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The HyperWeb: it’s All About Connections
I recently came across this interesting graphic entitled Hierarchy of Visual Information. The author clearly states that it is a work in progress, just the genesis of an idea, a not-fully-formed...
View ArticleBP Privacy: An Update
This is an update on BP Privacy. I felt that it was important to communicate its current status. I also think that it is necessary to address a few who are claiming that BP Privacy is very late, for...
View ArticleBP Privacy: History and Lessons Learned from Developing a Major BuddyPress...
Coding great-quality, open source software, while often rewarding, can also be a thankless, difficult task. As many have been asking for an update on BP Privacy–also known as the BuddyPress Privacy...
View ArticleBP Privacy v1.0-RC1 is now available!
Please read Important Notice section below. After more than 1500 hours of work, 7300 code and comment lines, and creation of a 38-page manual, BP Privacy release candidate one is now available for...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Blogging to Evolve
The concept of blogging needs to evolve. Whereas Twitter and Facebook seem to have stolen some of the wind from blogging, I believe that netizens in general still desire to control their webspace and...
View ArticleHow Many Streams Can You Kayak At Once?
About a year ago I started to feel the peer pressure of the Stream universe. I wrote about the issue of yet-another-stream phenomenon (YASP), stating that: YASP…is that somewhat exciting but ultimately...
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Who Should Own the Internet?
This image is a tracing of all the Internet traffic circa late 2006. It is licensed under a Creative Commons License (by-nc-sa/1.0) and created by http://opte.org/The genesis for this article came from...
View ArticleSubverting the Open Web: Schema.org’s Scheme to Control Structured Data
When the initial news about Schema.org hit the Twitterverse two weeks ago, a few people asked for my opinion. Being the responsive, diligent, social-media maven that I am–who has close to zero free...
View ArticleIs Surrogate Blogging via Google Plus a Good Idea?
I recently came across this discussion on Google Plus (G+) about Kevin Rose’s decision to stop using his personal blog in preference to G+. He is now redirecting all visitors to his blog to his G+...
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Cybernetics, the Social Web, and the (Coming?) Singularity
Image Credit: Sekko Da Vinci (see link below)Over the past year or so, I have been doing a lot of thinking, reading, and ruminating about several topics: the outdated thinking of Web-2.0 startups, the...
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Building the Social Web: the Layers of the Smartup Stack
<Smartups Series Part 5 of 5> As a Social Web architect and an open source advocate I frequently write, think, and promote the notion and ideals of the Open and Social Web. My work in the areas...
View ArticlePutting the Tech Back into Social Web
This article was originally part of the fifth installment to my smartup series. As I believe the message best fits in its own article bucket, I’ve placed it here instead. I want to address an odd...
View ArticleMaking the Stream More Intelligent
We’ve all heard the term CMS — Content Management System. These systems broadly fall into the blog platform category although they can often be more than simple blogging engines. WordPress and Drupal...
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The Emerging Global Brain and the Internet’s Future
A few interesting posts and seemingly-unrelated themes have been circulating around Google Plus for the past few weeks or so. These thoughts have, I believe, been spurred on by the impending threat of...
View ArticleIntegrating MongoDB Into BitNami’s MAMPStack
This article is for all you OS X Lion-based Mac developers who use BitNami’s MAMPStack and dream of being able to add a NOSQL database engine, like MongoDB, to the stack. If you are not running Lion,...
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Fracturing The Stream
I just read an interesting article on the BBC’s website (in their Science & Environment section) and was surprised to see this little social gem at the end of the article: Do you think Quentin has...
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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest
Most of you know me as someone who thinks and writes about, and works and lives in, the Social Web and Future Space. Some of you have noticed my mysterious absence from the various social channels I...
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Software With Freedoms, Not Free Software
I’ve been an open source advocate, devotee, user, and developer for many years. I’m a member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). I frequently write about the Open Web, Social Web, and Open Source of...
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Coders Of The Future Will Not Be Engineers
When most people who read my blog see the word engineer they immediately think of those who write code for a living. In other words, computer programmers who may or may not have actual degrees in...
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Google Plus Communities: Analyzing The Impact On User Engagement
Google Plus Engagement Pre Versus Post Communities; clicky to embiggenI’ve suspected for awhile that since the launch of Google Plus Communities three months ago, I am not receiving the same level of...
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