Nancy White

AUGUST 26, 2008

Home About Full Circle Contact Resources Wiki Full Circus Full Circle Associates connections for a changing world, online and offline… Aug 26 2008 Open Sourced Bright Ideas and Micro Support Published by Nancy White at 8:02 am under Uncategorized , collaboration , creativity Via Emily Gertz’s tweet of a recent blog post of hers, I was led to Bright Idea Shade on mandiberg.com. Hopefully the open source values continue past their participation in Eyebeam work.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 29, 2007

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

APRIL 10, 2021

First, blockchain technologies can help us enhance the security of Internet transactions and data, by developing a layer with the required standard services and their open source implementations for secure communication, storage and data access. If you don’t, don’t buy it.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

MARCH 2, 2021

[ source ] "We should pause and ask the question," says David Wiley, "is more open always better?" I don't keep my house open for just anyone to drop by. So no, more open is not always better. He writes: But open is not the star of the show.

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Harold Jarche

MAY 4, 2020

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the Worldwide Web he made it free and open source, so others could build upon it. In the early days it was quite open with individuals sharing knowledge through blogging and collectively building knowledge with wikis, the largest being Wikipedia.

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Dave Snowden

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

There were some key principles that we applied here: Having four stages and clear actions laid out in each stage makes the Field Guide something that can be picked up and applied easily and the new open-source wiki will pick up each method and tool and provide more detail, guidance steps etc.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This presentation is for a personal learning platform and I want to advise ahead of time that I know this isn't something like expect you to buy or anything like that, it's just something I've been working on to try to explore a concept. It's open source.

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Doc Searls

JUNE 7, 2018

So at this point Mark seemed to be talking about a new communication channel that could relieve the typical pains of being a customer while also opening the floodgates of demand notifying supply when it’s ready to buy. In Market intelligence that flows both ways , I describe one such approach, based on open source code, that doesn’t require locating your soul inside a giant personal data extraction business. It’s tabula rasa : wide open.

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George Siemens

MARCH 26, 2012

I had to do a quick double take on this article (first, to determine if it was April 1, anywhere in the world): Evolution Unbound: Blackboard embraces open source. I’m not surprised that Blackboard is interested in openness. At the EDUCAUSE conference in October, they were clear that they wanted to partner with the open educational resources movement. At that point, Pearson had announced open class (look Ma, free LMS!). How do you respond to Open Class?

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George Siemens

JULY 8, 2010

However, open source initiatives like Moodle offer reasonable alternatives. Why buy an LMS when you can buy the educational process? Blackboard did not buy into the synchronous education market with the Elluminate and Wimba purchase – they bought the market. Sure, there are open source initiatives, but every conference where I have presented using a tool other than Elluminate or Connect has had technical problems.

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Mark Oehlert

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Recently a fairly rare thing occurred and Tom Crawford an I disagreed about something - and it wasnt whos turn it was to buy the round - it was about my post on the Kindle. e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Federal Government Distributed Learning Association (FGDLA) | Main | Learning Games at Wharton » December 04, 2007 Tom and I disagree and then I kinda support his argument?

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Harold Jarche

JULY 28, 2016

But gaming the system means buying into it. For example, the open source community is based on ensuring that code is transparent and is open to forking (changing the direction of development). I first came across the work of Ursula Franklin through her CBC Massey Lecture series on The Real World of Technology. Dr. Franklin died last week and I found this line from her obituary illuminating.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Drupal & Hosted Drupal Newspapers Running on Drupal This is a demo site showcasing newspapers running on Drupal, a popular open source content management system. Note: you have to buy 'epostage' to send emails! Open Source Props Open source software available from Sourceforge ; PHP and MySQL; not updated since 2008.

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Doc Searls

AUGUST 27, 2019

A classic in literature, I learned on this Radio Open Source podcast , is a work that “can only be re-read.” For those who buy that notion, I commend The Rewatchables , a great podcast from The Ringer. Last night I watched The Great Hack a second time. It’s a great documentary, maybe even a classic. (A ” If that’s so, then perhaps a classic movie is one that can only be re-watched.*).

