Presentation for Reboot:Replace in Newcastle March 30 2009. More details here: http://ag8.wikidot.com/people-shaped-projects

1. David Bausola
People Shaped Projects

2. If sharing is the survival action for an open,
social community, then what is the role of
currency in a people-shaped internet?
When copies are super abundant, stuff which
can't be copied becomes scarce and valuable.
Kevin Kelly, Wired Magazine. Writing from The Technium.

3. Democracy does not
encourage diversity.
John Woods, Professor of Design, GoldSmiths University.
You are not an individual when online; you’re a participant.
We need to act upon our unique and compelling public
life-stream of data so that we can trade our personal opinions
with the correct attribution and license.
Products and services that give a bespoke transformation
experiences to our public data streams will integrate into our
lives without demanding attention.
We all have a story to trade.

4. Ownership of
the data is not a useful
concept.
use it, is.
How to
Bob Blakely, The Burton Group , SXSW 2009.

5. #meS$:iz*L0Re!
Online, we perform within sprawling continuous steams of data,
that are 98% true, using 2 functions: addition and filtering.
These functions are for prototyping products
and services; transformative design
has forced time to become Story Space.
“So, fiction is the factory of fantasy?”
This singularity of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) through
social and machine web services, has made the commercial value of
Media Space irrelevant whilst inviting everyone
to exchange freedoms of expression.
Communication is currency when exchanged;
else, it’s just paying what’s due.

6. Identity, Activity and Authenticity are the deliverables of the Open Stack.
OAuth, OpenID, Open Social and Creative Commons.
The Terms of Service are in the hands of the end user,
inviting you to build upon their stories of ‘Ambient Intimacy’ Leisa Reichelt
using Vendor Relationship Management. Doc Searls.
My Wreath of
Loyalty Cards.
There is more value in a libre customer than a loyal
customer because freedoms of expression are duly
rewarding but rarely rewarded.
Seek to delight the participant with narrative
rather than lock them in with conditions of credit.

7. Now’s
role.
The best catalyst for the
imagination is a story; stories are
designed to be spread by sharing.
There’s nothing more compelling
than a human truth; maximize its
relevancy by harvesting our live
resource of real-life, real-time
conversations.
Unique emergent behaviors exist
where production meets
consumption; the wisdom of the
fringes is a live context.

8. Beyond the truth is the future.
Currency in a resource based economy seeks to add common good.
Monetary economics seeks to increase scarcity and debt.
Jacque Fresco, The Venus Project.
Imagine if the IRA had used Graphic Design instead of Military Action.
Wendy Smith, Artist.

9. People Shaped Projects
Discussion and notes: -
www.Ag8.com/people-shaped-projects
David Bausola
www.Ag8.com
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