Saturday, December 27, 2003

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen (via whiskey river) What do you think? []  links to this post    3:29:40 PM   Leader as place The latest Wired article on Howard Dean's internetworked campaign features a wisdom quote from emergent democrat Joi Ito: I contact him to ask if he thinks there's a difference between an emergent leader and an old-fashioned political opportunist. What does it take to lead a smart mob? Ito emails back an odd metaphor: "You're not a leader, you're a place. You're like a park or a garden. If it's comfortable and cool, people are attracted. Deanspace is not really about Dean. It's about us." It ends with a killer reading list: Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly KEY POINT: The most powerful information systems of the future will be grown, not made. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Turn every supporter into a potential organizer. "Grow" the grass roots. The Cluetrain Manifesto by Chris Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger KEY POINT: The Net undermines respect for authority. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Participate: Blog daily, link to indie blogs, and allow open comments; reflect the tone of the community. Emergence by Steven Johnson KEY POINT: Our media and political movements will be shaped by bottom-up forces, not top-down ones. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Let the ants do the work, not the queen; allow local groups to function independently. Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger KEY POINT: The loose structure of the Web encourages social experimentation and is a balm for alienation. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Encourage face-to-face contact. Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold KEY POINT: Mobile mobs linked by electronic devices could change history by intervening in politics spontaneously. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Hold events, such as Dean Visibility Days, where the mass of supporters suddenly come together. Linked by Albert-László Barabási KEY POINT: Essential aspects of networks - e.g., the advantage gained by pioneers - are the product of general laws. DEAN TAKEAWAY: Be first to adopt and invent community tools. The risk is worth the chance of grabbing an early lead. What do you think? []  links to this post    11:31:42 AM   Encourage linking Jill Walker gave a talk at Brown University on blogging and network literacy. There's a lot packed in that post; you may want to start somewhere else if you're relatively new to the landscape. My favorite sentence: "Encouraging linking is key." Well, I suppose you just did it for me, Jill! What do you think? []  links to this post    11:03:28 AM   Windows-Linux equivalence table As the post below deals with alternatives to closed systems, I figured I'd throw in a link to an earlier post of mine that is relevant. What do you think? []  links to this post    10:24:50 AM   How users can help open standards evolve Robin Good reflects on the issues surrounding standards and offers practical suggestions for end users who want to support open standards for the common good: So, what you can do today to help open standards evolve and be adopted by a larger number of users is to: a) start asking yourself some questions about the benefits of going one way or the other while b) gradually favour and adopt those tools that actually do support such open standards. Here are some great examples which you can start to consider for adoption now: Open Office in place of Microsoft Office PHP - in place of ASP for development XML - RSS - for information distribution Linux - MacOS X in place of closed systems Jabber - in place of YM, AIM, MSN, ICQ SIP - in place of Skype and other proprietary VoIP solutions Mozilla - in place of Microsoft Internet Explorer Media Player Classic - in place of Windows Media Player or Real Media Player (it plays all formats and more) JAlbum - in place of proprietary digital image management solutions Wikis - for group-based collaboration content editing Plone, Drupal, and other great open source CMS solutions in place of proprietary portan/content management systems http://www.masternewmedia.org/2003/06/11/effective_content_management_comes_of_age.htm Gnutella, eMule, BitTorrent - for file exchange and distribution in place of Kazaa and other mischievous P2P tools. MySQL in place of SQL, Oracle and other proprietary solutions PD (Public Domain), CC (Creative Commons), GPL (General Public License), vs Copyright I should note that in most of the above examples, you don't have to be a self-sacrificing zealot to pick the light side, as the open alternatives are cheaper and work better. (via Stephen) What do you think? []  links to this post    10:20:26 AM

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