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

AUGUST 2, 2016

The WEF report compared the blockchain to the Internet, noting that “Like the Internet, the blockchain is an open, global infrastructure upon which other technologies and applications can be built. The use of open standards and open source software made it much easier to send an e-mail or share information across disparate systems and institutions.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

OCTOBER 15, 2018

There’s also an open-source serverless platform, Apache OpenWhisk , on which IBM’s offerings are based, as well as those from other vendors. I n October of 2008, The Economist published a special report on a then relatively new, rapidly growing IT development, - cloud computing. In the lead article , technology editor Ludwig Siegele defined cloud computing by first giving a very succinct history of computing: “In the beginning computers were human.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

MAY 23, 2016

Everyone was using the same standards, including open source implementations of key protocols. These collaborations have led to the creation of standards, open source software and governance processes embraced by all participants. Blockchain has inherent qualities that provide trust and security, but, to fulfill its promise, the core technology must be further developed using an open source governance model to make it deployable on a grand scale.”.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

MARCH 21, 2021

Already, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have enrolled cohorts of tens of thousands of people. Published as Change in Education and What Needs to be Done , 15 pages, 2020, Maysan Center for Future Studies.

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Harold Jarche

APRIL 6, 2011

I can buy one of the best computers on the market and the richest person in the world is not able to get one that performs much better. The collaborative, networked enterprise saw its birth in open source software projects. Tweet What is so different about working online? Why do social media scare the sh*t out of many organizational decision-makers? As I wrote last year, working online is different : But it’s not about the technology.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

MARCH 25, 2015

We asked people to develop a lexicon around food sources We started with the word ''sustainability''. People talk about GMOs as privatizing seeds, etc - vbut that didn''t happen here; he open-sourced the seeds. There''s an initiative to tag a fish so you know where and how it was sourced. They re-opened the pie shop, and the town began to grow again. Community Supported Agriculture'' (CSA) - is where they get a box of food every week that is locally sourced.

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Dave Snowden

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

It means NDA's and the like are not necessary, and there was buy into the idea that a network model might break away from the fierce competitive exclusivity that I have seen in the independent consultancy market since we tried (and in part failed) to create an open source movement around methods. I shared with my group my private ambition to buy a stone welsh farm, with its courtyard style outbuildings that over looks Porth Trecastell in Ynys Môn.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

APRIL 18, 2016

If you buy a sandwich at a deli, for example, several ledgers come into play. Blockchain is a distributed ledger database that uses a cryptographic network to provide a single source of truth. So are close collaborations among technology developers and users in order to get the architecture right, agree on open standards, develop open source platforms and set up governance processes embraced by all.

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Doc Searls

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Over on the ProjectVRM blog I make a long-form case for why Facebook buying WhatsApp for $19 billion dollars in cash and stock is a Good Thing. For example… Everything we buy and own can have a cloud of its own. Each will have its own open source operating systems (e.g. ” Then look at what Fred Wilson says about online advertising as a source of pollution. (He A lot of doors opened up yesterday.

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Adaptive Path

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

However, he is still able to create artwork with the assistance of open-source eye-tracking software. Put some thought into what we buy, and what we throw away. TEMPT1, a street artist, was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. He’s lost the ability to move his arms and legs as well as speak, eat and breathe without life-support. A kind group of people have set up a Kickstarter project to raise money on his behalf to help pay for medical expenses.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

APRIL 11, 2014

classes from all over the world - but do they develop the kind of courses specifically targeted to these workers - MOOCs can play a part - the open market concept which aims to break the monopoly on education - broadcast of learning not enough, we need local support - mentors, facilitators, even teachers - eg. is the authorship open or closed - do you want hosted or unhosted etc Maureen McClure - Uni Pittsburgh - who owns development?

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Doc Searls

JUNE 21, 2017

It was released as open-source software in 2009. “An open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality, which facilitates online contractual agreements. And here is a running list of sources I’ve visited, so far: 500 Startups. Take a look at this chart : CryptoCurrency Market Capitalizations. As Neo said , Whoa.

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Harold Jarche

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

We buy new ones every few years. They might set up their own online community using open source software and their own servers. Learning is the new literacy. Personal computers are just one example. Operating systems change. Programs change, get replaced, or become obsolete. But we often continue with the same habits until something goes wrong. Few us do the equivalent of ‘looking under the hood’.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

MARCH 3, 2007

And not so far as when he says that open source does not work. I hate to be the one to state the obvious, but: the fact that open source didn't work for Dave Tosh doesn't mean that open source doesn't work. He writes, Having worked on a true open source project for more than three years I am now more convinced than ever that the open source model does not work. LiveJournal, which has been around for ages (and open source, too).

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Point form notes from Michael Geist's talk this morning in Ottawa. Why has copyright become a 'cool' issue?

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Harold Jarche

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

We don’t go for expensive office space and many of us use open source software or free web applications. We’ll buy something when it makes solid business sense. As freelancers and contract workers become more of the norm, forget about selling high-end stuff that larger businesses used to buy.

