20120621 Open Source Everything Highlights

Actual Open Source eCommerce cart migration stats reveal market trends Could government move to open source storage software? Eucalyptus to Open Source Everything It’s Got Five principles of an open source company Ford Looks to App Developers and Open-Source Innovation for Futuristic Driving Experience Open Perception. By the people. For the people. Open Source 3D …

Event: 26-27 Jun Victoria BC Canada Youth, Governance, Peace-Building and the Role of the Social Media

Youth, Governance, Peace-Building and the Role of Social Media June 26-27, 2012 Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and an Online Global Webinar “Young people everywhere deserve the power to get information, to connect and to ask hard questions – about justice, equality and opportunity. Our job is to listen …

John Robb: The Official US Process of Death by Powerpoint

The US President’s Hit List or “Death by PowerPoint” Posted: 29 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT Last Friday, I wrote a post on how: – US national security agencies increasingly use computerized analysis of collected data to designate a person as an enemy combatant. – The US currently uses non-judicial Presidential “hit lists” to simplify …

Tom Atlee: Emerging EcoNomics #1 – DIY “Makers” and Resilient Communities

EMERGING ECONOMICS #1 DIY “MAKERS” AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES by Tom Atlee So we find ourselves in the midst of economic disruptions that may well foreshadow long-term, whole-system economic breakdowns fed by a full spectrum of emerging dynamics – from resource depletion (especially peak oil and loss of fresh water and topsoil) to climate change, with …

Eagle: Worldwide Incumbents Facing the Wrath of Angry Voters BUT Voters Still Mired in False Left-Right (No Difference) Paradigm

Activist Post As angry citizens around the world are becoming aware of how broken the global economic and political systems are, their desperation for real change has resulted in dramatic shifts in political majorities in the Western world.In March of this year, voters in Australia miffed by Gilliard’s reversal on her pledge not to introduce …

Michel Bauwens: Is Open Source Hardware Creating an Open World?

Is open hardware creating a more open world? Feature | April 25, 2012 | By Adrian Giordani international science grid this week Just as retro ideas from a bygone era can inspire modern fashion, film, and TV trends, today’s researchers are being empowered by the revival of an innovative technology concept from the past: open-source …