Peter Drucker on The Purpose and Objectives of a Business, from The Essential Drucker. (more)

Bob Marshall: Business Doctrine. What is Business? (more)

Spritely is a project to level up the federated social web (Federated SocialNetwork. It builds on our experience from co-authoring ActivityPub, the largest decentralized social network on the web to date, while applying lesser known but powerful ideas from the object capability security (Capability Based Security) community. Spritely consists of a number of modular components bringing new and rich features, from distributed programming, to decentralized storage, to virtual worlds. https://spritely.institute/ (more)

operating outside traditional/big institutions - Micro-SaaS/Micro-ISV, Micropreneur, One-Man Show, Two-Pizza Company, SmallCo, Neo-Victorian, Arts And Crafts, Co-op, SmallWorld/SmallWeb, SlowWorld (?), Bespoke, Boutique, Small Batch ((2009-07-31) Linderman Boutique Biz Rename), Situated Software, Life-Style Company, NanoCorp, Auteur Theory, Grunt-Fund, Co-op, Bootstrapping (more)

Paid Site community for Micropreneurs. (Renamed to [[FounderCafe[[?) http://www.micropreneur.com/ (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Occupational Licensing Roundup #1. We’re coming out firmly against it. (more)

Python Web Framework I used for Flask for Wiki Engine (more)

The thesis is therefore: to become a great programmer, you need to ReadGreatPrograms. https://wiki.c2.com/?ReadGreatPrograms (more)

Very cool Computer Programming language: http://www.python.org/ (more)

Ron Jeffries: Extreme (Programming) Thoughts. Chet Hendrickson said something to the effect that when we were first talking and writing about Extreme Programming, we said that it was simple enough that ordinary programmers could do it. He went on to say that on the C3 team that first did XP, the team was self-selected from a group that had been immersed in the domain, and in Smalltalk, for well over a year, and that had all been programming for quite a few years before that. He wondered whether we should have said that yes, you do have to be good to do XP. (more)

Micah Sifry: Opening the DNC’s Black Box. Three weeks from now (Feb01), the Democratic National Committee will convene in National Harbor, Maryland, to elect a new party chair and other national officers. For Democrats reeling from the defeat of Kamala Harris, this will be their first opportunity to anoint a fresh face for the national party to replace Jaime Harrison, who is stepping down. (more)

Cory Doctorow: Occupy the Democratic National Committee/DNC. Back in 2017, the Democratic National Committee's lawyers submitted a legal brief that didn't just say the quiet part out loud; they bellowed it: "[The DNC can] go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the [presidential] candidate that way": (more)

Jaime R. Harrison (/ˈdʒeɪmi/ JAY-mee; born February 5, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician who is the chair of the Democratic National Committee. He was chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison ran against Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina, he was defeated by ten points. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Harrison

Thomas Edward Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the senior advisor to the president of the United States and the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs from 2023 to 2025. Perez previously served as the United States Secretary of Labor (2013–2017), the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021), and United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (2009–2013). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Perez

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affairs of the Democratic Party between National Conventions",[1] and particularly coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office, as well as works to establish a "party brand" and to formulate the party platform.[2] While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee (more)

The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.[8] The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals). Ricky Wilson died of AIDS-related illness in 1985,[9] and Strickland permanently switched from drums to lead guitar. The band has also added various members for albums and live performances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52s

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (/ˈrɒbɪnɪt ˈbaɪdən/ ⓘ ROB-in-it BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under US President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden (more)

The Society of the Spectacle (French: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord where he develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. The book is considered a seminal text for the Situationist movement. Debord published a follow-up book Comments on the Society of the Spectacle in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle

Guy-Ernest Debord (/dəˈbɔːr/; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.[1][2] He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. Debord is best known for his 1967 essay The Society of the Spectacle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Debord

The wedding is the latest in a chain of BART (Mass Transit) interventions thrown by a loosely organized group of East Bay artists and activists united under the tongue-in-cheek moniker of the Passenger Liberation Front. The happenings belong to the same art-as-activism family as ReclaimTheStreets, which stops traffic for street parties, or the Situationists, a group of 1960s artists and activists who sought to alter people's perceptions of the modern city. The NycClubKids, who held dance parties in subways and fast-food chains in the late 1980s, may also have inspired a prior Passenger Liberation Front event, an '80s dance party held in March. Reminds me of 2004-09-03-ThackaraStreetPerformance.