bootstrapping.net » Digital Humanism http://bootstrapping.net Bootstrapping the web since 1994 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The impact of the Pro-Am revolution on the design industry: a panel discussion http://bootstrapping.net/2005/09/09/the-impact-of-the-pro-am-revolution-on-the-design-industry-a-panel-discussion/ http://bootstrapping.net/2005/09/09/the-impact-of-the-pro-am-revolution-on-the-design-industry-a-panel-discussion/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:41:06 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=927 The impact of the Pro-Am revolution on the design industry: a panel discussion. Helsinki, at 5:00 pm on September 22nd, 2005.
Passionate amateurs are reshaping the field of design and innovation. Music, technology, movies, websites, and also fashion is increasingly produced by an emerging class of so-called ‘professional amateurs.’ Will the pro-am revolution disrupt the design industry? What should professional designers do in the future?

Interesting event.

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“We live in interesting times” is a very easy statement these days. The “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists” rhetorics from the President of the SuperPower of the world creates a culture where the Worlds Richest Man can say the equivalent of “Either you’re for Digital Rights Management or you’re a Communist”.
But topping it today is the The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions pulling 10,000 dollars in support of the Danish Music Critics Prize where they had nominated a civil rights organization in Denmark working to defend our constitutional rights against the media conglomerates (background on the pretty absurd danish situation in this post).
Who’s gonna stand for all us citizens (mind you, not even “the little guys” – all of us – you and me) if even the trade unions are prohibiting a real fair and balanced discussion around the issues to happen, breaking down the chinese wall in a democratic editorial decision of a nomination for a prize.
Is this where we’re at?

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]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2003/02/20/the-new-humanists/feed/ 0 “Evolution is cleverer than you are” http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/08/evolution-is-cleverer-than-you-are/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/08/evolution-is-cleverer-than-you-are/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2002 21:22:21 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=615 “Evolution is cleverer than you are”
Leslie Orgel

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/08/evolution-is-cleverer-than-you-are/feed/ 0 Leonardo’s Laptop – Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/01/leonardos-laptop-human-needs-and-the-new-computing-technologies/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/01/leonardos-laptop-human-needs-and-the-new-computing-technologies/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2002 17:44:42 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=612 Leonardo’s Laptop – Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies
New book by Ben Schneidermann.

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/10/01/leonardos-laptop-human-needs-and-the-new-computing-technologies/feed/ 0 It’s the Context, Stupid http://bootstrapping.net/2002/08/06/its-the-context-stupid/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/08/06/its-the-context-stupid/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:46:23 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=566 Paul Saffo: It’s the Context, Stupid

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]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/07/17/public-knowledge/feed/ 0 “Machines compute. Humans think.” http://bootstrapping.net/2002/07/14/machines-compute-humans-think/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/07/14/machines-compute-humans-think/#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:21:39 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=536 “Machines compute. Humans think.”

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]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/07/05/development-by-design/feed/ 0 Digital Biology http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/29/digital-biology/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/29/digital-biology/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:01:47 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=515 Amazon.com: Digital Biology – “an entertaining look at the ways in which systems of nature are influencing advances in computer research”

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/29/digital-biology/feed/ 0 e.thePeople : Making Progress on Democracy http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/26/ethepeople-making-progress-on-democracy/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/26/ethepeople-making-progress-on-democracy/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:09:41 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=509 e.thePeople : Making Progress on Democracy: What Does Race Have To Do With It?

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/26/ethepeople-making-progress-on-democracy/feed/ 0 Renaissance Now? http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/15/renaissance-now/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/15/renaissance-now/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2002 12:00:16 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=492 Rushkoff: Renaissance Now? – explaining the ingredients of the new renaissance.

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/06/15/renaissance-now/feed/ 0 The open society at work http://bootstrapping.net/2002/05/20/the-open-society-at-work/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/05/20/the-open-society-at-work/#comments Mon, 20 May 2002 22:30:37 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=473 The open society at work
Had an experience of the open society at work the other day. The national broadcaster in Denmark was preparing to run a story sunday evening on the security issues with wlan/802.11b. In the old world this would have been going on totally behind the scenes, but this time it was different…
Kasper Mejlgaard noted on his weblog sunday morning that the broadcaster was working on the story and that he was to be interviewed for it.
Not only did i get the information that the story was under way, i got the chance to influence the interview Kasper would do by emailing him (not that he needed it since he’s a clued-in guy), deconstruct and discuss the media angle with friends via instant messaging and try to get hold of people in my network that has access to the editors at the broadcaster. Now i didn’t get hold of the broadcaster internally, but still the story shows the amazing power of personal publishing and the promise of an open society.
It’s open vs. closed, creating reality vs. receiving reality, it’s interactivity vs. broadcast, it’s open processes vs. closed processes and finally personal publishing vs. BigMedia…
PS. The story they ran ended up being fine – basically only highlighting the clueslessness of the municipal of Copenhagen running an open wifi network directly on their internal network with everything open – and not as i feared, an attack on the technology itself.

