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Comment on How I use Social Media by Judi Piggott

Judi Piggott — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:38:00 +0000

I don’t have a problem with exchange if we do it knowing what the real currency is. I find it odd that so many people who seem worried about “Big Brother’ knowing their business, whether government or corporations, can feign ignorance when using these ‘free’ services. There’s open source and shareware, and becoming part of an online community that supports the ‘commons’, but that ain’t Facebook!

I say more power to the entrepreneur in all of us, as we ride the wave of transition from the world of Milton Friedman’s Chicago School of Economics (please!) to something that is emerging as more complex and dynamic and interactive and, perhaps, self-organizing and inclusive of local as well as global.

I just hope that people don’t stop developing their critical thinking ‘muscles’, as they spend their energy turning a blind eye….

Comment on How I use Social Media by John McLachlan

John McLachlan — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:14:00 +0000

You nailed it on this, Judy. I’m particularly intrigued by how services like Facebook are using the info we put up and most of the time, we aren’t even thinking about it. We’re just little cogs happily giving things away.

Comment on Why by suz

suz — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:59:00 +0000

Hi Judy,
What you say resonates with me. This is a time for creativity and you are certainly contributing to that.
I suspect that your kind of digging is kind of thing we need to do more of to help us get our planet, our power and our lives back from the wrong hands.

Comment on More opinion on the Creative Class by ernesto sirolli

ernesto sirolli — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:56:37 +0000

Judy

I spent a day at CALART at the invitation of the Chancellor. Our discussion was PRECISELY about arts students learning how to start and run businesses! I sincerely hope that we will be able to have an Enterprise Facilitator roaming the corridors of that Campus. You are correct about failing to see the connection between the “creative class” hype and the institutional response to it…there is none! My response, as you well know, is to help create a social infrastructure that makes it possible for communities, colleges and industry to provide “creative people” the help they need to transform their ideas into a way of making a living. By the way we have another “creative” ion our midst…we have been working with Daniel Comp on better ways to communicate our message. Check http://www.Hipponexus.com and http://www.centraloregonmicroenterprises.com

Imagine a website like this run by the CALART students describimg their enterprises!