#open

The Open Web

Here comes a beaut! shouts my dad. I can remember spending hours in the sea of Donegal belly surfing as a kid. The sea is open. The waves keep coming. Each one different, raising with it fresh atlantic excitement.

I was tipped off with a nudge from Greg McVerry on this one. What is the open web anyway? Maybe the contrast with the closed web is helpful: platform silos, sticky enough to ensure our dependence on them, with the primary intention of creating maximum value for their shareholders. Develop the Intellectual Property and maximise the revenue streams. Oh, and if we can change the law to make our position stronger, then we should…

Bryan Mathers

Share
Published by
Bryan Mathers
Tags: @t

Recent Posts

Art vs. Idea

I met Grayson Perry at an event once. When he was asked what is art?…

5 hours ago

A Typology of Interpersonal Recognition

Back in the old days of social media, h/t was a thing. (I remember having…

3 days ago

The Meaning of Recognition

I think in the early days of thinking about open credentialing, I got fixated on…

1 week ago

How you made them feel

I was listening to a politics podcast at the beginning of last week (weren't we…

1 week ago

Microcredentials and Recognition

Hidden in conversation are a whole host of metaphors, which are pictorial clues to the…

2 weeks ago

Elements of a badging policy

What creates the spark behind an illustration? There's nothing I love better than playing idea…

2 weeks ago