This is great! Kaliya Hamlin and Chris Lindstrom are putting together a conference you do not want to miss. Two different communities of practice will finally converge: the complementary currency folks and the web identity folks! If you’re one of the few regular readers of this blog, you know both Kaliya and Chris. Here’s the … Continue reading
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Dark Side of the Rainbow
Last night, I joined a couple of friends at the Alamo Drafthouse downtown for a midnight showing of the Dark Side of the Rainbow. Since I’ve been reading a book that starts each chapter with a quote from the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and references David Parker’s The Rise and Fall of the Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading
Contingencies
Last week, Rich and I gave a talk at OWASP Austin, the open web application security group. Social network security was the title. The main idea is how the health of social networks and communities can be compromised by attacking the identities – replacing identities known to the community with ones that are less functional. … Continue reading
Ellen Hodgson Brown
Update 12/2: Here is the website (with blog) for the book. A week ago, I ordered Ellen Hodgson Brown’s new book Web of Debt. Since I’m still waiting for it (alas, the order is bundled with Toni Price’s yet-to-be released cd), a podcast announced on the IJCCR mailing list is a welcome gift in the … Continue reading
The Money Fix
Update 9/20: Extra interviews are generously being made available by themoneyfix.org through this RSS feed. As they become available, I’ll add direct links to the videos from the feed here for those who don’t use a newsreader: 1. Hazel Henderson m4v, youtube2. Bernard Lietaer m4v Continue reading
BarCamp Houston Slides
Great Q/A and discussion at BarCamp Houston as the presentation was in the smaller of the two rooms. After the session, I had a conversation with someone who had a degree in economics and he asked if any economists had written anything about complementary currency. I mentioned to him that the London School of Economics … Continue reading
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Solidarity Economy at USSF
Unfortunately, I haven’t blogged much on my experience at the US Social Forum. in short, it was great and I recommend attending any one you can get to. Hopefully Iĺl follow up on that statement. I have multiple social interests, so my time was divided. I also attended as part of a family vacation, so … Continue reading
Ithaca Hours on NPR
This morning, a few friends brought to my attention the NPR story on Ithaca Hours. There seems to be an upswing in media coverage. Amy also notes the NPR story and that she paid for her yoga class in time dollars. I wonder if I’ll ever be able to use the Austin Time exchange for … Continue reading
Almost a million Berkshares in circulation
There are about 844,000 BerkShares in circulation, worth $759,600 at the fixed exchange rate of 1 BerkShare to 90 U.S. cents, according to program organizers. The paper scrip is available in denominations of one, five, 10, 20 and 50. In their 10 months of circulation, they’ve become a regular feature of the local economy. Businesses … Continue reading
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Barcelona Time Banks on "The World"
PRI’s “The World” ran a great story on a Time Bank experience in Barcelona. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports that a barter system is catching on in Barcelona, Spain. People register with what’s called a time bank to trade services. They might teach a language or do home repairs. The hours they work become time … Continue reading
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