Re: [FRIAM] Delicious Alternative
So does Firefox - see Synchttp://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/what-firefox-sync On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Russ Abbott russ.abb...@gmail.com wrote: Chrome lets you synchronize browser-based bookmarks across computers. *-- Russ Abbott* *_* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: https://plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ *_* On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Thanks Owen. Since I use only firefox and only one computer, I can see why I have never felt the need.. ** ** Whew! ** ** Nick ** ** *From:* friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Owen Densmore *Sent:* Saturday, October 08, 2011 9:56 AM *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Delicious Alternative ** ** I'm using pinboard, and just added the archive feature that keeps a copy of your bookmarked pages. ** ** Nick: this lets you search your bookmarks, sorta like your own personal google on the pages you've shown interest in the past. Also: the browsers have plugins which make it easy to add a widget that quickly add the current page you are looking at to your cloud bookmarks. And if you've selected any data on that page, it becomes a note, also for searching.* *** On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Jochen Fromm j...@cas-group.net wrote:* *** In a browser you can store only a small number of bookmarks, and only on one computer. As Joshua said, if you use multiple computers or multiple browsers then a social bookmark services is useful. Social bookmark services are available from any computer, and offer functionalities like tagging. Tags are useful to find bookmarks and to create taxonomies or folksonomies. You can also see what other people in your network have bookmarked. So how many of you use pinboard, and how many use diigo? Hands up, please :-) -J. - Original Message - From: Nicholas Thompson To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Delicious Alternative Robert, and others, Another one of those naïve questions that drive you guys nuts: Why would I want a book marking service beyond what is provided by my browser? [firefox] Not a rhetorical question. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ** ** FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Lessig OccupyBoston
But there is a real weirdness about many of the protesters. Captured very well
with this image:
http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/OWS-Evil-Corporations.jpg
It's as if these people know what they are fighting, but have no clue how to
fight it. Ghandi got people to hand weave clothes and to march to the sea to
make salt. He knew what the score was. During the fights over racism in the US,
people who were upset about racist rules regarding bus riding refused to ride
the bus! They new they could force the bus company to comply or go bankrupt...
and it worked. In contrast, these people are protesting the same things they
are clearly patronizing. As Owen points out: Down with the evil corporation!
they send out on Twitter, with a tie in to their Facebook or Google+ page,
featuring a link to a Youtube video that will be covered with Toyota ads,
uploaded from their Motorola phone, over the ATT network, in the hopes that I
will access it over my Comcast broadband from my Dell. Seriously, you get the
impression that if Coca Cola offered corporate sponsorship in the form of
bottled water, soda, sun shades, and logo-covered out houses, it would be a
done deal.
I'm not against the protest. This country has serious issues to work out, and
many of the protesters scattered points are valid. But there are some simple
steps to fighting the battle that are being missed. If you want to hurt the
evil corporations with their super-rich owners... stop giving them your money.
Technologically, I thought some of the most interesting things about the Arab
spring were all the creative ways protesters circumvented popular,
corporate-run communication channels (in their case because the government shut
down access). Surely it would be possible to do the same here if people really
wanted to make a principled stand.
Eric
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 12:40 PM, Paul Paryski ppary...@aol.com wrote:
The Occupy/AE phenomenon might be an excellent example of emergence? An
Occupy ABM? Clearly any mass protect movement will be chaotic with many
agendas finding expression. As is the case in Europe where Occupy is receiving
large press coverage, the main motivation is that the very rich Wall Street
gang largely caused the economic crisis and it is the poor and middle class who
must pay the bill while the super rich, corporations and the financial sector
get bailout $$ and no real reg reform. I hope some of you will participate in
Santa Fe's Occupy protest at the Roundhouse on Saturday.
cheers, Paul
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From: Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net
To: Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com; discuss
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Sent: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 6:21 am
Subject: [sfx: Discuss] Lessig OccupyBoston
Larry Lessig is one of the more interesting twitter feeds:
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The Harvard Tea Party students joined the a style=color: rgb(102, 102, 85);
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I'm surprised just how intense the whole American Spring has become. I don't
watch TV news shows, but my impression is that there is not much media
coverage. The AS is hard to classify and there are many elements so that I
think it has caught the media off guard. And naturally it is not in their
interest, or at least so they think.
But AS is busting out all over: AmericansElect, the Free The Net efforts,
Occupy(fill in the blanks), and more.
