#local (19 links)
- A field guide to sandboxes for AI luiscardoso.dev
One of the movement's most fundamental ideas was to ask what the world might look like in the future "if we get it right" – then work out backwards how to get there. Generally speaking, the Transition vision is of a move towards self-sufficiency at the local level, in food, energy and much else, but the specifics of what "getting it right" might look like were never handed down from above.
In-law saver.
- Library and Local Files - Spotify spotify.com
- The Future of Manufacturing is Local - NYTimes.com opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
"Mark Dwight, who started SFMade in 2010, explains, “For decades we have developed a culture of disposability — from consumer goods to medical instruments and machine tools. To fuel economic growth, marketers replaced longevity with planned obsolescence — and our mastery of technology has given birth to ever-accelerating unplanned obsolescence. I think there is increasing awareness that this is no longer sustainable on the scale we have developed.”
Via russelldavies.
I’m being cyberstalked by a paranoid existentialist chalkboard.
The acrimonious split follows unsatisfactory negotiations which could have given Freecycle's UK moderators the ability to localise their web pages and allow them to serve the community better [...] The UK is probably the most enthusiastic Freecycling country in the world, hosting just 10% of all the branches but handling 27% of all Freecycling activities.
- FixMyStreet fixmystreet.com
Another excellent mySociety hack.
Lets you generate an RSS or XML Feed to filter out Tweets around a certain area. Just enter a city, state, postal code, choose the range of miles you want to include
The 10th annual ‘Better connected’ review of every UK council website from the local government Society of IT Management (Socitm), published this month, has revealed an alarming picture of falling standards.
- Fimoculous.com - misc - A Data Point on Every Block - An Interview with Adrian Holovaty fimoculous.com
Getting local right.
- Neighbourhood Fix-It neighbourhoodfixit.com
"Report, view, or discuss local problems like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs, or street lighting." Nicely done.
- Wedge - Think Local. Shop Local. wedgecard.co.uk
Our aim is to re-vitalise local communities by offering an affinity scheme to customers using local shops and services.