great work from the Open Knowledge Foundation.
once there was a time when you could put a label under my name - geek, organizer, blogger, lover, mechanic, bossman, artist, camera man, tourist, consultant, citizen journalist, government employee, etc... now, i call my self a "international blender repairman" churning up stories with community organizing.
Ask me anything
February 22, 2012
The Open Data Handbook — Open Data Handbook
February 21, 2012
"while you have your day tomorrow, and every day from then on, remember that we are living through the greatest revolution ever seen in the potential for human achievement and human connection. We can ruin it at birth, or we can nurture it. And one day, in decades to come, we’ll be asked about these years, and what we did at the birth of the internet era. The decisions you make today and tomorrow, will be the answer you will give to your grandchildren. Make it an answer you can be proud of."
— My speech to the IAAC | Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent
February 21, 2012
"We assume that every meal we eat, every hotel bed we sleep in, every piece of culture we consume, is something we can have an opinion on, and have it be given the same importance as an opinion from anyone else. There are rating sites online for you to rate just about anything, legal or not, and the sheer weight of amateur reviews outdoes the professionals for authority most of the time."
— My speech to the IAAC | Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent
February 19, 2012
Saul & Gideon, saying goodbye to papa. (Taken with Instagram at Mount Hope Cemetery)
February 17, 2012
"
…the world is currently run by a generation whose upbringing has left them intellectually unable to be deal with modernity.
This isn’t their fault. For someone to be in charge today, they’re more than likely to be in their 50s or 60s. Which means that when the Berlin Wall fell they were most likely already steeped in an intellectual tradition that had bedded in quite far.
But what happened after 1989 was, as we all know, devastating to that tradition. The end of the bipolar world – the end of history as Fukuyama had it – and the end of the relevance of 50 years of political and military planning.
Instead, things got weird. Germany was reunited in 1990, and a few weeks later, on Christmas Day, the first web server was turned on. Nearly 21 years later, and the internet has destroyed and rebuilt everything it has touched. Hierarchies have been under attack from networks for 20 years now. History certainly didn’t end, much to everyone’s disappointment.
"—
Ben Hammersley’s speech to the IAAC (via new-aesthetic)
This is a great talk.
What fascinates me, though, are the people in their 20’s who think this same way because they’ve spent their entire adult lives working for companies that are older than the internet.
(via kenyatta)
February 16, 2012
Who wants to join me in Hobbiton? (via Build a house for less than $5000 | Cira Car)
February 14, 2012
Can’t buy me love! …but you sure can spend quite a bit of money learning this lesson. Valentine’s Day Google Doodle.
February 13, 2012
"In my first stint at NASA, I was at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as a mainframe systems programmer when it was still cool. That IBM 360-95 was used to solve complex computational problems for space flight. Back then, I comfortably navigated the world of IBM 360 Assembler language and still remember the much-coveted “green card” that had all the pearls of information about machine code. Back then, real systems programmers did hexadecimal arithmetic – today, “there’s an app for it!"
— Linda Cureton, NASA’s CIO, on her start at NASA and The End of the Mainframe Era.
February 12, 2012
#OccuRocker! (Taken with Instagram at quito’s retirement home)
February 12, 2012
#occupy baby shower (Taken with Instagram at quito’s retirement home)
February 11, 2012
Home is where i want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - burn with a weak heart (so i) guess i must be having fun The less we say about it the better Make it up as we go along Feet on the ground Head in the sky It’s ok i know nothing’s wrong . . nothing
Hi yo, i got plenty of time Hi yo, you got light in your eyes And you’re standing here beside me I love the passing of time Never for money Always for love Cover up + say goodnight … say goodnight
Home - is where i want to be But i guess i’m already there I come home - -she lifted up her wings Guess that this must be the place I can’t tell one from another Did i find you, or you find me? There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this where i’ll be … where i’ll be
Hi yo we drift in and out Hi yo sing into my mouth Out of all tose kinds of people You got a face with a view I’m just an animal looking for a home Share the same space for a minute or two And you love me till my heart stops Love me till i’m dead Eyes that light up, eyes look through you Cover up the blank spots Hit me on the head ah ooh
February 11, 2012
"Commodities not only help people express their feelings, but they actually create feelings"
February 8, 2012
Communists, accordions and A-Ha. Can life get any better?
February 8, 2012
Voiture gelée sur le quai de Versoix au bord du lac léman (Genève, Suisse) / ice covered car (versoix, switzerland) by Aubred on Flickr.
Lake Geneva is a winter wonderland…
February 7, 2012
This better taste like meat! (Taken with Instagram at Hotel des Arcades)
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