June 16, 2003
Building the People's Mesh

Great essay by Marc Canter describing the vision behind his new effort, Broadband Mechanics, and how they hope to leverage open standards, ubiquitious networking, and new kinds of tools to enable the creation of what he calls the “People’s Mesh” — a collaboratively developed information system to rival Microsoft’s Longhorn and Apple’s iLife. Lots of ideas here that are spot on for anyone interested in communities of purpose.

Posted by Jason Lefkowitz at June 16, 2003
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