The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
tools and techniques
Scrapbook: Niall Ferguson on culture, text-for-profit, libraries, search and literacy
Niall Ferguson was speaking at the Long Now Foundation, responding to a question from Stewart Brand about how ads and the profit-motive influenced the nature… Read More »Scrapbook: Niall Ferguson on culture, text-for-profit, libraries, search and literacy
Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
… producing books with ease on Gutenberg’s press did not fully unleash text. Real literacy also required a long list of innovations and techniques that… Read More »Deep literacy: Kevin Kelly on more than reading
In their hands
Make something people can use. Put it in their hands. See what happens. If they’re eager to pay – attention, time, money – you’re onto… Read More »In their hands
Work: generative
This is work that creates possibilities. It’s open ended, and while it might close some avenues down it generates even more new options, opportunities, connections… Read More »Work: generative
Network opportunities
One telephone – in the whole world – is useless. Who would you call? The more telephones there are – and especially the more telephones… Read More »Network opportunities
GNU-GPL – a base of code
Richard Stallman famously wrote the GNU GPL, which is a license based on copy-left, not copyright. His position is the freedom to work with computers… Read More »GNU-GPL – a base of code
Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
All events but the truly unique require a generic solution. They require a rule, a policy, or a principle. Once the right principle has been… Read More »Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
Blood and Bone (2): policy from decisions
An easy way to start making policy is to take a moment to record decisions you’ve made and why you made them. When you can… Read More »Blood and Bone (2): policy from decisions
Blood and Bone (1)
When we start working for a cause, we want to get stuff done. Most of us don’t want to know about money, and we don’t… Read More »Blood and Bone (1)