Most of you will already be familiar with the random acts of kindness principle – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_acts_of_kindness, a meme which has been in existence since the 1980’s (I remember my mum telling me about it in the car on the way to school one morning). There’s something beautiful about the simplicity of this meme. I was […]
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UK Banks Shareholders Meeting
Since we’re now all major shareholders in UK banks, can we hold a shareholders meeting? Thing’s I’d like to put to the table chiefly surround the banks investment strategy. I have but 2 requests, one do and one don’t. Do. Develop a strategy whereby a good portion of our funds are invested in areas local […]
Capitalism is Anti Social
An obvious statement perhaps, given the opposing views of capitalism and socialism. But we must keep this in mind when assessing the present state of society and how we can affect social change. eg. What good are laws and campaigns when we reward those whose interests it is to circumvent them? The majority of what […]
Popping my Bar Camp cherry
The notion of losing my virginity of anything to a bunch of self professed geeks is pretty horrifying, but terminology aside I just wanted to try and articulate a brief explaination of what a Barcamp is and why anyone should want to attend. I didn’t know what to expect from BarCamp London 5, but given […]
Competition – Design Bar Camp Sheffield Logo
Roll up, Roll up all those who seek kudos and recognition, plus the opportunity to win a copy of Balsamiq, a tool that allows you to create software mockups in minutes. The brief is to design us a lovely logo, better than one I have created as a place holder. Naturally I will not be […]
Intellectual Property is Theft
In response to Dougald Hines call for articles around the theme COMMONSense. and this has been bubbling under for some time now, so it’s time to splurge. Intellectual Property is theft Let us not decieve ourselves any longer, all forms of property and property rights are about control and power. They change the rules of […]
A Call to Collaboration Part 1.
As part of my work for http://www.LocalEyes.org, I have identified that an issue faced collectively by Social Enterprises is reaching the “Community”. Many groups already exist that “engage with the community”, ie. they get together and they do stuff. The organisers of such groups, are exactly the kind of people, we should be helping, and […]
Citizens, not Customers
This post stems from yet another great talk on Ted, which as well as using the phrase “technosis externality clusterfuck” with reference to urban archictecture, also leaves you with the fantastic “don’t refer to yourself as a consumer, you are a citizen” The point being that a consumer or customer is passive, they are served. […]
My Building Democracy Application – Taking it Old School
Sorry that’s not the title of the Application, just a reference to the ethos behind it, ie. how can we merge “Old School” offline social technologies, with the “New School” to ensure no child left behind (sorry took the schooling metaphor too far). You get the jist Title: Community Bridge Description: Bridging the gap between […]
I share a dream
I don’t have a dream, it is not mine to possess. I share a dream. This dream is one of collaboration, where public organisations recognise that their goals are more important than the means they use to achieve them. Where they transcend their structures and share knowledge, recognising that it doesn’t matter who achieves the […]
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