Is ‘social’ the right term to use for everything online?
Kate Carruthers There is a tendency to put the word social in front of many other words to day to describe some new use of technology. I remain uncomfortable with the way…
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Riots, desire, consumerism, community and values.
Want is a funny word. It can mean different things, such as: “absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite” or“to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing…
The jobless future and social innovation
I have argued previously that capitalism is broken and that we need to find new approaches that are good for people, animals and the planet. Further I asked if social…
London riots: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
It seems strange watching the sad events unfolding in the United Kingdom from such a distance. With the spreading riots, looting, and mob violence it is apt to recall the…
Google’s interesting social innovation
My buddy Anthony Baxter has been a Googler for a while and has worked on many fascinating projects. But what he’s working on now is not just interesting from a…
Local Food or Less Meat?
A while back I did a Live Local Challenge, attempting to consume only food produced within 100 kilometres of my home for a week. You can check out the results…
Caturday is serious business (as @Neerav so rightly pointed out)
Now I’ve mentioned that lolcats are serious here previously, but there’s even a for that (hat tip to @Neerav for pointing it out) 😉 see more Lolcats and funny pictures,…
Dissent and Securing Freedom – Aung San Suu Kyi shares her ideas
Over the weekend I listened to this moving talk from the Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, where she examines what drives people to dissent.…
If capitalism is broken is social innovation a way to fix it?
Over the past several years I have come to think that capitalism as practised in the western world is fundamentally broken. Even before the global financial crisis (GFC) this feeling…
Meditation sounds like a good idea #caturday
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