The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
NEA, in the context of the Internet and computing, is an acronym which stands for the maxim: No one owns it. Everyone can use it. Anyone can improve it. The maxim originated with the authors Doc Searls and David Weinberger in an essay of 2003 entitled World of Ends. What the Internet Is and How …
Connectivism by jonl on April 19, 2011 Have you ever thought about how completely irrelevant structured learning is? Indeed. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot unlearn and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler. The video below advocates a change in how we learn – …
Updated 1 June 2017 Below in two columns are righteous sites and professional sites of note. RIGHTEOUS SITES OF NOTE 9/11 Archive.org AbundanceHub.com Academic Earth Adblock Plus (add-on) A Force More Powerful AfricanFossils.org Afrigadget A Human Right (Internet Access) Aid Data Akshaya Trust (feeding & housing) ALEC Exposed Alliance for Separation of School & State …
EXTRACT from Google Group Next Net: That made me think of the Emergent Democracy paper that Joi Ito authored collaboratively (2001-2003) with several other folks (including Ross Mayfield and I) a few years ago. Digging into my files I found the attached marked up version… it aligns pretty well with some of the discussions here. …
Transitional Internet by jonl on April 13, 2011 I continue to be focused on the future of the Internet and aware of divergent paths. In the later 2000s, following a period of digital and media convergence and given broad adoption of evolving high speed (broadband) network connectivity, the Internet has become an environment for mixed …
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Doc Searls‘ (et al) “vendor relationship management” (VRM) concept can be useful. Walmart is as it is because it serves a base of passive, faceless consumers – as is the case with “mass” business in general. VRM redefines the relationship of business to consumer by giving the consumer an active role – balancing power in …
The future of global online journalism by jonl on April 3, 2011 (Update: Alfred Hermida blogs Vivian Schiller’s 7 reasons to be cheerful about journalism at Reportr.net.) The evolution of networked global communication infrastructures is disrupting and changing delivery of news and the way journalists work. While some publishers have been wringing hands and tearing …
