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| 16 October 2011  |  | category: empires flux, film, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, Global Guerillas, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the law, the new 'priest class', the state we're in, tribal  | comments are closed  Last night, high-profile Google engineer Steve Yegge mistakenly posted a long rant about working at Amazon and Google’s own issues with creating platforms on Google+. Apparently, he only wanted to share it internally with everybody at Google, but mistaken shared it publicly. For the most part, Yegge’s post focusses on the horrors of working at Amazon, a company that is notorious for its political infighting. The most interesting part to me, though, is Yegge’s blunt assessment of what he perceives to be Google’s inability to understand platforms and how this could endanger the company in the long run. Google Engineer: [ continue reading Google Engineer: “Google+ is a Prime Example of Our Complete Failure to Understand Platforms” ] 15 October 2011 | | category: empires flux, facebook, learning, social media tools, twitter, world of work | comments are closed 15 October 2011 | | category: empires flux, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, Google | comments are closed The United Kingdom Explained from C. G. P. Grey on Vimeo. Have some problems with this – not least being Northern Ireland coloured orange 8 March 2011 | | category: empires flux, location+, maps & mapping, one world, the state we're in, tribal | comments are closed 5 March 2011 | | category: empires flux, nothing new under the sun, one world, the state we're in | comments are closed All of which brings me back to Egypt as the canary in a very large coal mine. It’s hard to overstate just how unexpected a transformation is occurring in Egypt. Death, taxes, and Hosni Mubarak — they were the three great certainties in modern Egyptian life. But just underneath the surface, the tectonic pressure of dumb growth was steadily mounting. Bogus prosperity’s like magma, filling the volcanic chamber of a society: you can bottle it up for only so long before it erupts, and spectacularly. Today, the world’s gaze is fixed on the pyroclastic flow: never-ending demonstrations, protests, people [ continue reading Egypt’s Revolution: Coming to an Economy Near You ] 3 February 2011 | | category: can't make it up!, empires flux, prognosticators, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, social media tools, the new 'priest class', the state we're in, world of work | comments are closed Is is possible to replicate what happened in Tunisia in other countries, like Egypt? Global guerrillas in Egypt are working on it. Here’s what is going on: Numerous attempts at self-immoliation. Six in Egypt. These attempts at martyrdom are meant to symbolically spark revolution. Protests are being organized online. This one, called “day of revolt” and organized via Facebook, generated 16k supporters (although I suspect most of them are from people outside the country who are immune from retribution). The protest it sparked in Cairo resulted in three deaths and numerous clashes with Police. The Egyptian government is [ continue reading CAN AN OPEN SOURCE REVOLT TOPPLE EGYPT? ] 26 January 2011 | | category: empires flux, Global Guerillas, the new 'priest class', the state we're in | comments are closed DK Matai has a great little outline on how the open source revolt spread in Tunisia. It was very open much open source warfare (OSW, the dominant form of warfare in the 21st Century), but with a rapidly evolving protest/revolt twist (OSW + flashmobs). Thing is, the conditions within which the revolt spread are becoming pretty common. Here they are: Extreme price shocks in basic commodities. Food and energy. Extreme corruption. A globally connected elite appropriating everything. Extreme connectivity. Cell phones and other social media. Given that the global system is highly unstable (extreme leverage, concentration, tight coupling, [ continue reading TUNISIA and OPEN SOURCE REVOLT ] 21 January 2011 | | category: empires flux, Global Guerillas, nothing new under the sun, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the new 'priest class', the state we're in | comments are closed On the subject of those TSA “grope” scanners at airports here is an insightful, and very early prediction of the wonderful advances in technology that will spring from science. They don’t make them like that any more. Thanks to @tpaleyfilm and @Zerofee for the link. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» YouTube – The Man with the X-Ray Eyes: .) [ continue reading The Man with the X-Ray Eyes – coming to a perimeter near you ] 18 November 2010 | | category: empires flux, film, Global Guerillas, the new 'priest class', the state we're in, travel | comments are closed Aaron Huey’s effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people — appalling, and largely ignored — compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson in this bold, courageous talk from TEDxDU. THE BLACK HILLS ARE NOT FOR SALE. “The best things in life aren’t things” [ continue reading The Lakota Sioux; still prisoners of war. Pine Ridge, Wounded Knee and ‘what happens next?’ ] 11 November 2010 | | category: can't make it up!, empires flux, nothing new under the sun, one world, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the state we're in, tribal | comments are closed A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers. Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War – Telegraph. If it is true – as many believe – that the political elite in Washington have been engaged in a love affair with Google since Barack Obama’s campaign for the White House, then it is also true that the US president is now beginning to notice some wrinkles and warts on his beloved. Although the faltering economic recovery has taken centre stage in Washington ahead of November’s midterm elections, Google this week appeared to have created some fresh problems for the administration. The news that Google had struck a deal withVerizon, the US telecoms group, over how the companies will [ continue reading Washington’s passion for Google cools ] On June 4, 2010 Michael Dell stated that he was considering taking Dell Inc. private “but would not comment when asked what would make him think about the possibility more seriously,” reported Reuters. Well, today we likely know the reasoning for that off-the-wall statement. The SEC charged Dell and senior executives with disclosure and accounting fraud yesterday and the story behind it is one hell of a bombshell! via The Dell Tale Starts to Unravel and it’s a Bombshell – Patently Apple. There are a lot of “how the mighty have fallen” stories about [ continue reading Dell bombshell that won’t run long (that I missed) ] Julian Glover (Comment, 3 August) is correct that the scale of government cuts being discussed is without parallel. We are not talking of the salami-slicing of the Thatcher/Major period. The rhetoric indicates the government is withdrawing from a range of publicly provided services in the hope that someone else will step into the void. In the place of cogent economic argument, we simply have the continued recitation that the deficit of £155bn is unsustainable and so the public sector must be [ continue reading Letters: Filling the void after public sector cuts ] 4 August 2010 | | category: empires flux, the new 'priest class', the state we're in | comments are closed The default position in much of the larger charity sector seems to veer between falsely claiming it has always and forever championed local unpaid community action, or a visceral resentment that there in no longer any money to be had as preferred arm’s length contractors of the state. As we all now know, that particular gravy train has left the station and won’t be coming back anytime soon. I’ve been surprised by how many smaller groups have been saying good riddance in the face of the demise of their larger peers. And this is precisely because there is a [ continue reading Big Society: principled protest or vested interest?: ] Apple Study: 8 easy steps to beat Microsoft (and Google) View more presentations from Ouriel Ohayon. Apple is a company that desperately needs to grow up and wipe the smile off its face, and roll its sleeves up and start to appreciate that they’re no longer the upstart, the underdog, the Crazy One in the Richard Dreyfus ad. They are The Man, the Boss, the one who, from now on, everyone is going to be taking shots at and shits on. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Scripting News Apple’s brewing shitstorm: .) In mid-May, Atlanta hosted a TEDx event dedicated to education. One of the talks, given by Michael Levine, executive director for The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, discussed how to get members of the media-soaked younger generation of America to use the 53 hours they spend interacting with the digital world more productively. (In case you were unaware, it was work done by Joan Ganz Cooney that led to the development of Sesame Street.) The show taught several generations of kids basic reading and math skills. Today, American children rank 15th internationally in reading proficiency. While Sesame [ continue reading Where’s ‘Sesame Street’ for the Digital Generation? ] Yesterday Apple overtook Microsoft as the world’s most valuable technology company. According to the New York Times, Apple shares are now worth $227.1 billion versus a measly $226.3 billion for Microsoft, You may think Apple is winning because Apple’s products are better. (That’s true, but read on.) You may even think Apple is winning because Apple’s marketing is so great. (See “Apple Marketing’s Top 10 Dumb Mistakes” to disabuse yourself of THAT notion.) Top 10 Dumb Reasons Apple Beat Microsoft ] A decade ago most of us were using AltaVista or something similar for search. No one was really complaining very much about the huge amount of spam and other noise that cluttered the results because we didn’t know there was a better way. Then Google came along with Page Rank, and had a