One interesting part of all this is that for a long time I didn't get
social media. Now seeing it in action is fascinating:
Twitter: is the dynamic info stream, pointing to
Facebook: which acts as an aggregator.
YouTube: which acts as near-live video feeds
Facebook is being rivaled, I think, with other blogs/sites/G+, but for now it
seems to be where the tweets point.
I wonder if a different/augmented aggregator could be mashed up from Twitter
Facebook/G+ YouTube to build Reed's Law sub-nets, or simply machine
learning based classifiers.
After seeing all this (Especially the Tea Party joining in the OccupyBoston
movement) I'm amazed the government hasn't closed it down. I suppose they'll
just subvert it.
Do follow Lessig, it's often fascinating.
-- Owen
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Re: [FRIAM] Delicious Alternative
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Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston
ERIC P. CHARLES wrote circa 11-10-11 10:35 AM: If you want to hurt the evil corporations with their super-rich owners... stop giving them your money. Technologically, I thought some of the most interesting things about the Arab spring were all the creative ways protesters circumvented popular, corporate-run communication channels (in their case because the government shut down access). Surely it would be possible to do the same here if people really wanted to make a principled stand. And on that note, I've finally dumped my Mastercard for Discover in protest of MC's refusal to allow payments to Wikileaks. I've switched from T-Mobile to Cricket in the wake of T-Mobile's agreeing to be acquired by ATT. I'm moving my personal funds out of all banks and into credit unions, getting rid of my Visa debit card in the process. Etc. [sigh] I'm convinced my actions will have zero effect. I'm trading one brand for another in most cases. The point being that it's very difficult to take a principled stand. Anecdote: Awhile back, Renee' discovered she liked organic milk better than ... what? ... regular milk? pesticide-, hormone-laden, produce from exploited, tortured animals? Anyway, I also have a friend who is convinced raw milk is much more healthy. So, I'd been thinking about milk for awhile. (which is a bit gross for me... milk is just nasty, almost as bad as mushrooms.) In order to help her make her decisions and try to figure out why some milk tastes better and lasts longer in the fridge, I began trying to figure out where the actual milk comes from for any given brand. Of course, organic milk isn't any better than any other type of milk because the label organic has been taken over by shadowy networks of multinational corporations with armies of marketing, scitech, and legal operatives ensconced in every institution. (Although this site helps: http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html) I have similar anecdotes about ground beef, pre- and post-manufactured sheds, portable radar speed signs, and commercial real estate. -- glen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston
One approach to Glen/Eric's observations is to take small steps that actually help you too. I'm having a terrible time with cellular phones. I want a truly mobile phone which implies GSM, not the weird non-standard american technologies. But ATT sucks and TMobile appears to be going out of business (Deutsche Telekom, who owns TMobile wants to pull out of the US market.) So I started looking into other alternatives and found a list of all carriers in the US (Cricket is one of them, for example) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers But I then stumbled into the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) idea: companies who buy wholesale quantities of cellular services from the big guys and resell it to you for a reasonable price and personal service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_MVNO I'm considering one of these. The upside is that you can completely avoid contracts. You can also just buy the phone you want rather than having to use whatever the telco wants you to use. Yes this appears to be expensive, but buying an unlocked phone easily pays for itself within the life of the phone. The main point is that steps towards independence can be made reasonably. One of the MVNO's for example specializes in supporting green energy. They're sorta micro industries that use the big guys tech but match your needs better. I hope we see a lot more like the MVNOs in other areas like credit cards, paypal alternatives, and so on. -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] Lessig OccupyBoston
A simple corollary question might be: Why don't we find coop style services to compete with the multi-opoloies? The main thing I know of in this nature is the Credit Union. Are these truly regulated out of possibility by the lobby-interests? Or are we just too lazy? Or is it too hard to agree to do anything like this without a profit motive? My candidates: Telecom services (esp. cellular) Insurance Gasoline (yes there are local coops related to the farming industry) Car Rental One approach to Glen/Eric's observations is to take small steps that actually help you too. I'm having a terrible time with cellular phones. I want a truly mobile phone which implies GSM, not the weird non-standard american technologies. But ATT sucks and TMobile appears to be going out of business (Deutsche Telekom, who owns TMobile wants to pull out of the US market.) So I started looking into other alternatives and found a list of all carriers in the US (Cricket is one of them, for example) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers But I then stumbled into the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) idea: companies who buy wholesale quantities of cellular services from the big guys and resell it to you for a reasonable price and personal service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_MVNO I'm considering one of these. The upside is that you can completely avoid contracts. You can also just buy the phone you want rather than having to use whatever the telco wants you to use. Yes this appears to be expensive, but buying an unlocked phone easily pays for itself within the life of the phone. The main point is that steps towards independence can be made reasonably. One of the MVNO's for example specializes in supporting green energy. They're sorta micro industries that use the big guys tech but match your needs better. I hope we see a lot more like the MVNOs in other areas like credit cards, paypal alternatives, and so on. -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Lessig OccupyBoston
