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Listened: Open Source and Power with Matt Mullenweg
This was a fascinating podcast. Matt Mullenweg had spoken of an ambition to get WordPress to 80% of the web. Heinemeier Hansson took him to task on twitter and they ended up in a podcast.
An example of civil discussion and disagreement on the internet. Moving off twitter to a better medium.
Although they did not resolve the central concern they touched on many points around control and ownership on the web.
It gave me a little insight into the scale of the web. Left me feeling pretty naive.
A few mentions of capitalism had me wondering what a socialist web would look like?
Second time walking in Glen Douglas hills this week. What a contrast with Monday. Saw a healthy looking hill fox running across. Deer loomed in the murk and stags roaring.
Frost on @banton_pr playground table
I had a good walk round the Glen Douglas loops today, perfect weather for walking. Notes, photos and map: walkmap
This was supposed to pan across, but my clockwork egg timer has weakened and stopped after a minute. This should have gone across several of the Arrochar Alps.
Geese Overhead Thursday
Heard by chance BBC Radio 4 – The Sound Odyssey, Nubya Garcia’s Ethio-Jazz Odyssey. I know nothing about jazz but heard the links with Dub Colossus, “A Town Calledd Addis” etc. Wondering if there is a good place to start listening to Ethio-Jazz?
Cisco’s Connected Conservation programme, in collaboration with Dimension Data. The team has installed a network of sensors and cameras in a South African reserve that, with the help of machine learning, monitor activity and alert keepers to intruders. The efforts have reduced poaching incidents by an astonishing 98 per cent in just three years.