BP MC252 Gulf of Mexico

I believe at least one of these three activities deserve your focused attention, even if only a moment:

In the Gulf: @geoffliving – Gulf Fact Finding Mission to Help Fisherman

In DC: @TEDxOilSpill – Thought Leader Summit at TEDxOilSpill, Wash DC, June 28, 2010.

In your home: @PlugthatWell – Invite your friends to play www.plugthatwell.com, then start a conversation.

Take a moment, check it out. Honor your reaction. If you are moved to share with a friend, please do so. Doing so is service to humanity.

Thanks,

-critt

Sparks and motifs from the
2010 H+ Summit @ Harvard.

With beginner’s mind, I’ve started exploring Humanity+ with new ears, new eyes, a new query of life.

Citizen scientists, reputation.
Moving beyond sociobiological speculation to DIY research.
An exponential rise
in consciousness.
Patterns of inquiry,
A calculus of opposites.

Empiricism vs. true scientific understanding.
The utility of sonification?
Let the data play.

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Special thanks to Russell Whitaker :)

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“We all know that the choices we make as consumers have implications for companies, their stakeholders and the planet. And most of us want to make the right choices – all things considered – if only we knew what they were and it didn’t cost us time or money to find out.”

It’s your culture. How will you brand it?

Start by clicking on a brand’s name at Brandkarma’s pick brand page.

Where shall we weather the storm?

In a world raining data, I have questions…

BarCamp Boston 5 begins tomorrow. Maybe these folks can help me:

City as a Platform …. Alyssa Meritt

Feedback and Future of Alternative/Common Mobile Application Development Frameworks …. Jeffrey Tagen

Humans and Regular Expressions Working Together to Tag Data …. Drew Volpe

The Rise of Location-Based Apps …. David Bisceglia

Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real-World Impact …. John Paul Lewicke

Who’s the Major? A Discussion on the New Check-in GeoLocation Craze started by Foursquare …. Joselin Mane

Integrating Communication and Presence/Status on Android …. Zigurd Mednieks

Ambient Connectivity …. Bob Frankston

Health Everyware – Making Mobile Beautiful …. Juhan Sonin

Using Open Government Data to Make Awesome Happen …. Laurel Ruma

Data in Cultural/Learning Accessibility Using Locative Mobile Devices …. Claudia Baez

Ask me about OGI. I’ll be there both days. Hope to see you :)

Well, okay, not really my idea, but she certainly sings my song:

I’m broke, but I’m happy…
I’m poor, but I’m kind…
I’m short, but I’m healthy… (Yeah!)

I’m high, but I’m grounded.
I’m sane, but I’m overwhelmed…
I’m lost, but I’m hopeful (Baby!)…
What it all comes down to is that everything’s fine, fine, fine.
I’ve got one hand in my pocket, and the other one’s giving a high five.

What it all boils down to, my friends, yeah, is that everything’s quite alright.

’cause I’ve got one in hand in my pocket, and the other one’s giving a peace sign.
And I’ve got one hand in my pocket, and the other one’s giving a high five.

One Hand in My Pocket, One Hand Up for Bowersox!

Access rights, through Sycamore Park, outside Bristol, Vermont.

Good morning. I am Critt Jarvis, and this is Conversation Base.

I want to suggest four conversations this week, each sparked by recent conversations I’ve had with trusted friends.

War in the context of everything else

On Facebook last week, longtime friends Julia Wasson (a.k.a. @OrganicPlanet)and Cassandra Woel, unknown to one another, each shared an anti-war clip entitled, “Amazing Speech by War Veteran.” I’ll hold my reactive thoughts to this piece, but let them develop in their own time.

Going forward, for ground, we’ll use Tom Barnett’s memetic premise, “Disconnectedness defines danger,” to begin drawing a “new map for peace.” That’s what we ought to be working toward, I think.

As soon as I’ve published the post, I’ll come back here to provide a link.

Envisioning information, thoughts illustrated

Friend Dave Davison has a passion for the language of illustration, its utility. One such post last week, “What makes good information design?” evoked a WTF! response from mutual friend, Mark Safranski (a.k.a @zenpundit). So begins the conversation of learning to envision and express information. More to come, Wednesday.

Honduras, connecting in conversation

I have an affinity for Honduras, which began a few years ago, evoked by the stories I heard at the annual Conference on Honduras, in Copan Ruinas. Plenty good things are happening in Honduras, and I want you to know about them.

But first, take a reading from Honduras Weekly, Making a Case for the Return of NGOs to Honduras, to gain a fresh perspective.

Thursday, I’ll write about my affiliations and interests. Again, I’ll link from here, as well.

Bounce: Conversation Base is back

I once owned the domain name conversationbase.com, but managed to let go of it in spectacular failure. However, now, bouncing back, I’ve decided it’s the right thing to do–build my online brand as Conversation Base.

Of course, I Googled “conversation base” to see what I’d find. Much to my chagrin, the name is again available… for $2495. It’s not within my means to acquire it from its current, clever owner. But Hey! We can check in from time to time, see if the name really has EXTREME BRANDABILITY. Hooah!

On Friday comes Conversation Base. Nouns and verbs and illustrations, combined to tell a story. Ought to be fun, you know?

As always, feed back is encouraged and welcomed. Simply leave a comment, or send me an email.

Thanks :)

… asking questions, within a framework.

Critt’s Cube is a map for Explorers

I’ve used it on expeditions such as …Discover The Rules, and now I want to journey the world.

It’ll be helpful to recruit some curious folk to begin. Old friend Larry Dunbar’s usually up for this sort of gig, so let’s see if we can snag his attention, with Twitter.

Figuring out a few basic things I can do to consistently produce good video.

<--- The Man Behind The Curtain

Heh.

Comments,as always, can be sent to me via email or simply leave a comment below.

<--- Critt Jarvis (is listening) :)

But, what exactly is he pointing to?

Monday’s coming…