http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/05/violence-tear-gas-greet-protests-save-one-last-public-parks-istanbul/65767/
"ISTANBUL — At midnight on Thursday, one of the few remaining parks in
the center of this city was filled with people singing, dancing,
talking, giving speeches, and preparing to camp out. Before dawn this
morning, it was violently cleared by armored police spraying tear gas — a
cycle that's repeated itself over the past few days as protesters seek
to halt the demolition of the park and the building of a shopping mall
there."
The protest has built largely from social media interaction. And it's apparently still growing.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Open Source software catching on with government
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/apr/29/open-source-default/
"He noted that for the past couple of years, Open Source software has been helping public sector organisations become more innovative, more agile and more cost-effective by building on the collaborative efforts of Open Source communities.
The National Security Agency, for example, has used open source to reduce the cost of its high-security systems to drive better security. Similarly, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a relatively new agency — has even gone as far as being ‘Open Source by default’, by releasing everything it does to the community."
People with like interests creating software that is better than the commercial variety. The world is changing.
"He noted that for the past couple of years, Open Source software has been helping public sector organisations become more innovative, more agile and more cost-effective by building on the collaborative efforts of Open Source communities.
The National Security Agency, for example, has used open source to reduce the cost of its high-security systems to drive better security. Similarly, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a relatively new agency — has even gone as far as being ‘Open Source by default’, by releasing everything it does to the community."
People with like interests creating software that is better than the commercial variety. The world is changing.
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