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"Il Manifesto "

"Il Manifesto " 02/19/2004 06:44 AM

The return of the manifesto

The return of the manifesto 08/17/2004 09:17 AM
A new site's recently launched called ChangeThis which hopes to, "challenge the way ideas are created and spread." They propose to do this by creating and disseminating manifestos on various topics of interest and importance. We're betting that a significant portion of the population wants to hear thoughtful, rational, constructive arguments about important issues. We're certain that the best of these manifestos will spread, hand to hand, person to person, until these manifestos have reached a critical mass and actually changed the tone and substance of our debate. I've been a fan of manifestos for a long time, and Kill Your Children (about the dangers of sugar) was very interesting. But I can't help but wonder why all the manifestos they offer are Adobe PDF files. They certainly look beautiful -- nice colors and font treatments -- but they're kind of a pain because you have to download them and launch another program to view them. It seems to me that if the goal is to spread the manifestos, they should be presented in the easiest-to-spread manner possible, like plain text or HTML. Great manifestos of the past (Communist, Cluetrain) were about substance. They didn't look great, but they spread like crazy. That's not to say a nice looking manifesto won't also spread, of course, but I believe they won't spread as effectively because of the additional hurdles to read and distribute them. All told, I still look forward to seeing how it progresses and what topics they chose to address. It's an optimistic endeavor, and I love optimistic endeavors! [via evhead]

Audiobl0gging manifesto

Audiobl0gging manifesto 08/31/2004 10:41 PM
Cory Doctorow: Maciej has posted an audioblogging manifesto that is really a hell of a thing. 4.1MB Link, Transcript Link (via Waxy) (Thanks, -d!)

A Consumption Manifesto.

A Consumption Manifesto. 12/02/2003 02:39 PM
A Consumption Manifesto.

Beijing Manifesto

Beijing Manifesto 08/02/2004 04:36 AM
The Chinese love the monumental ambition. They hate the monumental price tag -- and the 'foreign' design. A portfolio of the grand ideas and grim realities behind the contentious new vision for China Central Television. By Rem Koolhaas from Wired magazine.

An(ti) Audiobl0gging Manifesto

An(ti) Audiobl0gging Manifesto 09/01/2004 12:52 AM

AN AUDIOBLOGGING MANIFESTO: This is an awfully good and funny bit of writing (and oration — here's the MP3 version so you can hear the irony...). It's an argument against audioblogging, from both a practical and philosophical point-of-view.

Ask yourself — is the key to making your site more interesting really to add rich media? Or is it possible that if you took more care in your writing, said something passionate, grammatical, interesting, and pleasant to read, it would actually make more of a difference? [...]

Just because you're going to be able to do a real-time three dimensional high-definition interactive virtual reality fly-through of the inside of your cat - does that mean you should? Does that mean it belongs on your website? This is not the legacy we want to leave! So stop the ridiculous self indulgence, and shut up and write.

He makes a great point. I don't have time to sit and listen to someone talk. I like to read, not listen so much. (Also, note the not-so-subtle humor of the speaker spelling out every URL, down to the last colon, slash, dot, and capital letter. The length of Winer's Harvard URL almost makes you squirm listening to him.)

When I first logged on in 1996, one of the first great debates I was witness to on the original MSN (of which I was a beta tester, incidentally), was between people discussing what the next measure of communication greatness was going to be.

Was the fact that almost everything on the Net was written (then, anyway) detract from the great orators and give more power to the great writers? Will the tongue-tied be imbued with more power since writing is the great equalizer of the Internet? Who knows?

An absolute classic New Yorker cartoon shows a dog sitting in front of a computer talking to another dog: "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog." Well, not until you start audio and videoblogging, anyway.

Via Boing Boing.

