Collaborative, Community Content is Key

What do we really hope to gain from Web Two Point OHHH!! shit here comes the McDonald’s marketing machine!!!
An article over on New Media Age sparked a little idea that has been rattling around for a good while.
I am a big believer in the idea that people themselves should control the medium of high culture. [...]

Contemporary humanity and its tireless dedication to contemporary… STUFF!

Had to pop out to the shops there a little earlier to grab a few of the basics. I live in a pretty affluent area (don’t you know). I stress the phrase ‘live in’ rather than ‘belong to’.
Maybe I was a little tired or pissed off or whatever, but for the first time in a [...]

The Potential of the Internet as a Platform for Human Culture and Society

Look at the massive potential that is being ignored. For the first time we have the chance to build an informed and involved electorate, the cornerstones of any healthy democracy. People can organise, network, make themselves heard and push for change. The reality of our way of life is that the majority of us are [...]

The Seiderhouse Rules!

I just discovered a new word thanks to this gentleman, Eric Seider. I am too tired now to ponder it any futher, but I believe I believe it is a word that will become very important to me, to human communities and to the earth overall.
And that word is ‘permaculture’. Google it. Read about it. [...]

Communities Online

It is far from web-development college I was rared. It is not that I am not technically minded. Once I get my head around an application I actually enjoy the buzz of playing around with it. I get a great rush when coming up with ideas around what a site or an application could be. [...]