This Friday Video from an independently organized TEDx event features KeyWifi founder Adam Black connecting the idea of sharing online and the rise of collaborative consumption. In a world of Internet monopolies like Facebook and Google (Adam calls them apex predators), collaborative consumption models present an alternative based on interdependence. And the biological comparisons don't stop there: it's the fungus versus whale model. Find out what he means in the video below.
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Adam Black wrote on 02.17.12, 3:10pm:
Hey thanks Alina,
Value your support FYI we also just started a crowd funding campaign as well so were hopefull
if people like the idea they will :
A/ Sign up to get more info and try it out at KeyWifi.com
and
B/ Secondly help us get the word out and support communities that need to bridge the digital divide. www.bit.ly/build-keywifi
Lots of folks have technology in the cloud but see what were doing on the ground in Queens
http://erdalliance.org/site/index.php?page_name=Digital%20Futures%20Project
Adam Black - The KeyWifi guy.
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Evan Schoepke wrote on 02.18.12, 9:15am:
Go co-opolies go!
"I'm not asking you to march to the beat of a different drummer, I'm asking you to beat the drum to a different march"!
Evan Schoepke wrote on 02.18.12, 9:16am:
Great talk, great ideas, just wanted to add two quick things. First, the worlds largest organism is actually a fungal mat and second whales do care about plankton because they bioaccumulate iron esential for phytoplankton blooms and poop this iron put on their migration routes, letting plankton live in more areas of the ocean?
"I'm not asking you to march to the beat of a different drummer, I'm asking you to beat the drum to a different march"!
Adam Black wrote on 02.18.12, 9:51am:
Interesting as a microbiologist I'm not sure i might categorise a fungal mat as a single organism and interesting point about whales..I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ?
Hope you sign up to keywifi.com if nothing else than to correct m,e, thanks for the support :)
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Evan Schoepke wrote on 02.20.12, 2:50pm:
Adam,
I think your idea is brilliant and I would be happy to sign up.... here is the info regarding the whales, it's very fascinating and critically important.
http://punkrockpermaculture.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/the_permaculture_of...
"I'm not asking you to march to the beat of a different drummer, I'm asking you to beat the drum to a different march"!
Adam Black wrote on 03.02.12, 7:57pm:
Thanks for your support this may interest you:
https://vimeo.com/37440672
so maybe you can spread the word and help?
http://www.indiegogo.com/KeyWifi-Unlock-hotspots-open-possibilities?a=43...
Adam Black - The KeyWifi guy.
KeyWifi.com
Social Wifi is the affordable wifi - join KeyWifi today!
What a great talk! I really enjoyed it and will share with as many times as I can!
Sharing Wifi is a perfect example of Collaborative consumption!
Now the reason we started Clouditems is to give people access to the goods of their friends,neighbors,coworkers, relative and class mates. Basically whoever you know in life that lives near by.
There is a huge communication gap between the items we own. No one know what the people in their live are doing or not doing with their stuff. Why pay $40 for a book your friends owns and won't mind lending it to you? but the chance are low for that specific book to come up in conversations... that's why clouditems is handy. Everyone can list their share-able items and before you pay full price for it, you can check out Clouditems to see who has made in available.
I hope you find this service valuable