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UserLinux manifesto

UserLinux manifesto 12/10/2003 09:04 PM
Bruce Perens updated the UserLinux manifesto; now it's even worse than it appears. "It is not an attempt to produce a 'Linux for Grandma', but is usable by the millions of people with the technical skill to run GNU/Linux systems at home, many of whom do so to facilitate their business or employment. Of course we'll take advantage of improvements in user friendliness as they are developed, however it's not our intent to lead their development." As far as I can tell, they're not planning to develop anything.

the cluetrain manifesto

the cluetrain manifesto 12/02/2003 06:30 AM
better way to build brand recognition .. Cluetrain is basically right .. Märkte Gespräche .. The Cluetrain Mainfesto .. clue-choo made manifest .. Cluetrain! .. 95 theses .. that's .. voice .. Clue .. ALL

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[VBB] Manifesto writing

[VBB] Manifesto writing 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Joi Ito and Jim Moore are leading a discussion of what could be in a "manifesto for a better global conversation." The first comment is that generally we care about our families and towns before we get to worrying about the world. Alex Steffen from WorldChanging says that our goal should be to expand our notion of family. Ethan says that we should start from the common ground: All of us are trying to reach out beyond where we are. The conversation meanders a bit into more abstract topics. (I am guilty of contributing to it.) Ethan slaps it upside...

an audiobl0gging manifesto

an audiobl0gging manifesto 09/01/2004 12:23 AM
the fact that it imposes my will on the listener is the *good* part of audioblogging

A Realist's SMIL Manifesto

A Realist's SMIL Manifesto 05/30/2002 08:10 AM

"A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools"

"A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools" 04/14/2004 10:32 PM

"The Media Revolt Manifesto"

"The Media Revolt Manifesto" 05/08/2004 09:41 PM

The Open Manifesto will never close

The Open Manifesto will never close 01/02/2005 09:23 PM
Bill Dummond has another new project. Previously he had been involved with the KLF, and now seems to run the Penkiln Burn website.
The Open Manifesto is a new offshoot - which admidst some nice design, captures peoples personal art manifestos- there are some true gems on here. There are also some 10 ten 'charts' which seem to have stopped in August 2004 - including judgement by Stewart Home - a fantastic author.

One of Bill Drummonds other projects was previously been mentioned here. More can be found through the fascinating Penkiln Burn.

A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools

A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

Eugene Kim ias at it again. About once a year (it seems like it's always in May) Eugene Kim puts out another white paper.  This year it's on "A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools".  Looks pretty good.

Reminds me of my own rants on "the New Kinds of Tools."  Hasn't anybody told Eugene that you're NOT supposed to use the evil T word.  Doesn't Eugene know that nobody will fund tools?  Ask any VC.

Besides that - I see the joyous hands of one Danny Ayers all over this white paper.  Once somebody starts talking about graphs, rdf and the semantic web - you Danny is around someplace.

And speaking of esoteric research - I'm still getting good vibes from that Microsoft Social Computing thingie from last week.  Needless to say, I'm still waiting to get invited into Wallop.  But I did get to see Robert Scoble and Lenn Pryor sneak me Channel 9.

But back to Eugene and Blue Oxen. There's nothing he's saying that I don't agree with.  I just wish he'd get more specific.  Screen shots,  Mockups, Design guidelines, Wireframes.  APIs.  Schemas.  We need more Schemas!

I wonder if Blue Oxen is still getting money from Pierre whats-his-name.  Maybe one day he'll discover what we're up to.

Somebody better.

Labour manifesto: Your views?

Labour manifesto: Your views? 04/13/2005 06:44 AM
Tony Blair has focused on economic stability and public services as he launched his party's manifesto. What do you think of it?

Manifesto for the Reputation Society

Manifesto for the Reputation Society 07/22/2004 06:18 AM
Manifesto for the Reputation Society by Hassan Masum and Yi-Cheng Zhang
http://firstmonda y.org/issues/issue9_7/masum/

Abstract
Information overload, challenges of evaluating quality, and the opportunity to benefit from experiences of others have spurred the development of reputation systems. Most Internet sites which mediate between large numbers of people use some form of reputation mechanism: Slashdot, eBay, ePinions, Amazon, and Google all make use of collaborative filtering, recommender systems, or shared judgements of quality. But we suggest the potential utility of reputation services is far greater, touching nearly every aspect of society. By leveraging our limited and local human judgement power with collective networked filtering, it is possible to promote an interconnected ecology of socially beneficial reputation systems — to restrain the baser side of human nature, while unleashing positive social changes and enabling the realization of ever higher goals.

Solve Dating Manifesto

Solve Dating Manifesto 01/10/2004 09:38 AM
Clay Shirky extracts the subtext of the idea that social networking sites can "solve dating" with a notional "Solve Dating Manifesto."

