A different view of change

"Although Mr. Keen's objections to the publishing and distribution tools the Web provides to aspiring artists and writers sound churlish and elitist he calls publish-on-demand services a just cheaper, more accessible versions of vanity presses where the untalented go to purchase the veneer of publications he is eloquent on the fallout that free, user-generated materials is having on traditional media."

Very thought provoking article. I'll most likely read his book before commenting in depth, although I think he is stuck on Web 2.0 and has not looked at the possibilities of a Web 3.0 approach, unless that is in his book somewhere.

Anyway, the genie is out of the bottle and although his observations have a lot of merit, the process which has started will not be reversed.

Perhaps he should look into how how to "professionalize" the "amateurs," since this era of organizational and, perhaps, media Darwinism will not always reward and respect tradition, but will reward instead those who adapt best to their environment.

Some good news ...

Apparently, all my writing and ideas have not been for naught.

We should have some good news about the creation of a Long Island Congress and a plan to implement some Long Island 3.0 concepts pretty soon.

Thanks to all who have agreed to participate.

New Thinking. Not New Bureaucracy.

" ... the reception of a new paradigm often necessitates a redefinition of the corresponding science. Some old problems may be relegated to another science or declared entirely "unscientific." [e.g. alchemy] Others that were previously non-existent or trivial may, with a new paradigm, become the very archetypes of significant scientific achievement. [e.g., tidology, the study of the tides] The normal-scientific tradition that emerges from a scientific revolution is not only incompatible but often actually incommensurable with that which has gone before. "

Long Island 3.0 (and/or New York 3.0) is as much about how we approach a set of issues as how we ultimately resolve these issues and the methods we use to do so.

As we have stated previously, we need to be open to all relevant new ideas, no matter what the source, and create an environment where these ideas are fully vetted and incorporated into the decision-making processes and organization designs.

Connect the dots ...

"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein

Excellent project by Congressman Israel.

Will his project work in a coordinated way with this excellent project from Senator Skelos?

And with these as well?

The Long Island 3.0 project we are proposing could be the "glue" that coordinates these and other projects.

More good ideas ...

Congressman Bishop has a good idea for issuing public alerts in the event of an unhealthy sewer treatment plant discharge.

All we need to do is add this to the selectable XML Public Alert Feed lists we talked about earlier and this project will have a simple resolution.

When we get the details regarding Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Mike Balboni's NYS alert project we will attempt to integrate our ideas with his if necessary.

Congressman Bishop's idea and Senator Skelos' Campus Alert idea really all should be interconnected with Mr. Balboni's idea (or vice versa) and other ideas that may be feasible.

As we've said previously, all alert projects (and general public information as well) must, at a minimum, be based on an open architecture with multiple API and available on multiple platforms.