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The #dotcons, #mainstreaming, and Build to Walk Away

Three years ago I was trying to explain something simple in language liberals might actually hear. They talk about “platform capitalism.” Fine. But I’ve been calling it the #dotcons for 20 years - because that’s what it is - a con. The last 30 years of tech hasn’t just drifted into this mess. It’s been shaped, step by step, enclosure by enclosure, into systems designed to extract value from us. What we now call the internet is, in large part, a machine built to manipulate, […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-dotcons-mainstreaming-and-build-and-walk-away/

#OMN (Open Media Network)Mar 27

Gates vs Bridges: the obscure politics of the #geekproblem

In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway were in #openweb terms, it’s a bridge. That difference is not technical - it’s social - the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is something you lock, permission, authentication, enforcement were a bridge is something you cross, connection, flow, relationship. In the physical world, we don’t put gates on bridges as a default, but in software, we keep rebuilding them, and then wondering why things fragment. RSS […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/gates-vs-bridges-the-obscure-politics-of-the-geekproblem/

#OMN (Open Media Network)Mar 26

Let’s try and simplify the #OMN

The #OMN Framework: The Five Functions (#5F) The #OMN is simple flows, not platforms, it’s a way of thinking about media as flows of objects moving through a network. People shape the flow, you can find a more technical view to read after here. A human-scale, federated media infrastructure built on #FOSS practices and the #4opens: open data open source open process open standards It doesn’t start with features, apps, or ideology, it starts with flows. Imagine the network as: pipes […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/lets-try-and-simplify-the-omn/

#OMN (Open Media Network)Mar 13

A bit of #OMN history and where the current paths come from

For a long time the focus has been on solving two linked problems - both of which are actually #nothingnew. The first is grassroots publishing and organising. The second is network coordination between communities. Neither of these problems started with the internet, and they certainly didn’t start with Silicon Valley. Projects like #Indymedia and community organising networks solved these problems culturally long before modern platforms existed. They worked through shared practice, trust […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/a-bit-of-omn-history-and-where-the-current-paths-come-from/

Media Japan Mar 12

https://www.wacoca.com/media/601064/ 口にできないチョコレート店　『Champ Chime Chocolate』4月10日より銀座で開催｜Real Sound｜リアルサウンド映画部 #ChampChimeChocolate #film #movie #NOTHINGNEW #映画

#OMN (Open Media Network)Feb 24

A Minimal, Governable Infrastructure for Trust-Based Media Flows

Human Tech: The Open Media Network (#OMN) is a proposal for human-scale, federated media infrastructure built on standard #FOSS practices and the #4opens: open data, open source, open process, open standards. It does not attempt to invent a new platform. It defines a minimal, interoperable framework for how content flows through networks, in ways that remain understandable, auditable, and governable by the communities that use them. The core premise is simple, if people cannot mentally […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/a-minimal-governable-infrastructure-for-trust-based-media-flows/

頑張るJapan Feb 22

https://companydata.tsujigawa.com/press-20260222-001/

映画レーベル「NOTHING NEW」による実写長編映画第1作となる、岩崎裕介監督の初長編作品『チルド（英題：AnyMart）』が、ベルリン国際映画祭第76回大会フォーラム部門に正式出品され、国際批評家連盟（FIPRESCI）賞を受賞しました。

■プレスリリース配信元-株式会社NOTHING NEW
https://companydata.tsujigawa.com/company/8011001147326/

#NOTHINGNEW #チルド #AnyMart #プレスリリース #PressRelease #企業情報

映画『チルド』、第76回ベルリン国際映画祭でFIPRESCI賞受賞

岩崎裕介初監督・脚本による映画『チルド』がベルリン国際映画祭フォーラム部門にて国際批評家連盟（FIPRESCI）賞を受賞。

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#OMN (Open Media Network)Feb 21

Most people sense that something is off

Meany people see the world degrading, enclosure accelerating. They see climate, politics, media all bending toward extraction. And even when they can see the trajectory, they feel powerless, so they cope by optimise their careers. They scroll. They argue. They consume. They retreat into irony. From birth, we’re trained into one core assumption: There Is No Alternative (#TINA). Not because it’s true, but because every dominant institution reinforces it: Schools train compliance. Media […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/most-people-sense-that-something-is-off/

witchescauldron Feb 2

I proposed a long time ago that #openweb is a less tribal, more expansive framing than #fediverse — socially and technically. It’s also #nothingnew, which is honestly a breath of fresh air. We can (and should) use both terms, but if we want meaningful change and challenge to the #mainstreaming mess, we need to foreground the more generic one.

Predictably, this gets pushback from two directions: the non-political #FOSS crowd, and the mainstreaming crew. And yes, when you bring #NGO behaviour into the #fediverse, there’s going to be friction. Try being #openweb-native on this please.

People are going to keep doing self- and socially-destructive things. That’s a human problem, not a branding one. But the language we choose does shape how we respond to it.

Boost if you think this shift matters.

#OMN (Open Media Network)Jan 31

The uncomfortable path

The individual, their freedom, and their capacity for reason are products of social relationships, not independent origins. Society is not built from isolated individuals; individuals arise from shared culture, history, and collective life. As society grows richer and more humane, individuals gain the conditions needed for deeper development and freedom emerges from this shared foundation. What’s really at stake is power. The shift has to be away from private ownership and toward the […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-uncomfortable-truth/