The EU opportunity and danger, what grassroots projects can offer

What can grassroots #openweb people actually do when the EU is building alternatives to #dotcons, but with very real risks of recreating European versions of the same problems? This is a historic moment, for the first time in decades public funding is flowing toward digital commons and infrastructure sovereignty is being taken seriously. Federated technologies like #ActivityPub are gaining traction, largely due to years of grassroots work which is leading to initiatives such as @NGICommons […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-eu-opportunity-and-danger-what-grassroots-projects-can-offer/

Why mainstream EU tech funding needs counter-currents, why tech activism matters

Across Europe, large-scale “mainstreaming” tech projects are increasingly shaping the future of the digital commons. From infrastructure initiatives to sovereign cloud strategies and federated social technologies, the EU tech stack is becoming more organised, more funded, and more institutionalised. On the surface, this looks like progress. But history suggests that without active counter-currents, #mainstreaming inevitably drifts toward bureaucracy, risk-aversion, and quiet capture by […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/why-mainstream-eu-tech-funding-needs-counter-currents-why-tech-activism-matters/

Instead of lamenting, we need to act. Grab the shovel, embrace the mess, and build compost heaps that nurture real alternatives. Signal vs Noise https://hamishcampbell.com/signal-vs-noise/

Is it to late to save the open web

Published Date 2/5/12 3:50 PM (UPDATED) This is still well worth a read, it’s too late to save the common web from Scoble and an answer from Dave Winer This is something I have been facing for the last few years, and its why i have been working on the visionOntv open web project. Phwww.... but as you may have realised this has been an uphill battle which has become bogged down in the trenches and the mud. If you care about the #openweb, pass some ammunition... and a flask of hot […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/is-it-to-late-to-save-the-open-web/