Is it time to re-start building the internet?
Note: This is cross-posted from my newsletter, to which you can subscribe here. x Here are some thoughts that have been kicking around my head for some time.…
Tag: open
Wrapping up at the ODINE project
For the last two years, I was part of the pool of evaluators for ODINE, the Open Data Incubator Network Europe. The program just ended, after funding around…
Shenzhen, hardware, openness
Recently WIRED published a brilliant video series on the hardware ecosystem in Shenzhen. It has four parts and starts with this one: As a refresher, Shenzhen is where…
OpenIoT Design Sprint Anstruther
Spent a week on at an OpenIoT design sprint hosted by Mozilla and the University of Dundee in Anstruther, Scotland. The themes that emerged were around connectivity (or…
Privacy Machines
I spent the last four days at a design sprint hosted by Mozilla. It served to explore the role of open IoT and privacy in the connected home.…
iPad, Wired App, ecosystem. Or not.
I’m a big fan of Wired. I read it online all the time, I used to have a Wired US subscription (that didn’t work out that well both…
Why The Telcos Are Doomed
My apologies for the dramatic title. Please let me explain what I mean, and why (drama aside) I think it’s true if the telecommunication companies (telcos) keep operating…