Re: [liberationtech] Thank You

2017-02-24 Thread Arzak Khan
Dear Yosem, You have done an awesome job and I am sure it will not end here. Thank you for your incredible superman alike support. With Gratitude, Arzak Get Outlook for Android From: Wendy Dent Sent: Friday, 24 February, 12:49 Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Thank You To

Re: [liberationtech] [liberationtech-events] List Termination Notice

2017-02-24 Thread Collin Anderson
Hello Yosem, That makes sense. Liberationtech's program had a solid run, and the list was foundational to a lot of the communities and conversations that thrive today. As these discussions evolved so too have the needs of the field. Thanks for administering it over these years. Cordially, Collin

Re: [liberationtech] List Termination Notice

2017-02-24 Thread S.Aliakbar Mousavi
Thanks Yosem for your administration. I agree. Best, Ali On 24 February 2017 at 00:22, Yosem Companys wrote: > Dear All, > > It has recently come to my attention that the Stanford Liberationtech > Program is now defunct and that Stanford University has decided to > terminate all mailing lists re

Re: [liberationtech] Facebook: Building Global Community - What's your response to Mark Zuckerberg?

2017-02-24 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 02:23:18PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: > To protect your privacy and security, stay off Facebook. > > But, to build movements, create an account on Facebook (or Twitter or any > other dominant centralized social network) and try to get as many people to > join. [ rhetorica

[liberationtech] JOBS: Community Manager & Communications Specialist (NYC)

2017-02-24 Thread Mary Joyce
Hello All! Please find attached a couple of great positions at Harmony Institute, an applied research lab that leverages the power of media for social good. - *Community Manager* - 5+ years experience - Focus on online and social media engagement - *Communications Specialist*

Re: [liberationtech] List Termination Notice

2017-02-24 Thread mike cole
As a non-tech person in the field of communication I find this list a constant source of important ideas and useful modes of collective action. Anything a non-tech person who studies sociotechnical systems can do to help, please advise. mike cole On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 7:18 AM, S.Aliakbar Mousa

Re: [liberationtech] Facebook: Building Global Community - What's your response to Mark Zuckerberg?

2017-02-24 Thread Yosem Companys
This is a great email, Rich. I agree with many, if not all, of your points. Now that Liberationtech is becoming independent, should it try to remain a mailing list, or should it also pursue ambitious projects to try to solve these problems? I pose the question to Rich but also more broadly. More

Re: [liberationtech] Thank You

2017-02-24 Thread Griffin Boyce
Yosem Companys wrote: On a more serious note, I want to thank all of you for a wonderful 9 years of discussions about Liberationtech issues. Hi Yosem, Thanks for shepherding this list for 9 (!) years. I've really enjoyed the list and your moderation has been fairly hands-off, which is fairly

Re: [liberationtech] Facebook: Building Global Community - What's your response to Mark Zuckerberg?

2017-02-24 Thread j...@smartercleanup.org
No need to reinvent the wheel, Tim Berners Lee (creator of the World Wide Web) is on it! https://solid.mit.edu/ One of the core problems with the web is that there is no identity layer controlled by the user. SOLID (social linked data) aims to inverse the current feudalism model of social medi

[liberationtech] Thank You

2017-02-24 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, I want to thank all of you for the wonderful emails you have sent me and the good wishes. I also want to thank all of you who have written to me clamoring that we keep Liberationtech going independent of Stanford University. I've been swamped by emails, except this time I was both happy

[liberationtech] What is your vision for Liberationtech?

2017-02-24 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, Now that Liberationtech is independent from Stanford, we should probably also talk about what the community wants Liberationtech to become: - What is your vision for Liberationtech? Should it remain a mailing list with a Twitter account on its own domain? Should it do that plus s

Re: [liberationtech] What is your vision for Liberationtech?

2017-02-24 Thread Richard Graves
Hey Yosem, While I mostly work day-to-day in the clean energy & cleantech space, I as well have been involved in running a successful politically active list for the last 9 years and have been an advisor to some groups in the space: SumOfUs.org (tarensk's group), DemandProgress (aaronsw's group),