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Harnessing Social production

mark herringer — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:37:42 +0000

A Case for Open Data in Transit from Streetfilms on Vimeo.

os process for social entrepreneurs

mark herringer — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:13:22 +0000

Os processes for_social_entrepreneurs View more presentations from mangamonk.

Sharing data to improve social business

mark herringer — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:01:29 +0000

I’ve recently started following the database technology called FluidINFO. FluidINFO is an openly writeable shared database.

Data can be dynamically organised, shared, combined, augmented and searched.

FluidINFO is conceptually simple:

Objects represent things Tags describe data related to an object (and can optionally have a value) Namespaces organise related tags Permissions control who can act on what namespace, tag or value

This makes [...]

Millenium development goals

mark herringer — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:00:47 +0000

GOAL 1:ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER

Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

Target 2: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Target 3: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

GOAL 2:ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

Target [...]

Sri Lanka is changing

mark herringer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:14:21 +0000

I’ve just returned from a fantasic holiday to Sri Lanka. We’d heard about the the incredible beauty of the island and were attracted by this and the charm of Sri Lankan culture. We had a great trip and were looked after by most most courteous fun loving people. As soon as our South African nationality [...]

Yochai Benkler: open-source economics

mark herringer — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:49:07 +0000

The Emergence of the Networked Information Economy

The most advanced economies in the world today have made two parallel shifts that, paradoxically, make possible a significant attenuation (loss of strength) of the limitations that market-based production places on the pursuit of the political values central to liberal societies.

The first move, in the making for more than [...]

Social Innovation Camp II, Dec 2008

mark herringer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:22:01 +0000

Social Innovation Camp

Work(Preferred): 020 8980 6263 17-18 Victoria Park Square

London, E2 9PF

Social Innovation Camp II, Dec 2008 from The People Speak on Vimeo.

Guerrilla marketing

mark herringer — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:55:01 +0000

Guerrilla marketing is an unconventional system of promotions, running on a very low budget, by relying on time, energy and imagination instead of big marketing budgets. Typically, guerrilla marketing is unexpected and unconventional, where consumers are targeted where they would not be expecting, which can make the idea that’s being marketed memorable, generate buzz, and [...]

a wealth of nations

mark herringer — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:14:25 +0000

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2009 is going to be a challenging year. the global economy has hit a serious speed bump. how will the economies of tomorrow work? maybe now more than ever there’s an opportunity to create a wealth of nations.