1. Modern Soulmate Theory is based on math and probability calculations.

2. It has nothing to do with reincarnation, astrology, or magic.

3. Soulmates are not destined to be with each other.

4. God may have made a soulmate or a few soulmates for you. God may help you find your soulmate or He may not. Evil forces or your own free will may influence you to choose the wrong person.

5. You may have one or millions of soulmates depending on how different you are from the population mean.

6. Statistically, there is at least one person in this world that will bring you true love, a love that will last a lifetime.

Link

BBC outlines 'radical' manifesto

BBC outlines 'radical' manifesto 06/29/2004 07:08 AM
The BBC launches its charter review paper, setting out its vision of how it should operate in the 21st Century.

Earthlink posts P2P app, manifesto

Earthlink posts P2P app, manifesto 09/16/2004 01:40 AM
Cory Doctorow: Earthlink has released a new file-sharing tool based on SIP, the protocol underlying Voice Over IP and other systems for peer-to-peer connectivity. What's coolest about this is the manifesto they posted along with it:

EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible. We believe that if peer-to-peer flourishes, the Internet flourishes. SIPshare helps spread the word that SIP is more than a powerful voice over IP enabler --- much more. SIP is a protocol that enables peer-to-peer in a standards-based way.

Link (Thanks, Clay!)

Global Voices Manifesto

Global Voices Manifesto 12/25/2004 05:35 PM
Like Joi, I also feel pretty strongly about the freedom to say what you want. So I contributed a quick-and-rough Finnish translation to the Global Voices Wiki.

(In other news: it feels pretty strange (and one would think that I'm used to darkness) that the sun does not come up at all during the day. Oh well. Luckily I have a beautiful, caring, wonderful and diarrhet ic lady here to keep me company. And a bunch of kids. :)

Global Voices manifesto draft

Global Voices manifesto draft 12/19/2004 03:06 PM

There is now a draft of the Global Voices manifesto on Hoder's wiki. It will eventually be moved, but we're working on it there for now. Here is the current draft.

We believe in free speech, both in protecting the right to speak and extending access to the tools of speech. We define speech broadly to include many media that facilitate expression.

The broadest right of free speech has always extended primarily to those who owned technology for publishing and distribution, beginning with the printing press. It is now possible for anyone to publish and have access to a distribution channel via the Internet. It is our goal that everyone who wants to speak can be heard.

We believe in the power of direct connection and the freedom to connect. The bond between individuals from different worlds is personal, political and powerful.

We seek to create bridges that cross the gulfs that have traditionally divided us. When we cross these gulfs, we understand each other more fully, work together more effectively, and act more powerfully. With these bridges, we can do together what we could only dream of doing alone.

Direct connection is its own reward. However, in a world full of challenges, it is also the best path to building a future that is freer, fairer, more sustainable and more prosperous.

While we’re all committed to our own work as individuals, we also recognize our common interest and goals. We each speak for ourselves, but we’re all in this together. We pledge to respect, listen to, assist, and learn from one other. We are Global Voices.

What do you think? You can also comment on Ethan's post on the Global Voices blog about this draft.

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Scottish Greens' manifesto launch

Scottish Greens' manifesto launch 04/18/2005 06:17 PM
The Scottish Greens are to unveil their election manifesto and pledge to combat climate change.

Lib Dems unveil draft manifesto

Lib Dems unveil draft manifesto 09/14/2004 12:11 AM
The Liberal Democrats bring out a "prototype" manifesto as they intensify preparations for the next election.

Greens to reveal manifesto plans

Greens to reveal manifesto plans 04/11/2005 11:05 PM
The Greens will vow to work for a fairer society with "the planet at its heart", at the launch of their election manifesto.

The Amateur Gourmet: The Carbohydrate
Manifesto

The Amateur Gourmet: The Carbohydrate
Manifesto 05/19/2004 11:54 PM
tomorrow is carb awareness day .. Save the Carbs

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Lib Dems debate manifesto plans

Lib Dems debate manifesto plans 09/20/2004 10:43 PM
Lib Dem conference delegates in Bournemouth debate the party's policies for the next General Election.

