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Losing (or gaining) a Genius
https://doc.searls.com/2024/12/20/losing-or-gaining-a-genius/
Published: December 20, 2024 21:27
Sixteenth in the News Commons series. Dave Askins is shutting down the B Square Bulletin. This is tragic. And not just for Bloomington and Monroe County. (Dave covered the governing bodies of both like a glove.) It’s tragic for journalism. Because Dave was…
A Christmas Gift to My Families
https://doc.searls.com/2024/12/12/a-christmas-gift-to-my-families/
Published: December 13, 2024 05:20
A few weeks ago, my sister and I drove a cache of archival stuff from her garage in North Carolina to my office in Indiana. One box was filled with boxes and carousels of slides nobody had seen for many decades. I also brought along my parents’ slide…
How communities without one can build a local library
https://doc.searls.com/2024/12/01/community-library/
Published: December 2, 2024 05:06
That’s what Charlie Schweik and friends will be talking about in the next salon in the Beyond the Web series at Indiana University, hosted by the Ostrom Workshop and the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. The salon will be held at…
The Interknit
https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/25/the-interknit/
Published: November 25, 2024 22:26
I just looked for the word “weave” among my half-million photos, and found this:  We’ve been trying to solve identity problems online since the Internet showed up, roughly in the middle of the curve in the image above. It wasn’t much of a problem before…
Remembering Dewayne Hendricks
https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/25/remembering-dewayne-hendricks/
Published: November 25, 2024 19:06
Thank Dewayne Hendricks for Wi-Fi. Hell, thank him for what Bob Frankston calls ambient connectivity: the kind you just … assume. Like you are now, connected to the Internet without wires. That item was my biggest take-away from the 3+ hour memorial zoom…
The Redstream Media
https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/16/the-redstream-media/
Published: November 16, 2024 18:04
For a detailed version of the image above, dig the one below: The headwaters came ahead of Rush Limbaugh. But he’s the one who started the deluge. Dozens of wannabes filled the talk radio with it. Fox News took it to cable. And now Rushians rule the News…
Going Local With Open Networks
https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/15/going-local-with-open-networks/
Published: November 15, 2024 22:17
If you’re tired of moaning (or celebrating) the after-effects of the U.S. election, or how all of us seem trapped inside the captive markets of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and other feudal powers, take in a talk about something constructive…
Remembering Paul Marshall
https://doc.searls.com/2024/11/12/remembering-paul-marshall/
Published: November 12, 2024 21:10
In a vote for “Senior Superlatives” among his 36 classmates at Concordia Prep, Paul Marshall won in several categories. The yearbook staff, however, limited the Superlative distinction to one per student, and Paul chose to be recognized for his wit, which…