cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog

From an information source outside my normal education and technology readings, Shareable is a real gem–

Shareable is a nonprofit online magazine that tells the story of sharing. We cover the people, places, and projects that are bringing a shareable world to life. And we share tools and tips to help you make a shareable world real in your life.

In a shareable world, things like clothing swaps, childcare coops, potlucks, carsharing, community gardening, and cohousing bring us together, make life more fun, and free up time and money for the important things in life. When we share, not only is a better life possible, but so is a better world.

The remarkable successes of Zipcar, Wikipedia, Kiva, open source software, Freecycle, and Creative Commons prove this. They tell a hopeful story about human nature and our future, one we don’t hear enough in the mainstream media.

They show what’s possible when we share. They show that we don’t act merely for our own good, but go to great lengths to contribute to the common good. They show new ways to work together that will help us resolve the social and environmental crises we face, and perhaps thrive as never before. They show that a new world is emerging where everyone can share, where the more you share the more respect you get, and where life works because everyone is motivated to help each other.

We tell this story because a shareable world might be just what we need to enjoy life to the fullest and restore the planet in the process. And it’s being built by ordinary people right now. Shareable is your invitation to join the fun of building a new world.

Now for some people, this might be a cue to start eyeball rolling and whistling “Kum Ba Yah” – but its something I can latch onto as a breath of reality in a world full of daily news of human degradation.

But yesterday, apost on Shareable really lit a nice flame, if not a fire — the The Unconsumption Un-manifesto, which outlines the work of people trying to live in a modern world in a sustainable way.

cc licensed flickr photo shared by J. Star This has to be so common an experience I almost don;t have to trot out the narrative I contrived below. Can there be anything more inefficient, annoying, cumbersome, time sucking, exasperating, numb headed than… group scheduling a meeting by e-mail? No, then why the bleeping bleepity bleep […]

cc licensed flickr photo shared by mastrobiggo Technically, it was OMPL, but who cares what the ML it is– I’ve got a tip to share on how I’ve been using one single file to drive two dynamic resources. This is hardly in the realm of Tony Hirst mashup magic, but here it goes… Since we […]

I finally passed my certification, confirmed after a rigid test of endurance at the Sportsman’s Chalet in Strawberry Arizona (branch offices at Falconetti’s in East Vancouver) created under the influence at Disinformation’s Generator

I got a nice memory pingback when reading a the recent update from Evernote — later below I’ll go back to my experience trying this, but they were describing their approach about designing a new version of their app for the iPad (THIS IS NOT A POST ABOUT iPADS. THIS IS NOT A POST ABOUT […]

This past Thursday I did the dog and doggie show, a keynote for the CATS 2010 Online Conference (CATS = Community of Academic Technology Staff for the California State University system). This was a reincarnation of one I first did for Faculty Academy in 2007, and on the Australia 2007 tour. This time I took […]