Tories launch election manifesto

Tories launch election manifesto 04/10/2005 08:55 PM
The Conservatives are to launch their election manifesto, as Parliament is formally dissolved.

Mbeki presents election manifesto

Mbeki presents election manifesto 01/10/2004 04:30 PM
South Africa's president launches the ruling ANC's blueprint for public investment ahead of elections this year.

Kennedy back to unveil manifesto

Kennedy back to unveil manifesto 04/13/2005 10:59 PM
Charles Kennedy returns to campaigning after becoming a father to launch the Lib Dem manifesto.

Yaaar!: The Music Pirates' Manifesto

Yaaar!: The Music Pirates' Manifesto 02/10/2004 02:41 AM

Once upon a time, Apple's slogan "Rip. Mix. Burn." meant "make as many copies as you want of your legally purchased music." Now it means "make the limited number of copies we deem appropriate." All that's being ripped, mixed, and burned are fair-use laws

Annalee Newitz writes about the current state of P2P and DRM (digital rights management) in the latest issue of the SF Bay Guardian. She finds the landscape in downloadable music has changed significantly and lays down what it means for customers and the recording industry alike.

Ulster Unionists delay manifesto

Ulster Unionists delay manifesto 04/17/2005 06:27 PM
The Ulster Unionist Party delays its election manifesto launch after police raid the home of an Assembly member.

Editorial Photographers Digital
Manifesto

Editorial Photographers Digital
Manifesto 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
BoingBoing pal Clayton James Cubitt, who is a professional photographer, says:

Here is a guide to current pricing practices for photographers bidding on jobs involving digital workflows. The "Preamble" is a little dramatic, but the info in the piece is very very helpful in describing what many of us already know. Namely, that digital capture saves our clients tons of time and expense, and increases our necessary capital investments and our commitments in time dealing with converting, storing, and uploading the content we create. We need to charge appropriately for it, especially as antiquated "day rates" have stagnated relative to the rate of inflation.

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A Realist's SMIL Manifesto, Part II

A Realist's SMIL Manifesto, Part II 07/18/2002 11:26 AM
In the second part of his overview of SMIL 2.0, Fabio Arciniegas shows how SMIL can be used to implement common narrative strategies: condensation, synecdoche and spatial montage.

The Corporate Webl0g Manifesto by Robert
Scoble

The Corporate Webl0g Manifesto by Robert
Scoble 08/27/2004 01:52 PM

This document produced by Robert Scoble is a great read for any aspiring weblogger not to mention those that own companies that are running or thinking about running a corporate weblog. Great read and has been added to me permanent reading list. [The Corporate Weblog Manifesto]

Give nation back - UKIP manifesto

Give nation back - UKIP manifesto 04/14/2005 10:16 PM
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is launching its election manifesto with the slogan "We want our country back".

Howard Rheingold's "Mobile and Open"
manifesto

Howard Rheingold's "Mobile and Open"
manifesto 01/05/2005 12:58 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Howard Rheingold wrote a great manifesto for TheFeature outlining what he thinks it is going to take to create a healthy and diverse mobile mediasphere. He invites your comments at the site.

The devices that most people on earth will carry or wear in coming decades could become platforms for technical and entrepreneurial innovation, foundations for industries that don't exist yet, enablers of social and political change. However, it is far from certain that mobile media will go the route of the PC, where teenage dropouts like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and millions of others actively shaped the technology, or the Internet, where search engines were invented in dorm rooms and innovators like Tim Berners-Lee gave away the World Wide Web for free without asking permission or changing any wiring.

Powerful interests recognize the dangers such a world poses for business models that depend on controlling and metering access to content, conduit, or services for a mass market, and they are acting to protect their interests. That's what digital rights management, extension of copyright laws into what formerly had been the public domain, the broadcast flag, spectrum regulation policies that favor archaic technologies and incumbent licensees, trusted computing systems that bake all these rules into monopoly silicon are about.

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Manifesto Blog'n'Roll "Chopp e dana em
sampa"

Manifesto Blog'n'Roll "Chopp e dana em
sampa" 11/02/2003 05:22 AM

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"Comment Spam Manifesto :: Kalsey
Consulting Group"

"Comment Spam Manifesto :: Kalsey
Consulting Group" 11/10/2003 11:14 PM

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