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 […]
Category Archives: Community
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 […]
The Ideas Diary – Blog the Aged Project
Get younguns to film old uns talking about what life was like growing up in a particular geographic location. Will serve to include the old in the digital media revolution and hopefully break down a few of the perceptions that both parties hold. Plus it will create a sense of history around an area. I […]
“Anti Social” behavior
Ever since Thatcher denied it’s existence society has been in decline, like a Discworld god that no longer has a following. I found this great quote in the Private Eye this morning… “The government was concerned about ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOR and in 2004 passed a law about it. This law allows Police to break up […]
One night in ten: Distributed postal service
Stemming from the communities talking to each other conundrum, but with a little of rising fuel costs thrown in. Do we really need mail delivered to our door? What if it was 5 doors down, and I had to pop round (or they did by private arrangement if I’m really lazy) or the end of […]
One night in ten ideas: Street sales rights
This stems from another musing on why we are so threatened by teenagers on the street. Aside from the media portrayal that is The real question is – Why is it only teenagers on the streets? Here lies the problem, how can we have community if we stay in our houses? So one answer is […]
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