Archive for the ‘Participation’ Category

Obama and the superbranding of politics

Monday, January 25th, 2010My god Naomi Klein takes me back - No Logo is up there for anyone who is remotely interested in brands. And were I to draw up a time line of books I have read and how each book subsequently ...

The future of work=TxtEagle

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010By the end of the month, a company called txteagle will be the largest employer in Kenya. The firm, started in its original form in 2008 by a young computer engineer named Nathan Eagle and, as of this coming June, ...

Was the promise made good for society through 2.0?

Friday, January 15th, 2010Mr. Lanier, a musician and avant-garde computer scientist — he popularized the term “virtual reality” — wonders if the Web’s structure and ideology are fostering nasty group dynamics and mediocre collaborations. His new book, “You Are Not a Gadget,” is ...

The London datastore

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Not what you would quite expect.Dominic Campbell from FutureGov writesThe London Datastore will see City Hall release, for the first time, huge realms of previously unavailable data for everyone to see and use free of charge. This is part of ...

Alan Moore speaking @ sxsw 2010

Monday, January 11th, 2010This weekend I was invited to give a keynote @ sxsw 2010 based upon my submission in August last year. (watch the 2.5 minute film)The topic is Straight Line Thinking Stops Here, something that I covered at The Do Lectures ...

Facebook manners

Thursday, December 10th, 2009'Nuff said

Old world new world the journey to enterprise 2.0

Thursday, December 10th, 2009Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at MIT and recently wrote an article in the Financial Times, I would like to quote Andrew from the article but I can't,Copyright The Financial Times Limited ...

Dear Rupert Murdoch, a lesson in networked media creation

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Tom Taylor gave a presentation at the Do Lectures, Printing newspapers, hacking analogue technology and connecting into the this wired up world was powerful stuff, and resonated with my talk which argued that we need to use a new language ...

Humanity does not follow the straight line rule

Sunday, December 6th, 2009Jane Young has put together a very easy to understand set of thoughts that go to the very heart of of my current work. The communications revolution driven by a fundamental human need to connect and collaborate, and what that ...

The Do Lectures, the Achuar speak truth to power

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Gregor made a powerful presentation at the Do Lectures his topic the  threat to the Amazon rain forest. Harnessing the collective intelligence of the tribe, he showcases The Atwa, who embrace the state, pens and paper, GPS mapping technology, YouTube, ...

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