Nov 22, 09
Worldchanging Timeline: 2003-2009
We here at Worldchanging just celebrated our sixth anniversary! In addition to publishing a series of "101" posts, highlighting some of the iconic pieces we've published over the years, and a primer on blogs and other resources we lean heavily upon, we though that it might also be useful to share a timeline of the project so far, noting some representative events, to give the interested reader a sense of where we came from and how we got here; perhaps knowing something of the evolution of...
Using Digital Tools to Examine the Planet
This article was written by Alex Steffen in June 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. I write this from the medieval town of Visby, in the shadow of the ruined church of Saint Clement, on Sweden's Gotland island. I've stayed here for a few days on my way to the Tällberg Forum, hoping for a chance to catch my breath. It's a beautiful place, Visby, a UNESCO World Heritage site of old buildings, tiles roofs, cobblestones, ancient churches and a...
Your Cameraphone: a Harbinger of a Massive Social Transformation
This article was written by Jamais Cascio in May of 2005. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. This week, I spoke at the first MeshForum conference, held in Chicago. The following is an adaptation of my talk, which adapts some earlier material with some new observations. Fair warning: it's a long piece. I look forward to your comments. The photo at right is by Howard Greenstein, taken during my presentation. Soon -- probably within the next decade,...
New Brave World workshop: RFID and art
It's Monday and although everyone else is probably thanking Easter break for providing them with an opportunity to lay in bed until lunch time, i've been up early to give the final touch of my presentation about RFID and art at the RFID workshop that iMAL organizes this week in Brussels as part of its series of New Brave World events. With Hidden Numbers, Meghan Trainor Just a parenthesis: tomorrow at 8,30 pm Atau Tanaka will give a talk at iMAL about Mobile Music and his other locative...
Letter from Visby: Linnaeus, the Encyclopedia of Life and the Metaverse
I write this from the medieval town of Visby, in the shadow of the ruined church of Saint Clement, on Sweden's Gotland island. I've stayed here for a few days on my way to the Tällberg Forum, hoping for a chance to catch my breath. It's a beautiful place, Visby, a UNESCO World Heritage site of old buildings, tiles roofs, cobblestones, ancient churches and a huge stone wall circling the city, and I've spent the last few days wandering the narrow winding streets, sitting in cafes overlooking...
Principle 20: Citizen Media
Who the storyteller is has a lot to do with the kind of story you're likely to hear. That's why citizen media is important: we need to learn to think in new ways about a wide array of interconnected and emerging problems, and to do that well, we need a wide array of perspectives on those problems, and channels for the introduction of possible solutions. In the public debate, no less than in ecosystem science, diversity promotes resilience. Luckily, we find ourselves with more tools for...
What's Next: Gil Friend
The key words I'm watching for 2007: generative feedback. Performance feedback that doesn't just track behavior; it drives it. Just as Prius owners inevitably change their driving behavior (whether they want to or not, whether they intend to watch their energy dashboard or not, and regardless of penalties or incentives) relevant performance feedback can engage stakeholders, steer strategy, and markedly improve implementation - the achilles heel of most sustainability initiatives. JM...
Keeping the New Media new
With Google’s recent purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion and viral video stars increasingly earning mainstream fame, it’s clear that the “user-generated� video phenomenon has crossed over from the realm of citizen media enthusiasts into mainstream culture. And there’s money in it. If Old Media buys out our New Media homes, how do we keep New Media new? If the owners of our communities sell out, who will be the guardians of the open media movement?
What Does Democracy in Action Look Like? The Polling Place Photo Project
If I ask you, "What does democracy look like in America?", what comes to mind? Boring images of candidates pressing the flesh? Or perhaps aggravating memories of your most-detested media pundit enjoying the sound of her or his own voice, or a politico simultaneously avoiding a question and mangling the language? What about images of the fundamental act of democracy: citizens casting their votes? The Polling Place Photo Project is a participatory panopticon project that asks citizens to...
Video the Vote
Just before the 2004 election, Jamais Cascio wrote about the "Participatory Panopticon at the Polls," where ordinary citizens with digital cameras and phones prepared to monitor polling places and capture any irregularities, uploading them to sites like the now defunct "Video Vote Vigil," described by Jamais as "clearinghouses of citizen documentation of voting problems." It was a good idea, though nothing much was revealed in the 2004 videos. (A political consultant I know noted that, if...
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