“We’re throwing out the well-worn assumptions about how applications are supposed to work, and are instead paying attention to the clever ways in which people have adapted software to fit their needs. These workarounds usually contain the seeds of a better solution.”
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Excerpt from the values of n mission statement.
Great approach to design. I’m really sorry for these guys shutting down I want Sandy and Stikkit. Seth Godin says it best: Stand up! We get what we promote.
(via fred-wilson)
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“Let’s be clear on the cause of these problems. It’s not really about wealthy people or executives. Our problems are not caused by evil masterminds who want to hurt us. Big companies are full of good people. People like us. Businesspeople just work hard to achieve whatever goals are defined by the system. Many CEOs may want to do good, but they can only do what the system allows. Blaming people distracts us from the big picture. Focus on the system. I believe our economic system is afflicted by a design flaw, and I believe we can fix it. … Collectively, we have a ridiculously large amount of money. If we organize our spending as a group, then our money becomes the biggest and most powerful carrot you could ever imagine, big enough to move even the most stubborn donkey.”
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An Open Letter to Occupy by
@carrotmob (via
@timoreilly)
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Colin Tudge’s Do-Lecture How we can get good food for everyone. “We need to learn from nature not ignore it. It has all the answers. We think the answer to our food problems is to have bigger farms. But the opposite is true.”
Colin provides us with some great design principles for ecosystems provied by mother nature:
- Be diverse
- Run on low input
- Integrate with others
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“The Che Guevara of the 21st century is the network. … The 21st century is a lousy time to be a control freak.”
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Alex J. Ross (Senior Adviser at the US Department of State)
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“Our vision is to create a commercially sustainable, social enterprise that achieves its growth and profitability targets whilst operating within values based on community development and cohesion. Our intent is to offer an alternative food buying network, by connecting an urban community with the local farming community.”
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thepeoplessupermarket.org - No that’s what I call a mision statement for a supermarket.
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