Dec 7, 2021Remembering a Human, Being.Doc Searls, yesterday, on his Harvard blog: “Got word yesterday that Kim Cameron had passed. Hit me hard. Kim was a loving and loved friend. He was also a brilliant and influential thinker and technologist.” Kim Cameron: among the few techies more human than tech. I only shared a few moments with Kim Cameron, but what came through loud and…Kim Cameron3 min read
May 5, 2021League of Technical Voters, at last.The League of Technical Voters (“LoTV”) and its partner, the NewGov Foundation, through the GEOvoter API, are finally ready to launch a verified constituent Proof of Concept, as recommended by Phil Windley: “[Politicians] wonder, “Are all the angry tweets coming from voters in my district?” and likely conclude they’re not…Politics18 min read
Apr 21, 2021The VA “might” call you back…I love the Palo Alto VA Hospital. It’s free for me and full of whip-smart Stanford Med School Residents. But the VA system has a nationwide problem: there’s no online patient portal to manage communication. Instead, all the communication is by phone, which means that you call to make an…Va2 min read
Apr 21, 2021How to use a “microcoach”761Roy BahatThe best rule of all: Each of us is the traffic cop at the intersection our stakeholders' ROI goals.The best rule of all: Each of us is the traffic cop at the intersection our stakeholders' ROI goals.1 min readThe best rule of all: Each of us is the traffic cop at the intersection our stakeholders' ROI goals.----
Apr 20, 2021Bloomberg Senator Loyalty TerminalsWhat Americans want to hear from Mike Bloomberg: Since 1982, I’ve prospered by helping people who buy and sell corporate ideas and promises. They call themselves “traders”. Traders call corporate ideas “stocks”. Traders call corporate promises “bonds”. I’ve helped them by selling Bloomberg Terminals to their employers, now installed on…Politics5 min read
Mar 13, 2021Bruce Preville’s DoctrineImprov Yes/And rules: the secret to building online communities. — Bruce Preville and Chris Page are inspiring a few of us at People Centered Internet to help NICs—Networked Improvement Communities—become the best exemplars for engaging their stakeholders with a suite of tools for seamless evolution of random ideas into well-organized, easily followed threads. Catalytic Converter: Zooms to Rooms to Whom it may concern.Community Engagement9 min read
Mar 13, 2021Brand new ideas from 2004On Political Campaigns Originally published 5/19/04, as a subset of Democracy’s To-Do List What have we learned about campaigning in the Internet era? The Dean Campaign seemed to be the answer, but was not. In fact, it was a better-equipped iteration of many previous “breakthroughs”, like the Goldwater, McCarthy and Perot campaigns. But…Community Engagement5 min read
Feb 8, 2021Upgrade USOS, the United States Operating SystemDoc Searls, Harvard, 2008: “Note to selves: a lot of what Larry Lessig wants here is what Britt Blaser and friends are working on.” 12 years later, we can see the obvious next, potentially final, step: USOS upgrade: Committees make the laws: Mike Bloomberg’s Senate Loyalty Terminals What Americans want to hear from Mike Bloomberg: Since 1982, I’ve prospered by helping…Mike Bloomberg5 min read
Jan 20, 2021PCI GHD: Ideals, Ideas, Our deedsMei Lin Fung and Vint Cerf co-founded the People Centered Internet in 2015 with significant support from the UN. Mei Lin Fung: One of the most powerful tools in the hands of half of humankind, like fire, can be harnessed for good or bad. The People Centered Internet is just…People Centered Internet3 min read
Dec 14, 2020Manifest Destiny: Marshall Plan 2.0We’re marveling in this week of the Pandemic at the ziggurat of competence, collaboration, and hard work of the contributors rolling out the first vaccine while the deposed Whiner-In-Chief, who couldn’t manage a two-car funeral, wails about his mistreatment. …6 min read
