The SA Free Culture Tour is incoming.. bringing with it the world-changing brilliance of Jimmy Wales and Lawrence Lessig (little confession: I leapt around the office like a demented fool when I heard: hunters of genius evidently have different stars in their celebrity constellation.. this doesn’t make EVERYONE’S heart pound faster but for us online mainliners, it’s huge!) There are talks at the various universities and at the Internet Society of SA ..and then there’s a PARTY!!
Heather Ford & the iCommons crew with the crowdsourced creativity & logistics of the community’s event meisters, artists, musicians and more are slinging together a classic South African Bringn’Braai on the 20th of April 2007 at the Armchair Theatre in Obz right here in the little mothercity.
PS. If you’re a musician PLEASE consider contributing some beats to the Free Music Project - it’ll get into the ears of little ones around the world all wrapped up with the One Laptop per Child project
PPS. the braai aspect of this event is the burning of some of the Commons’ music feast with the Freedom Toasters supplied. The spirit of sharing back from the (Grateful) Dead still rocking it hard
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Online, most of us are so exposed (of our own volition): emotionally, professionally, even physically (what would the porn industry be without the avalanche of happy amateurs). Yet, without basic trust protocols protecting us very little of what the web has evolved into, particularly social media, would EVER have spawned. You may love taking your clothes off - but odds are, you’re not going to do it while strolling down the main road.
We WANT to share what we’re good at, to give freely of our best. Sometimes - wow - we’ll even do it for free! All safely contained within the abundant bounty of CAPITALISM. (Opensource being the pinnacle of sophisticated economic structure.. the best extreme of applied capitalism). What is participation culture & crowdsourcing if not this potent force in action.
We all have a fundamental need for unique expression (identity) coupled with a need for recognition & belonging. Characterful & creative people have to be naked to some degree when sharing their ideas/concepts/efforts: it’s not always a safe space, but the risk:reward ratio is balanced by TRUST.
Continue reading ‘Rules of Engagement & the real speed of TRUST’
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You know the feeling when something fairly small and relatively insignificant just confirms your suspicions that you made a really good choice? Continue reading ‘Neoleisure’
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