July 2011 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Re: [P2P-F] [P2P-Coop] Google grants?
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

hi Amaia, no frayed nerves here <g> ... the look and feel and perhaps even organization could be improved, but like any voluntary project, it depends on volunteers to do it .... the organization itself however, is not too difficult, as you say, once you put your head round it, 3 columns, one about us, one about topics, one per 'format', and a special list of languages .... this being said at 17m pageviews, there's clearly a bit of people who can already use it ... not sure if the wikipedia itself, hugely successfull, is any 'simpler' to use ... some of the design issues I see as priorities is: - having two column intro pages for each section - adding a visualizaiton and a contact network for each section - have both a simple entry page for newbies, and a 'advanced' intro page (as it is now) for non-newbies - creating a separate wiki, p2pfoundation.com, with a lot less and only nicely presented intro material, we had a design project going with some funds we got, but franco and James said the proposal was not appropriate .. by the way, I think we should move this discussion to "platform", as it is separate from our coop projects, Michel On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos(a)googlemail.com>wrote: > I'll keep an eye out for ethical advertisers, I looked into this a few > years ago for a project I had. I'll dig my old bookmarks although I was > looking into advertisers with a traveller audience. I guess the audience > here is quite different. Free Google Ads wouldn't hurt though. > > I hope what I am about to comment is not taken the wrong way, it is just me > wondering what your general view on this is but what about sprucing up the > look of the p2p foundation site(s)? The wiki format feels off-putting to > most who are not geeky enough. I think a more user friendly/self explanatory > first impression would have more chances of attracting advertising. It would > also feel more welcoming to not so academic/geeky types who might still find > its content very interesting. I know Jane, for example, told me she got > super confused as soon as she landed on the p2p foundation's home page. She > felt the whole thing was incomprehensible to her. It is true that once you > get your head round it and calmly have a look at it, you get it but that > first initial reaction is very decisive.. > > I really hope I am not touching any nerves here :S, > > Amaia > >

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are hackers complicit in their exploitation?
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

see item 2 from the moral economies conference, http://www.moraleconomies.leeds.ac.uk/abstracts/ links on the authors and their thesis would be appreciated, see Hesmondhalgh, David: *Free creative labour and exploitation* A dominant theme of recent critical analysis of digital media, user-generated content and cultural industries is that they involve unpaid work (‘free labour’) on the part of participants. Critiques of ‘free labour’ have provided some stimulating and necessary interventions against complacent celebrations of creative labour, and of the relations between production and consumption in the digital era, but some significant conceptual issues concerning capitalism, exploitation, power and freedom remain underexplored. I argue that the frequent pairing of the term ‘free labour’ with the concept of exploitation is often unconvincing and rather incoherent, at least as so far developed by the most-cited analysts; and I explore what political demands might and might not coherently be derived from critical accounts of free labour (arguing that the internship system is by far the most significant example of free labour in the contemporary cultural industries). Hunsinger, Jeremy: *From Hacklabs to Hacker Markets: becoming complicit in self-exploitation* Hacklabs and Hackerspaces are a global movement where individual rent spaces online and off in order to have a shared workspace in which to create or reproduce technologies and techniques that they value. As these labs have developed, their members have become complicit in their own self-exploitation and marketization, developing open systems that are commoditized and marketed through the community, using its networks, and developing the community, some of whom explicitly against elements of the commoditization of their work. Based in an analysis of over 300 hackerspace and hacklab’s blogs, wikis, and related social media outlets, this research describes the tensions between the community and the market they create by examining what these groups post in the public arena. From this data, we can see a wide variety of conflicting statements about the nature of their participation in their community and the markets in which they participate. These conflicts are even occasionally recognized reflexively with and across groups creating arenas for discussion, debate, and consensus-building. This reflexive reconstruction and renegotiation of their relative perspectives is an emotional and affective politics of becoming complicity and self-legitimizing a form of self-exploitation. Granted, most of the members of the community does not see the relationship between market and community as self-exploiting, but they cover their affective responses with normalizing encodings and justifications. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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moral economies of labour
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

http://www.moraleconomies.leeds.ac.uk/ I'm looking for reviews of this event, thanks for sending things my way if you encounter any, Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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illlustration for blog: who's reponsible for meltdown graphic
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

hi chris, thanks for adding this to the blog, july 15 or after ... see http://www.creditloan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TooBigToFail-Dan-… -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] International Society for Individual Liberty Conference in Vulcano, Italy - 29 August – 2 September
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