I agre that the protestors seem to have quite a few agendas in so far as corperations go. One the other hand sometimes they do ask some of the right questions http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=133297080105221set=a.131495456952050.18782.129365397165056type=1ref=nf ie why is healthcare adequate housing a meeningful and fufilling job a privlidge? I have no political science proof but more than one ny times article has said that they (the coffeparty) from a 2 store view they're mad about some of the right things. (can't fine the link) did ask why hasn't Obama and crew adressed the coffe party. After having done some time with californa. sen. john burton one lesson learned was that when a constiuancy gets super pissed it's vital to have some sort of actionable plan inside 24hours or it just gains traction. What was spooky is that the day I did a blog entery (http://www.gilsplace.net/blog- and yes it's work friendly) they posted that 'second bill of rights' that I linked. Another question is: is this a generation thing, just something in the US polotics air about peeple feeling malcontent with US politics? I also agre that if the coffe party is serius and realy wants to bring the varius entities to the table they have to provide a realistic do able alternative. Like say x says: ok your right on 5 areas: what do they plan to tell those 5(being optopmistic) policy seters? They can't simply say: oh a economy based on gambling doesn't work. They'll need to say here's our proposed 10 easy steps to ween off of wallstreet and here's the proof that it'll work. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:35 AM, ERIC P. CHARLES e...@psu.edu wrote: But there is a real weirdness about many of the protesters. Captured very well with this image: http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/OWS-Evil-Corporations.jpg It's as if these people know what they are fighting, but have no clue how to fight it. Ghandi got people to hand weave clothes and to march to the sea to make salt. He knew what the score was. During the fights over racism in the US, people who were upset about racist rules regarding bus riding refused to ride the bus! They new they could force the bus company to comply or go bankrupt... and it worked. In contrast, these people are protesting the same things they are clearly patronizing. As Owen points out: Down with the evil corporation! they send out on Twitter, with a tie in to their Facebook or Google+ page, featuring a link to a Youtube video that will be covered with Toyota ads, uploaded from their Motorola phone, over the ATT network, in the hopes that I will access it over my Comcast broadba! nd from my Dell. Seriously, you get the impression that if Coca Cola offered corporate sponsorship in the form of bottled water, soda, sun shades, and logo-covered out houses, it would be a done deal. I'm not against the protest. This country has serious issues to work out, and many of the protesters scattered points are valid. But there are some simple steps to fighting the battle that are being missed. If you want to hurt the evil corporations with their super-rich owners... stop giving them your money. Technologically, I thought some of the most interesting things about the Arab spring were all the creative ways protesters circumvented popular, corporate-run communication channels (in their case because the government shut down access). Surely it would be possible to do the same here if people really wanted to make a principled stand. Eric On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 12:40 PM, Paul Paryski ppary...@aol.com wrote: The Occupy/AE phenomenon might be an excellent example of emergence? An Occupy ABM? Clearly any mass protect movement will be chaotic with many agendas finding expression. As is the case in Europe where Occupy is receiving large press coverage, the main motivation is that the very rich Wall Street gang largely caused the economic crisis and it is the poor and middle class who must pay the bill while the super rich, corporations and the financial sector get bailout $$ and no real reg reform. I hope some of you will participate in Santa Fe's Occupy protest at the Roundhouse on Saturday. cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net To: Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com; discuss disc...@sfcomplex.org Sent: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 6:21 am Subject: [sfx: Discuss] Lessig OccupyBoston Larry Lessig is one of the more interesting twitter feeds: Lessig The Harvard Tea Party students joined the #OccupyBoston march yesterday. http://t.co/aKMkU6Ji#criticallyimportantfirststeps #rootstrikers I'm surprised just how intense the whole American Spring has become. I don't watch TV news shows, but my impression is that there is not much media coverage. The AS is hard to classify and there are many elements so that I think it has caught the media off guard. And naturally it is not in their interest, or at least so they think. But
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