audio

Make music in the kitchen, the back seat of the car, wherever

Littlest Birds

Tim Hwang at Participation Camp: Can computer games increase citizen engagement?

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