thanks Devin, sharing with the list: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Devin Balkind <devinbalkind(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Mary Ruwart, liberty activist and author of Healing Our World in the Age > of Aggression<http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Our-World-Age-Aggression/dp/0963233661>, > among other papers <http://www.ruwart.com/Pages/Books/index.htm>, > requested that I alert the P2P-f community about the upcoming ISIL 2011 > World Conference. > > The International Society for Individual Liberty and Libertarian >> International form the largest network of freedom-loving individuals in the >> world. Together with our enthusiastic Italian partners, we invite you to >> the ISIL 2011 World Conference, to be held 29 August – 2 September on the >> idyllic island of Vulcano, off the coast of Sicily. Expect a memorable >> event. Catch up there with foreign friends. Meet new ones. Recharge your >> moral batteries. Draw inspiration from speakers at the cutting edge of >> libertarian philosophy. This is going to be a firework of ideas and a lot of >> fun. They are going to be there, the intellectual heavy-hitters you love, >> Antonio Martino, Tom Palmer, Mary Ruwart, Ken Schoolland, … together with >> young, exciting thinkers, Mark Pennington, Nicola Ianello, Josie >> Appleton, Valérie Hartwich, Detlev Schlichter…, pushing the boundaries, >> exploring radical scenarios, exploding ideas into your life. >> > > more info here: http://web.me.com/c.f.michel/ISIL_Conference/Welcome.html > > -- > Devin Balkind > @devinbalkind > vitamindwb.com > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] 1 minute video - Morgan Stanley
by Michel Bauwens 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

indeed uncannily revealing of a particular worldview! On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < dante.monson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This is a vision/narrative as seen from "Morgan Stanley" : > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SDI8PksXU&NR=1 > > ( 1 minute video ) > > /// > > I look forward to compare it with another narrative and "financial" / > resource allocation information system. > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: 2 reviews on Soros new path, and essay online
by Michel Bauwens 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

recommendations by Robert STeele: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Steele <robert.david.steele.vivas(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:24 AM Subject: 2 reviews on Soros new path, and essay online To: Robert.David.Steele.Vivas(a)gmail.com Below are links to two books where I hope you find my summary of each useful, and a third link to the entire Soros "coming out" essay free online if you have not already seen it. * *Global Public Policy: Governing Without Government?<http://www.amazon.com/Global-Public-Policy-Governing-Government/dp/08157738…> * * by Wolfgang Reinicke * *The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies<http://www.amazon.com/Philanthropy-George-Soros-Building-Societies/dp/15864…> * * by Chuck Sudetic George Soros Nails It: Intelligence with Integrity<http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/06/george-soros-nails-it-intelligence-with-…>(his essay) Best wishes to all, Robert -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Short movie: "Coalition of The Willing"
by Franco Iacomella 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Watch it here: http://coalitionofthewilling.org.uk/ ‘Coalition of The Willing’ is a film that discusses how we can use new internet technologies to leverage the powers of activists, experts, and ordinary citizens in collaborative ventures to combat climate change. Through analyses of swarm activity and social revolution, ‘Coalition of the Willing’ makes a compelling case for the new online activism and explains how to bring the fight against global warming to the people. As the film tackles the subject of online activism, we decided that the logical home for ‘Coalition of The Willing’ is here online. Between the start of February and the beginning of June 2010, Coalition of the willing was released in sections onto this website. Groups of sections were released roughly every 2-3 weeks, with the final completed film going online at the start of June. This un-conventional release strategy allowed us to build and engage with an audience whilst the film itself was being made. “coalitionfilm” has now become an online environmental brand in itself, with contributors Tweeting and Facebooking every day about issues discussed in the film; environmentalism, open source culture and swarm politics. See the links above to follow coalitionfilm. Best, -- Franco Iacomella

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Fwd: map - nuclear energy installations - currently over 2/3 in Japan, France and US
by Michel Bauwens 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: 2011/7/8 Subject: map - nuclear energy installations - currently over 2/3 in Japan, France and US To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com "la France, le Japon et les Etats-Unis représentent à eux 3 les 2/3 de la puissance installée" http://www.terraeco.net/Risque-nucleaire-etat-des-lieux-en,16253.html -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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documentary on 15m ...
by Michel Bauwens 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

http://especiales.lainformacion.com/espana/documental15m-ing/ hi amaia, just back home but with a backlog ... can you share this with our p2p blog audience? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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