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Mind Hacks

DECEMBER 14, 2013

You can buy it from websites. Not really into kickstarters but this looks cool: open-source Arduino-compatible 8-channel EEG platform. Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Beware the enthusiasm for ‘ neuroeducation ’ says Steven Rose in Times Higher Education. Lots of studies use oxytocin nasal sprays. Neuroskeptic asks does it even reach the brain?

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John Hagel

JUNE 29, 2012

Most of us think of markets in conventional terms – it is about vendors seeking out customers and persuading them to buy more of their products and services. The few development efforts that ProjectVRM has led itself are all open source to minimize intellectual property barriers and to encourage others to build on the software.  Our world is being turned upside down by the Big Shift.

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Harold Jarche

JULY 7, 2009

For example, I looked at the emerging practice of commons-based peer production , such as open source software projects, with this perspective and saw that this democratization of work: Extends each individual’s reach worldwide. Retrieves the barter system or the bazaar – (I can set my own rules for buying & selling).

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Harold Jarche

MARCH 22, 2013

O’Reilly Radar : GitHub gains new prominence as the use of open source within governments grows. The best ever review of standing desks why and what to buy from Wirecutter. Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared via social media during the past fortnight. My Friday’s Finds are a collection of what I have found of interest but have not blogged about. I have been curating these collections for several years, this one is the 189th.

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Stephen Downes: Half an Hour

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Firefox, another really successful open source project. Open sources is a success, we all know that, it's nothing new. But how does open source software development work? Almost every open source project uses peer review. What github does is allow your entire open source development is open? Started out in the formal model, now a very dynamic open source project. It started with open source.

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David Weinberger

MARCH 28, 2011

The opening session is on business models for supporting the webification of the educational system. While there are many wonderful things about crowd-sourcing, he says, “I’m in favor of expertise. E.g., that humans are responsible for climate change is not in doubt, should not be presented as if it were in doubt, and should not be crowd-sourced, he says. buy anything. I’m at an education conference put on by CET in Tel Aviv.

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Doc Searls

AUGUST 31, 2013

White opens with this sentence: “On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy.” Or we buy our music and e-books from Amazon, which keeps records of what we own and allows downloading to a Kindle, computer, or phone. There is already an open source code base and a language for “ personal clouds ” and “pclouds” for everything you can name in the Internet of Things.

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John Hagel

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

  Whether we look at the resurgence of crafts and hot rod cars, the rise of the “maker” movement, body hacking, social media or open source software, we find people who are investing more and more time and energy in the creation of things they are passionate about.  Many of us felt a deep seated need to achieve our potential, not by buying even more, but by discovering and developing our unique talents. Who are you? 

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger

DECEMBER 15, 2011

ID³ , - the Institute for Institutional Innovation by Data Driven Design, - is a new multidisciplinary non-profit institution formed to develop architectural frameworks, open source software and educational content for the protection, sharing and monetization of sensitive data. Open, collaborative approaches have been successfully applied to the development of some of the most consequential, disruptive initiatives of the past few decades, like the World Wide Web and Linux.

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Nancy White

MARCH 8, 2009

Be open to criticism. Brown talks about a networked world as an open source world that facilitates this tinkering. The fact that you’re forbidden from opening a box, that some software companies insist that you’re just renting their products, and that hardware makers intentionally cripple their devices, is a challenge to hackers and tinkerers. Open source. The word “tinkering&# keeps coming up to my radar screen, and it makes me happy.

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Doc Searls

JULY 22, 2010

Eating isn’t a bad metaphor for what we do with the products we buy. Here’s what I wrote for my chapter of Open Sources 2.0: This is a profoundly human condition in any case, but it is an especially important aspect of the open source value system. The sign above points to the toilets of the cafeteria at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris. The Kid and I were at the museum a couple days ago, and he spotted the sign, insisting I shoot it.

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Doc Searls

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As a source of abundance, the Internet’s closest equal is the periodic table. We’re also seeing it within the academy, for example with Indiana University’s own open archives, making research more accessible and scholarship more rich and productive. Sources.

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Harold Jarche

MARCH 4, 2017

We buy new ones every few years. They might set up their own online community using open source software and their own servers. Gamers. Learning is the new literacy. Personal computers are just one example. Operating systems change. Programs change, get replaced, or become obsolete. But we often continue with the same habits until something goes wrong. Few of us do the equivalent of ‘looking under the hood’.

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