? PeopleFirst
People: The Driver
I spotted this car parked near a Farmers Market - I walked on, wondering about the owner and what their story was.
Returning a few hours later, I saw a couple of cars stopped at a junction. They weren’t moving and as I got closer saw an elderly man using his feet to propel him and his wheelchair backwards across this small, pot hole riven junction … up a small incline.
I walked over and asked him if he needed any help.
“No thanks. I’m fine.
Are you sure?
“No really. I’m ok … Thankyou.
Pushing harder with his feet for the final assault on the slope.
I waved to him ... ok then ... and kept going. He shouted out.
“Thankyou. Thankyou very much. I’m ok ... really."
I turned around to wav to see him by his car, wrestling with the door to get in, carefully watched by his lady friend, sitting patiently to one side of the road in her wheelchair.
I still don’t know the story of the car, nor it’s owner - but clearly, despite what the car might say to a passer by ... he was a proud, well mannered, graceful man. I really wish I knew his story.
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Sure - they might not be as ‘hot’ as what you want - but unlike the Open-AI experience - you do at least get one!
Updated 23-04-03 : 20:15
And that’s a wrap for now. Finally
Turns out that ’ " ’ is apparently not the same at all as ’ “ ’ !!!
This post is written - and being updated - in Drafts, courtesy of a plugin by @donnydavis
I am using it to test and edit a set of terms that are the start of my new glossary (an @AndySylvester plugin)
Test Glossary
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Language is one of the 8 pillars of People First thinking where we explore the subtle art of manipulating conversation and dialogue through the careful choice of words. It’s rampant.
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Via Doc Searls
… aims to make individuals become more aware of the risks and benefits of data trading and sales, and take steps to protect their own data … …. is the first step towards unpacking and untangling the complex world of data exchanges. … we hope to provide guidance on how industry groups and associations can develop better codes of conduct and best practices for data exchanges.
Interesting article on the cost of coordination.
That said, it’s mainly a webmention test.
This Is Not The End.
🔗 Nick Cave on Growing Older - older mind you … not ‘old’.
This IS The Beginning.
A Substack with bundles of links : 🔗 Digital Countries are the Next New Thing
Who’s already started : 🔗 The Network State Dashboard
The Book : 🔗The Networked State Book (free and downloadable)
Originally posted on John.Philpin.Com
Wherever you go in the world, New Zealand, Scotland, Austin Texas, Raleigh North Carolina, Hyderabad, Shenzhen …. pretty much anywhere, you will find there are tech centers. Tech centers that often adopt ’Silicon’ or ‘Valley’ or variations on such in their names, but there are many more. The local government will often declare they are investing and building a tech center of excellence to ‘rival’ Silicon Valley. Except they aren’t. Let me explain.
It has occurred to me that while I have been posting to this blog at the rate of knots, this blog has been not feeling the love. I have some thoughts on how to fix that. I am going to try the first idea for a while and see what happens. Stand by!
The 🔗 Beckn protocol “allows you to create open and decentralized digital ecosystems”. So far, the word ‘blockchain’ is mentioned nowhere (that I have found). I also haven’t found how it handles ‘identity’ before it facilitates a transaction, though it says it does ‘identify each other’ but I’m not sure that is the same thing?
Can anyone share their experiences. It looks really interesting from a ‘People First’ perspective.
Extracts from their world …
identify each other and perform transactions with each other without the need for a central intermediary
Beckn Protocol is an open commerce protocol with an abstract core, which is enabling market players to reimagine building seamless digital experiences and networks. This is very similar to how HTTP, while being a simple and open protocol has fueled seamless interaction between multiple systems and led to an explosive growth in internet adoption.
The beckn community is an open community. So, no registrations. No memberships. No partnerships. Just a minimal footprint of an open and equally accessible Beckn Protocol that anyone can use. Multiple businesses and organizations have started using beckn protocol to fuel their digital acceleration. The credo of being an open protocol creates a level-playing field for any market player, small or large.