Learning with the Fang

Sometimes our online social networks yield surprising results in the fleshly ‘world of atoms’.
Yesterday was no exception.
My buddy Dave ‘LifeKludger’ Wallace often leads me to moments of profound elucidation.
Yesterday he did this by NOT being there.

Thanks to my piss-poor organisational skills, a forgotton Christmas pageant and some unseasonally hot weather, I managed to turn a [...]

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over at my MSN blog I’m asking for money!
why?
tinyurl.com/lkp001
what’s that all about?
For several years now I have been working with Dave (LifeKludger) Wallace to envision a way to use the social web to improve people’s lives through effective technology hacks. We can see and almost taste a world in which networks of ‘livers’ emit ideas [...]

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Since Dave (LifeKludger) Wallace and I recorded our last ExtraOrdinary podcast episode I have been thinking a lot about starting movements. Having seen a few come and go, I’m looking for patterns. It seems to me that a ‘common enemy’ or something to fight against can help. This reminds me of an old childhood expression [...]

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Dave and I recorded our most recent podcast while we were both in the same room – a first for us.  Twas fun and interesting.
Keep an eye out for episode 36 of extraordinary.thepodcastnetwork.com which should be posted soon.

p.s. congrats to our guest and her man!

Dave and Mike preparing to Podcast

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I was planning a more considered response to Laurel’s request for input to a seminar she will be attending. But Dave said it all (and then some).
OH – and speaking to Dave reminds me about BARRIERS:
- like DRM
- like Passwords in RSS feeds
- partial (not full) feeds
- anything else that prohibits free flow and [...]

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