countryman media » internet http://www.countryman.co.za open source software, open development, new economics Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:41:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Convening Community through Stories http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/convening-community-through-stories/ http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/convening-community-through-stories/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:38:31 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=241

]]> http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/convening-community-through-stories/feed/ 0 Infostate of Africa 2009 http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/infostate-of-africa-2009/ http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/infostate-of-africa-2009/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:24:30 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=198 Infostate of Africa 2009

An awesome Applabs infographic showing the African continents trends in information technology and communication.

]]> http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/infostate-of-africa-2009/feed/ 0 Sharing data to improve social business http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/sharing-data-to-improve-social-business/ http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/sharing-data-to-improve-social-business/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:01:29 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=159 I’ve recently started following the database technology called FluidDB. FluidDB is an openly writeable shared database.

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

FluidDB 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 [...]]]> http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/sharing-data-to-improve-social-business/feed/ 0 cittadelcapo – your capetonian guide to the mother city http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/cittadelcapo-your-capetonian-guide-to-the-mother-city/ http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/cittadelcapo-your-capetonian-guide-to-the-mother-city/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 12:06:52 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=110 Countryman Media recently developed Citta’ del Capo. A travel site is designed for Italians visiting the Mother city.

The site is built to achieve two primary user experiences:

1. Find places of interest on the map. Using OpenStreetmap we identify places and activities and put them on the map. These places are tagged in Italian and presented in [...]]]> http://www.countryman.co.za/internet/cittadelcapo-your-capetonian-guide-to-the-mother-city/feed/ 0 Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/yochai-benkler-open-source-economics/ http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/yochai-benkler-open-source-economics/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:49:07 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=42 we’re the ones we’ve been waiting for..

]]> http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/yochai-benkler-open-source-economics/feed/ 0 Social Innovation Camp II, Dec 2008 http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/social-innovation-camp-ii-dec-2008/ http://www.countryman.co.za/economics/social-innovation-camp-ii-dec-2008/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:22:01 +0000 mark herringer http://www.countryman.co.za/?p=14 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.

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