Tag: Gnomedex

Michael Linton - pshifting money

  • phase shift
  • paradigm shift
  • pshift happens
    • in its own good time
    • whether we like it or not
    • sometimes you see it coming
  • When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Max Planck
  • logs -> wheels
  • material & mass -> function
  • financial industry hasn’t moved past logs
  • the general condition
    • it comes, it goes
    • when it’s gone, it’s gone
    • it doesn’t come back
  • trickling down, pouring away
  • in a closed network
    • large or small
    • measure in any unit
    • rules as agreed
  • paying it
    • off (out)
    • back (stop)
    • forward (away)
    • round (round)
  • quasi-tribal economy
  • if 1 tribe, why not 2, 3, 4 …
  • neo-tribalists do it with requisite variety
  • distributed
  • open code (of course)
  • open standards
  • community currencies (cc)
    • not replacements or alternatives
    • used with, not instead of $
    • tax accountable, where tax applies
    • open, not public
    • not in competition with anything
    • not impeded or in conflict
    • business friendly
    • persistent loyalty
    • income not discount
    • SMB advantage over LB, XLB & XXLB
  • markets are conversations, money is the medium
  • conventional money carries one way, open money carries in others
  • open money is to normal as a laser is to a flashlight
  • Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
    • perception is reality
    • no persistent local success
    • no software to reach long tail
  • identities name accounts
  • names grouped in domains, recursive to n levels
  • open money ontology
    • accounts
    • currencies
    • flows
    • contexts
    • mesh of linked URIs
  • rubyom.openmoney.info
    • cloud of records
    • cloud of knowing
  • where it matters
    • food security - 100 mile diet
    • co2 accounting
    • 3rd world development
    • funding open networks
  • variety to match the challenges
  • omdg - open money development group
    • virtual corporate
    • would work faster with support
    • contributions are welcome
  • money is virtual, start designing it as if it were
  • money is the social network, but the network sucks

Jason Calacanis - The Internet’s Environmental Crisis

  • How the internet is being destroyed by selfish polluters–and how we can stop them
  • SEO is destroying the web
  • Talks about Mahalo’s solution
  • I can’t believe no one asked about Jimmy Wales’ project! I wanted to, but the mic didn’t get around to me.

Ronni Bennett

  • 35 million people in US are 65 or older
  • 70 million by 2030
  • Demonstrates difficulty of using the computer when old by using gardening gloves and blurry glasses
  • When you get older
    • You lose feeling in your hands
    • White text on black background is hard to read
    • Red and orange are difficult to differentiate
    • etc.
  • Only 9000 geriatricians in the US
  • Blogging requires active and passing thinking that helps maintain brain activity
  • http://www.immersionactive.com/carolsweb/
  • Chris handed her an iPhone. She felt the UI was easy enough.
  • I suggested he show her the keyboard. She tried using it and said she would not use an iPhone.

I think Chris is going to have to change the name of his conference. My iPhone insists that Gnomedex is a misspelling of Gnomesex.

As I did with OSCON, I’m going to try to post my Gnomedex notes. Also as before, their usefulness to you will vary. I’m going to try my hardest to post my own thoughts about what’s going on, as well.

Guy Kawasaki - The Art of Evangelism

  1. Make meaning
  2. Make mantra
  3. Roll the DICEE
    • Guy’s Golden Touch: Whatever is gold, Guy touches
    • Deep
    • Intelligent
    • Complete
    • Elegant
    • Emotive
  4. Niche thyself
  5. Let a hundred flowers blossom
  6. Make it personal
  7. Find the true influencers
  8. Enable test drives
  9. Look for agnostics, not atheists
  10. Provide a slippery slope
  11. Don’t let the bozos grind you down

Darren Barefoot

  • nabuur.com: Connects people in the developed world with people who need help with projects in the developing world
  • geekcorps: Volunteering to do IT projects overseas
  • plant it 20/20: works to save threatened trees, sells virtual trees to buy real trees
  • save the children: sells virtual yaks, which buys real yaks
  • Gross national happiness
  • Get a First Life
  • Nothing But Nets Campaign: buys mosquito nets for Africa
  • GiveMeaning: online fundraising for projects that get enough votes
  • Build infrastructure that allows other people to do good
  • Be the best ancestor you can be.
  • www.darrenbarefoot.com
  • www.capulet.com

Sessions from this year’s Gnomedex will be streamed.

Josh Bancroft’s famous “think small” photo has been turned into a lolgeek, not to be confused with a lolcat.

Registration for Gnomedex 7 is open to the public.