Suw Charman-Anderson of Open Rights Group fame, announced her pledge “to publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same.” Well, I’m not usually one to take the…
The second Open Everything Berlin Fokus kicks off 26.03.09 at 7.30 pm, newthinking store, Tucholskystr. 48. The theme? Open Design. We invite designers, retailers, thinkers, makers and users to discuss and share their point of view and experience in the field of OPEN DESIGN. We…
Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived from “greenwashing” There’s a troubling trend surfacing in the marketing world, one that’s riffing off a now-familiar strategy, “greenwashing”. We’ve all seen products coated in greensheen, the misleading marketing ploy that…
Last night we kicked off the openeverything focus series, a Berliner initiative to explore and promote “openness” in a range of fields and applications. About 30 guests joined us in christening oefb, which willl be held regularly every fourth Thursday of the month in newthinking…
The most iconic 2008 U.S. election image is under fire. Shepard Fairey’s Obama “HOPE” poster is getting heat from Associated Press, the news agency that claims Fairey’s work infringes on AP’s copyrights. For months, the internets have been a-buzz trying to identify the original photograph…