Journal ISSN 1078-1935 – Page 2629 – Public Intelligence Blog

2011/03/03

Reference: Crisis Mapping

Advanced Cyber/IO, Analysis, Augmented Reality, Autonomous Internet, Budgets & Funding, Collaboration Zones, Collective Intelligence, Communities of Practice, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Ethics, info-graphics/data-visualization, InfoOps (IO), International Aid, Journalism/Free-Press/Censorship, Key Players, Maps, Methods & Process, microfinancing, Mobile, Open Government, Policies, Real Time, Reform, Threats, Tools

220px-Michel_Bauwens_crop — Michel Bauwens

part of http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Geography

and updated via http://delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Mapping

See Also:

Autonomous [Free, Distributed] Internet

2011/03/032011/03/03

Search: what is human truth

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A righteous question. There is no complete answer, but there is a process answer.

Human truth is that “best truth” devised and defined by a collective of humans who communicate with clarity; appreciate and embrace diversity of view and factor in a holistic fashion; embody integrity in every aspect of their behavior, existence, and reflections; and are committed to a sustainable future for humanity, to wit, a prosperous world at peace.

Robert David Steele-Vivas
Electronic communication, 3 March 2011
Persistent URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Truth

2011/03/022011/03/02

Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Eben Moglen

Alpha M-P, Autonomous Internet, Collective Intelligence

Professor Eben Moglen is a long-standing champion of free and open source software and one of the top twelve to twenty-five minds thinking deeply in the English language about the future of the Internet consistent with creating a prosperous world at peace. Among many other accomplishments, including global mind-melds in multiple languages, Professor Moglen is the founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center, and most recently, the FreedomBox Foundation.

Learn more….

See Especially:

Before and After IP: Ownership of Ideas in the 21st Century, Digital Studies Group, CUNY Graduate Center, November 17. 2010 (audio stream). Download: Ogg Vorbis | MP3

2011/03/022011/03/02

Five Major Trends in Advance Cyber-Social

Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence, Mobile, Real Time

2 Mar

Five major trends to watch right now

Posted by Ric Merrifield

I spend a lot of time looking at and writing about disruptive business models, and lately I have been talking about a handful that I think are really meaningful that will continue to mature over time and work their way into lots of other industries. 1) Friending. 2) Getting nothing, but paying for it. 3) Getting something, but not paying for it. 4) David beating Goliath. 5) Adding a third party to two party transactions. Visit Blog for full text accompanying each of the above. Phi Beta Iota: At DEMO Spring 2011 the deep persistent theme was the embedding of social media into everything. This is also one of the themes in Jane McGonigal's book, Reality Is Broken–Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.

2011/03/022011/03/02

Canadian Citizens Keep Lying on the Air Illegal

Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Government

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

President, Waterkeeper Alliance; Professor, Pace University

Huffington Post, February 28, 2011 09:54 PM

Regulators Reject Proposal That Would Bring Fox-Style News to Canada

As America's middle class battles for its survival on the Wisconsin barricades — against various Koch Oil surrogates and the corporate toadies at Fox News — fans of enlightenment, democracy and justice can take comfort from a significant victory north of Wisconsin border. Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators today announced they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

Canada's Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.”

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2011/03/022011/03/02

SPOT Connect: Any Cell Phone SatComm Capable

Autonomous Internet, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, InfoOps (IO), International Aid, Open Government, Reform, Technologies, Tools

Today’s smartphones provide a level of social connection far beyond what we imagined just a few years ago. But when you go beyond the reach of the grid, your smartphone needs the help of SPOT Connect to keep you in touch with friends, family, and emergency personnel. Simply pair your smartphone with SPOT Connect, and get connected to a global satellite network that lets you send messages and GPS coordinates from virtually anywhere on the planet. Update Twitter and Facebook. Send email and text messages. Request non-emergency help from professional service providers. And in the case of a critical emergency, send an SOS message requesting emergency assistance.

WARNING NOTICE: This $169 device does NOT include the subscription fees associated with SATCOM. There are some “relatively” low cost options, and a small crowd-sourcing effort to buy a satellite that will provide free SATCOM access to Africa, but the pieces are not there yet. See Autonomous Internet for a larger discussion of the possibilities.

Tip of the Hat to Aaron Huslage for this pointer.

2011/03/022011/03/02

CrisisWatch N°91, 1 March 2011

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, CrisisWatch reports

CrisisWatch N°91, 1 March 2011 (pdf)

Anti-government protests also took place in Oman and Djibouti.

In Afghanistan, the standoff continued between President Hamid Karzai and the opposition over the flawed September parliamentary election. A controversial special tribunal set up by Karzai – which the opposition condemns as unconstitutional – has started recounting votes in several provinces. With concerns growing over renewed tension if the tribunal reverses results, CrisisWatch identifies Afghanistan as a conflict risk alert for March. The political crisis came amid an upsurge of insurgent violence across the country.

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