profound effect on the quality of Internet search. Suddenly (and it really was that sudden), we couldn’t imagine going back to AltaVista and searching pages of results for the thing that Google gave us immediately. For a good history of search, get John Battelle’s book [ continue reading Social Today Feels Like Search A Decade Ago: Lots Of Noise And Lots Of Spam ] 4 March 2010 | | category: advice, empires flux, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, iPhone, maps & mapping, Nerds, the state we're in | comments are closed The funeral of a soldier who died in an explosion in Afghanistan will be held in Sheffield later. Cpl Lia m Riley of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in the blast near Malgir on 01 February. Sheffield funeral for ‘legend’ soldier ] It’s always hard to know what to make of Richard Branson. From his reported $3bn investments to fight climate change to his offer of cash prizes for removing atmospheric carbon, the man certainly talks a good talk when it comes to green initiatives. And then the waters get muddied by his plans for space tourism and underwater planes for the super rich. So where do all these plans fit with his well-documented belief that peak oil is coming, and it’s going to be a major challenge to the world economy? Branson’s Virgin group has already voiced its concerns over peak [ continue reading Peak Oil in 5 Years: Virgin Boss Branson’s Warning ] 9 February 2010 | | category: empires flux, one world, prognosticators, the state we're in | comments are closed If you haven’t had a chance to read “Make” magazine yet, please do. It’s likely the coolest magazine on the planet right now. The current issue, 21, dives into the rapidly evolving world of desktop manufacturing (additive and subtractive 3D fabs). What should be apparent to anyone reading it, is that desktop manufacturing is on the cusp of becoming as mainstream, inexpensive, and easy to use as personal computers (with similar effect). What this means in the mid to long term is that manufacturing will quickly become more about manipulation of information (designs, controls, etc.) than materials. The [ continue reading DARKNET ECONOMIES ] 7 February 2010 | | category: empires flux, Global Guerillas, Nerds, prognosticators | comments are closed Make your own David Cameron poster. 4 February 2010 | | category: empires flux, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the new 'priest class', the state we're in | comments are closed This week, for the first time, the number of female GPs outnumber male GPs in Scotland. Since 1970, an ever-greater proportion of wives are higher paid, and more educated, than their husbands. That’s according to this new report by Pew Research. The New York Times covers it here. This is a positive trend for some obvious reasons. One reason women made less than their husbands in the past was that professional opportunities for women were limited by sexism. This is a sign that that situation’s getting better. Also, financial independence makes it easier for any marriage partner, male or [ continue reading Wives Are Making More Money ] 29 January 2010 | | category: empires flux, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, the state we're in, women | comments are closed Scots Americans were rejoicing last night as news circulated that the US government was planning to lift a 21-year ban on Scottish haggis. Just one problem… it may not happen. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> BBC News – US not ready to lift ban on Scottish haggis: .) One of the things you learn as you go through this journey is that every age has its advantages. I love myself now much more today than I did when I was 22. Back then I didn’t even get that you could love yourself. I tolerate my limits much better, even though I had limits then as I have them now. I wouldn’t even know how to describe it to a younger person, it’s as if we were different species in some ways. But you’ll never get me to say there aren’t big differences betw being 54 and 22, [ continue reading Learning doesn’t stop at 22 ] 16 January 2010 | | category: empires flux, prognosticators, the state we're in | comments are closed The Observer reports that an estimated $352bn of drug and mafia money was laundered by the major banks at the peak of the credit crunch, while regulators turned a blind eye, since the highly liquid criminal underworld was the only source of the cash necessary to keep the banks’ doors open. As Charlie Stross notes, “A third of a trillion dollars is a lot of money; it’s enough to fund the US military invading another country halfway around the world, or a manned Mars exploration program.” Charlie goes on to mention that now that these narcobucks “aren’t neatly bundled up [ continue reading Hundreds of billions in crime money knowingly laundered by banks during credit crunch ] 14 December 2009 | | category: empires flux, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the new 'priest class', the state we're in | comments are closed |  
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