If you only read me on RSS, you may never have seen the smirk of a catch phrase I use on this blog. If you haven’t, it’s been “This can all be made better. Ready? Begin.” for some time. I don’t know how I came up with it, but since blogs have this weird tradition [...]
Category Archives: Raw Materials
Raw Materials
Oct 30th – 2pm
I thought I’d start a new category on my blog (not that they’re exposed in my current theme, but whatever) called “Raw Materials”.
I oftentimes have thought fragments or observations that seem to be part of bigger trends or ideas that I don’t tend to blog about because they’re not substantial or clear enough to [...]
Data capital, or: data as common tender
Oct 16th – 7pm
Wikipedia states that Legal tender … is payment that, by law, cannot be refused in settlement of a debt denominated in the same currency. Currency, in turn, is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and/or services.
I was asked a question earlier today about the relative value of open services against open data [...]