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The Making of a Commons
The presentation by Thomas Lowenhaupt on February 18, 2012, discusses the significance of top-level domains (TLDs) such as .nyc in enhancing urban networks and improving quality of life in cities. It highlights the role of local online resources in fostering community connectivity and explores the potential of civic networks to address neighborhood needs. The discussion acknowledges the evolution of digital networking and the importance of collaboration among communities to leverage technology effectively.
The Making of a Commons
- 1. The Making ofa Commons Making Worlds: An OWS Forum on the Commons presentation by Thomas Lowenhaupt, Connecting.nyc Inc. February 18, 2012
- 2. Top Level Domainsor TLDs Today - .com .org .edu .uk .es Soon - .berlin .paris .nyc .cairo .mumbai .chicago .boston
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- 4. Cities were networking centers for 10,000 years before the Internet was invented.
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- 7. The Real Reality:Jackson Pollock's #7
- 8. The TLD IndustryToday GoDaddy & Verisign More names sold = more $ = Success
- 9. The TLD Industry for Cities Success = quality of life improvements
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- 11. Cities and Networks “Fromour complexity comes the strength of our city.” Jane Jacobs
- 12. Cities and Networks Internetarrived 1993 - Uninvited - -Unplanned -
- 13. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent?
- 14. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? One example
- 15. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? Neighborhoods
- 16. Local Communication-Resource Comparison Terre Haute, Ind. Jackson Heights Population 105,000 100,000 TV Stations 2 Daily Papers 1 Radio Stations 8
- 17. Local Communication-Resource Comparison Terre Haute, Ind. Jackson Heights Population 105,000 100,000 TV Stations 2 0 Daily Papers 1 0 Radio Stations 8 0
- 18. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? Internet Today
- 19. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? Jackson Heights has 12 online sites touching on local needs.
- 20. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? Jackson Heights has 12 online sites touching on local needs Park Slope has more blogs than people ;)
- 21. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? JacksonHeights.nyc ParkSlope.nyc
- 22. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent?
- 23. What's So GoodAbout Them? Aren't they Obsolescent? Corona.nyc 55,000 residents
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- 25. Request #1 Help figureout how to make Corona.nyc work for the residents of that neighborhood.
- 26. Request #2 Reach outto Occupy cities globally and join together to make this work for us all.
- 27. Civic Network Better thanneighborhood names? Beth.Jones.voter.nyc
- 28. connectingnyc.org blog.connectingnyc.org wiki.connectingnyc.org Tom Lowenhaupt toml@communisphere.com andthank you Matt Cooperrider wherever you are.
- 29. Commons To Come IoT– Creates Big Data with our info. HyperGrid – Open source connections for online worlds. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Hypergrid Big Data