Patrick Meier: Social Media – The First 2,000 Years [from Ancient Graffiti to Digital Pee in the Virtual Forest…]

Social Media: The First 2,000 Years What do Papyrus rolls and Twitter have in common? Both were used as a means of “instant” communication. Indeed, a careful reading of history reveals just how ancient social media really is. Further, the questions we pose about social media today have already been debated countless times over hundreds of …

Emmanuel: Call for Speakers Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE X) 18-20 JUL 14 NYC

HOPE X will take place on July 18-20 (Fri-Sun) 2014 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. HOPE stands for Hackers on Planet Earth, one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world.  It has been taking place very two years since 1994. Below is the call for speakers, panelists, and …

Jesse Ventura: New Daily Internet Show “Off the Grid” Blasting American “Hypocrisy”

Jesse Ventura to Host Daily Internet Show Blasting American Off the Grid’ on Ora TV will feature ex-wrestler and former pol opining on current events and U.S. politics By Todd Spangler Jesse Ventura is set to host “Off the Grid,” a daily talkshow on Internet-video site Ora TV that will feature the ex-wrestler, former Minnesota …

Welcome to the Memory Hole – Don’t Kill the Leaker, Just Make Their Leaked Information “Invisible”

Don’t kill the Leaker, Kill the Leaker’s Information The particularly nasty end of the spear of IC clandestine services, the part that kills people, may be out of a big part of their job thanks to technology, in the light of the terrifying but deeply interesting article by Peter Van Buren. They don’t don’t have …