Amanda Mooney posted a note about being told she needed corporate permission to take a picture in a store. Mooney’s interest was in telling others how much she likes the products and the brand — exactly the sort of word of mouth advertising most brands are anxious for, but imagine some more pedestrian uses: what [...]
Posted August 18, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: corporate, photography, police state, retail, rules, security, social communication, terrorism. One Comment.
I Am Not A Terrorist.
I AM NOT A TERRORIST.
I am not a terrorist.
Democracy Now!
Burning Patriotism!
Posted October 1, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: air travel, Arabic, civil liberties, freedom, I am not a terrorist, security, t shirt, terrorism, transportation security administration, tsa, We will not be silent. Be the first one.
You might argue with Kevin Lim’s suggestion that terrorism depends on our emotional and psychological insecurity, but can you really argue with the notion that more happy people is a bad thing? I can’t.
And I can’t criticize him for finding deep meaning in catchy pop songs and funny movies. He and Brandtson might be [...]
Posted August 13, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: brandtson, dance, emotion, happiness, happy, insecurity, kevin lim, nobody dances anymore, psychology, terror, terrorism. One Comment.
Some time ago I pointed to John Robb’s discussion of the potential for the network to amplify the threat of violence from otherwise un-connected and un-organized individuals. Now Noah Shachtman at DefenseTech is writing about “open source insurgents.â€
It used to be that a small group of ideological-driven guerilla leaders would spread information, tactics, training, and [...]
Posted August 17, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: defensetech, guerillas, ideological, insurgents, iraq, john robb, metcalfe's law, network effects, noah shachtman, open source, open source insurgency, open source violence, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists, world connections, world wide web. One Comment.
