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  1. A story about the normal path

    I have to be clear about where I’m coming from, as I’m standing in what might generously be called an undefined position. Not because I have no position, but because I’ve spent a very long time in the messy path of history that nobody has ever managed to define: grassroots DIY direct action. It’s a long history, a lot of people have been building things, breaking things, occupying things, squatting things, filming things, publishing things, arguing about things and occasionally […]

    hamishcampbell.com/a-personal-

  2. Don't only try to convince people about the #OMN in the abstract, show them.

    If a #fashernista sees shiny stuff growing on real soil, they'll drift toward it because it works.

    If the #geekproblem finds a simple tool, they'll tinker because they can get their hands dirty.

    The #mainstreamers will wait until it looks inevitable. Fine, don't build for them, build something useful. Build it in the open.

    That's the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, open process.

    A working #OMN node. A working #MakingHistory flow. News moving. Archives useful. Trust built through participation.

    We don't need better marketing, we need better examples.

    #OMN #openweb #4opens #FOSS #commons #KISS #nlnet