#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

Anticipation of the Unknown

This story originates from a conversation with my wife about swimming at our local lido.…

1 day ago

Origin Story

Had you asked me as a kid, I’d have struggled to articulate the world I…

2 days ago

Greetings from your trauma

It’s fair to say that it’s only recently that I’ve only begun to understand the…

5 months ago

Wikipedia is 25!

Happy Birthday Wikipedia - I've always been a fan! Knowledge curated by humans that I've…

5 months ago

4 Stages of Sunrise

This visual story is taken from The Visual Thinker - Let there be light and…

5 months ago

Potatoes Grown in Ireland

This tasty little visual story is about the types of potato grown in Ireland in…

7 months ago