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]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/05/14/screen-language-the-new-currency-for-learning/feed/ 0 Douglas Rushkoff – the weblog http://bootstrapping.net/2002/04/14/douglas-rushkoff-the-weblog/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/04/14/douglas-rushkoff-the-weblog/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2002 01:48:17 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=413 Finally it’s here – Douglas Rushkoff – the weblog.

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/04/14/douglas-rushkoff-the-weblog/feed/ 0 IT-profil blev rektor http://bootstrapping.net/2002/04/08/it-profil-blev-rektor/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/04/08/it-profil-blev-rektor/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:14:09 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=392 Dagens Industri: IT-profil blev rektor. [in swedish].
Interesting that some of the people with lots of experience in IT gets into other areas, in this case a public school. An good for the education system to get some visionary people with energy and attitude – a good example of the breeding between unconnected diversified parts of society that’s missing today.

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 – Tech’s Newest Generation Just Wants to Make Things Work

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/24/forbes-the-fix-it-kids-take-over/feed/ 0 Kurt Anderson’s Studio 360: Emergence, Eno, Perfect Pitch http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/11/kurt-andersons-studio-360-emergence-eno-perfect-pitch/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/11/kurt-andersons-studio-360-emergence-eno-perfect-pitch/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:56:50 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=346 Kurt Andersen’s Studio 360: Emergence, Eno, Perfect Pitch

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/11/kurt-andersons-studio-360-emergence-eno-perfect-pitch/feed/ 0 Get Up, Stand Up, Stand up for your right http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/05/get-up-stand-up-stand-up-for-your-right/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/05/get-up-stand-up-stand-up-for-your-right/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2002 00:47:42 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=336 Get Up, Stand Up, Stand up for your right [danish]

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/03/05/get-up-stand-up-stand-up-for-your-right/feed/ 0 TED12 http://bootstrapping.net/2002/02/23/ted12/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/02/23/ted12/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:15:26 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=323 David Weinberger reports from TED. Looks like Mr. Negroponte is still going strong:
“Nicholas Negroponte wrapped up the sessions by predicting that in 1-2 years, we will see the development of a “viral telecommunications network” based on 802.11 wirelessness, a single installation serving an entire neighborhood. This will go beyond merely enabling multiple connections to the Internet, Negroponte predicts, resulting in a peer-to-peer network that parallels the current Internet topography. Further, he suggests that establishing wireless networks in areas of strife will enable children to reach past their parents’ stupidity.
He connected this with our culture’s odd idea that at the age of 5 children should stop learning by playing and start learning by facing forward and being taught. Give kids a connected computer and they will teach themselves and others by exploring the Internet. Pointing to his experience building schools in rural Cambodia, he said: “People say it’s not sufficient to give kids computers and connectivity. You know what? It is.
Damn good stuff.”

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/02/23/ted12/feed/ 0 Society for Philosophy and Technology http://bootstrapping.net/2002/02/01/society-for-philosophy-and-technology/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/02/01/society-for-philosophy-and-technology/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2002 05:18:37 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=268 Society for Philosophy and Technology

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I’m a big fan of the first pamphlet, Utopian Entrepreneur by Brenda Laurel Check out Scott McCloud’s visualizations of utopian entrepreneur at the site.

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/31/mediawork-pamphlets/feed/ 0 The Long Now http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-long-now/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-long-now/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:53:30 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=218 January 10, 02002

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-long-now/feed/ 0 The Web Runs on Love, Not Greed http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-web-runs-on-love-not-greed/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-web-runs-on-love-not-greed/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:14:42 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=217 Kevin Kelly: The Web Runs on Love, Not Greed. [reprinted at dave's scripting news]

]]> http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/10/the-web-runs-on-love-not-greed/feed/ 0 Creative Revolution http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/03/creative-revolution/ http://bootstrapping.net/2002/01/03/creative-revolution/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2002 03:30:59 +0000 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.23hq.net/?p=202 “Creative Evolution”, Henri Bergson, 1907 – described as “the fullest expression of the philosopher’s ideas about the problem of existence, propounding a theory of evolution completely distinct from those of earlier thinkers and scientists.” (Full text online edition).

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