Archive for the ‘Society’ Category

Tattoos, identity and meaning

Friday, October 8th, 2010One of the aspects of the networked that I think is oft overlooked is not to do with technology but with people, something that I explore in some depth in the forthcoming No Straight Lines book and project. How do ...

Data, lubricating a more open society

Friday, October 8th, 2010Picked this up from Future Gov. an interview with Tim Davis of Practical Participation, published by Dave Briggs.Reminds me of my postings last year on thinking differently about government in the networked society.Well worth a listen.

Mobile money and Ian Bennett CEO and President of the Canadian Mint

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010They say life is stranger than fiction, last week Tomi Ahonen was with me in Africa, working with a world class team on the future of mobile for a client. Mobile money came up on a number of occasions, because ...

A people will only be free when their control their own communications Mr Murdoch

Sunday, September 19th, 2010The headline is a quote from Frantz Fanon someone who was recognised as an authority on post colonial rule, Fanon's statement about people, society, communication and freedom is encapsulated in the point Will Hutton makes, link to Observer story (here), ...

Journey’s in augmented reality

Sunday, September 19th, 2010Picked this post up from Layar co-founder, M. Lens-FitzGerald. Urban Augmented Realities and Social Augmentations that Matter: Talking with Bruce Sterling, Part 2The post is well worth a read, and I picked this nuggetJesse Schell described the importance of AR ...

News.me = mutuality

Friday, September 17th, 2010So its no surprise thatThe New York Times Is Preparing Social News Service Dubbed News.meThe future of newsbrands? 

Engaging Leadership LeMonde reviews Didier Marlier

Friday, September 3rd, 2010I had the great pleasure to meet Didier Marlier purely by chance in Sao Paulo a few weeks ago. A wonderful encounter as he and I will be working together for the first time via Gerd Leonhard's new venture the ...

The system known as the kisha club

Thursday, August 26th, 2010In No Straight Lines I talk about the systemic breakdown of models of control and organisation that were defined by an industrial era. Jay Rosen tweeted this article which is a fascinating insight into the Japanese media world, that was ...

the diversity of language, media and youtube

Sunday, July 18th, 2010[caption id="attachment_5555" align="aligncenter" width="239" caption="Like nature, we are diverse"][/caption]It was Noam Chomsky in the 60's that developed a view that we (humanity) was programmed with a universal language DNA. But what if the very diversity of languages is the key ...

How to judge a modern society

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

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