I am on Mars! …or, what’s in a name?
(Photo by Nasa, uploaded on Flickr by Jurvetson. See a high resolution version too!) The Phoenix interplanetary exploration vehicle landed…
Writing & Ideas
Two decades of thinking, in order.
Writing since 2003, newest first. Filter by topic below.
Living In The Cloud
The migration of our lives into the Cloud has accelerated lately, and it is not at all to the detriment…
On becoming vegan: five good reasons
A few days ago I’ve become a vegan. Vegans are those who do not eat meat like vegetarians, and also…
Accelerating the debate on Climate Crisis
My question to Al Gore linked various themes that are dear to him, and some that are also dear to…
Meeting Al Gore in Rome to talk about the Climate Crisis, and OpenSpime at the Current launch
Image by OpenDemocracy Al Gore is in Rome this Thursday for the launch of the Italian edition of Current, his…
What is property, and who decides it? Is your music yours?
I received a letter yesterday from Michael Robertson, a friend of mine and founder of MP3tunes. His company’s mission is…
Holding the inaugural Ibn-Khaldun lecture on Al-Andalus
The birth of new social organizations in online-worlds is a great interest of mine, andI was delighted and honored when…
Streaming live in a few hours from the OpenSpime Drinklink
I will be streaming live from the OpenSpime Drinklink in four hours (8PM CET, 11AM PST) on the OpenSpime channel…
Come to the OpenSpime Drink-Link @bastard.it!
Do you want to experiment with spimes, have a first look at the preliminary OpenSpime architecture? Are you a hardware…