Tag: CivicActions
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Distributing the Future
I found this podcast, Distributing the Future via dorkbot, I think. Anyway, I listened to the Attention episode yesterday, and it is relevant to us and the way we work, and the work that we do. I think that everyone should listen to this particular episode, and I am hopeful about this podcast as a…
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Face recognition on your cameraphone?
This is by way of World Changing, Jamais Cascio quotes from an article in New Scientist Technology: The concept… is based on a central server that registers details sent by the phone when the photo is taken. These include the nearest cellphone mast, the strength of the call signal and the time the photo was…
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I’m a Scrum Master!
As of 5pm Friday, I received my certification as a Scrum Master. What’s that? Well Scrum is a form of project management that focuses on self managing groups and agile/iterative development. Read more about Scrum.
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Henri Poole and Mike Gifford Talk About Open Business Models
While at the Web Of Change conference in September of 2005 I spent a fair amount of time talking to Mike Gifford of Open Concept Consulting about CivicActions and our business model and how it can be a model for new open source web development consultancies. Upon our returns to the real world, Mike wrote…
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Can Rocketboom Shake up broadcasting?
The NYT ran this article over the weekend about Rocketboom the pioneering daily video log which is now positioned to be a perfect video download to the new video ipod. As the article reports, with about 100k viewerd, rocketboom could be making big money selling adversing. The video is only a few minutes long and…
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Drupal Guild (A Prelude)
Today I am going to begin (again) to work on the Drupal Guild proposal. I’d love folks to take a little time to look at what is on the wiki and let me know if you have anything to add at this point (just edit the wiki if you have access) or send me comments…
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What podcasts are you listening to?
Just wondering what podcasts folks are listening to. Aaron? Rich? anyone?
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Turtles and Galapagos in the news again
President Rafael Correa ordered his government ministers to meet urgently to discuss ways of preventing environmental degradation in Ecuador’s famed Galapagos Islands. CNN has a story about environmental problems on the Galapagos and the steps that Equador is taking to preserve this unique place on earth. The turtles will be on their way there shortly!
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Music Industry Gets hit with the Long Tail
Today’s NYT carries an article that sites further evidence that the major music labels are getting creamed by indie music and net distribution and promotion methods. In a world of broadband connections, 60-gigabyte MP3 players and custom playlists, consumers have perhaps more power than ever to indulge their curiosities beyond the music that is presented…
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An early New Years Resolution for CivicActions
I resolve to use Skype more in the new year. This only works if you guys resolve to do it too. Why do I want us to use skype more often? Well if we are skype chatting about something and then need to talk to close the loop, we can easily move from IM to…