On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Karen Lancaster
<
lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, this is pretty impressive!
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> To: Stephen Veith <
sveith@verizon.net>
>>
>>
>> Stephen-
>>
>> After a couple more unexpected pieces of work, I've finally begun
>> writing up the materials on the "pursuant system," as I'm calling it
>> for now, and will be sending you those as I finish them. The
>> introduction I've pasted below doesn't get into explaining exactly how
>> it works, but instead provides an overview, directed both at online
>> activists and non-activists, of what fundamental problems the
>> schematic will solve and what other value it should be expected to
>> offer to whom. Specifics on the design itself will require me to
>> finish up some charts along with appropriate text so will take a few
>> days still; I'll also be sending along sections dealing in greater
>> detail with the negative aspects of the existing activist environment
>> that the system is designed to minimize, and likely one or two more on
>> related topics. Expect it all within the next week or so, and do let
>> me know if you have any initial questions about any of it. Still very
>> excited about pursuing this and look forward to our next discussion.
>>
>>
>> Introduction to the Pursuant System
>>
>> Effective, information-oriented online activism of the sort sometimes
>> engaged in by participants/informal groupings of Anonymous, as well as
>> by Telecomix and an increasing variety of other entities, has from its
>> beginning been organized and carried out most consistently within the
>> medium of internet relay chat (IRC), a format, and thus centralized
>> within a series of IRC networks that necessarily take on a variety of
>> individual characters relative to the others. Other mediums - forums,
>> video conferencing sites, Skype, Twitter, collaborative pads - are
>> also used, either in conjunction with IRC or to its exclusion, but the
>> format of separate chat servers in which activists work within the
>> confines of one or more channels dedicated to varying purposes has
>> been by far more central to the work and interactions of the most
>> active participants since online activism came into its own in 2008.
>> Between its historical status as the venue of choice for the
>> technically-inclined and its relative usability in terms of
>> information sharing, collaborative work, and socializing, IRCs
>> dominance among online activists is unlikely to be seriously
>> challenged within the next five years - especially since little overt
>> attention has been given to the fact that IRC is almost certainly not
>> anything close to the optimal possible medium for the specific
>> necessities of collaboration that have of late been shown to arise
>> among online activists.
>>
>> Any reasonably close observer of the last few years of online activism
>> should be able to identify severe inefficiencies stemming from the
>> peculiarities of a medium that, while certainly advantageous in some
>> respects, was certainly not designed with online activism in mind.
>> Many observers have indeed done so, and some large portion of
>> participants will have undoubtedly noticed one or another of these
>> problems - and would understandably consider any alternative provided
>> either as a replacement or supplement. The more committed among them
>> would recognize that net-facilitated activism has proven its own
>> potential even in its infancy, and is thus too important a civic
>> remedy to be carried out without a good degree of regard for the
>> fundamentals by which it is incubated and carried out.
>>
>> The purpose of the pursuant system is to provide an alternative medium
>> that, unlike IRC or any other now in use, is designed specifically for
>> the use of online activists, as determined by the specific dynamics
>> that provide for operational effectiveness, and with a view to
>> minimizing several of the factors inherent to IRC that consistently
>> reduce such effectiveness. It is not intended to entirely replace any
>> other medium in use by activists, but instead to provide a degree of
>> organizational functionality that currently does not exist, and which
>> would prove useful and desirable to the vast majority of online
>> activists while also encouraging some number of non-activists to
>> consider getting involved for the first time. Aside from all of that,
>> one of the two instances in which the pursuant system is to be
>> released will facilitate collaboration between groups - termed
>> pursuants within the system - at a level of overall ease and
>> collective functionality beyond what now exists within net-facilitated
>> activism and a number of more traditional enterprises as well.
>>
>> The pursuant system is driven by a conceptually simple but
>> multifaceted and highly customizable schematic, itself originally
>> designed in 2010 with input from early participants of Project PM, and
>> then fundamentally expanded on in collaboration with information
>> activist David House in late 2012 in light of the developing character
>> and perceived future potential of online activism as made apparent
>> over several years and countless operations and incidents. In addition
>> to the functionality presented here, other tools and aspects are
>> likely to be added over development, and still others could be
>> implemented by individual users after release.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > No problem, I had to finish up some work this week myself. Also, the
>> >
echelon2.org wiki is currently down due to servers being rearranged,
>> > but it should be back up later today or tomorrow at the latest. Let me
>> > know when you're ready to touch base again, and no hurry, as I need to
>> > figure out a couple of things and look through your site and all that.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Stephen Veith <
sveith@verizon.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi Barrett,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks so much for taking the time to compile all this. Thanks also
>> >> for
>> >> spending an hour with me on the phone on Tuesday. It was great having
>> >> the
>> >> opportunity to get to know you better.
>> >>
>> >> My apologies that I haven't been able to dig into any of this yet.
>> >> Between
>> >> family obligations and my day job I have been submerged.
>> >>
>> >> Please trust that I will go through everything this weekend. Please
>> >> also
>> >> check out Center for IT Leadership
www.cfitl.com when you get a
>> >> chance.
>> >> It's been awhile and I am still trying to recall the login for the CMS.
>> >> I
>> >> will send you that as soon as I find it.
>> >>
>> >> I will come back to you, my friend. Many thanks again.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:
barriticus@gmail.com]
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:05 PM
>> >> To: Stephen Veith
>> >> Subject: Re: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>
>> >> Stephen-
>> >>
>> >> Again, it was wonderful to talk to you about all this yesterday.
>> >> Here's the wiki Project PM started last year:
>> >>
>> >>
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Main_Page
>> >>
>> >> See the entries on Romas/COIN
>> >> (
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Romas/COIN), Endgame Systems
>> >> (
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Endgame_Systems), and Qorvis
>> >> (
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Qorvis) in particular. As I mentioned,
>> >> we
>> >> also do a lot of direct and behind-the-scenes media work on the issue,
>> >> sometimes with the result that other journalists do digging off of a
>> >> tip and
>> >> uncover something new. I'll talk you through a bit more about that next
>> >> time
>> >> we talk on phone.
>> >>
>> >> Here are my Guardian op-eds, most of which cover the issues we touched
>> >> on
>> >> yesterday:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/barrett-brown
>> >>
>> >> Here's a piece I wrote in early January 2011 for al-Jazeera, under the
>> >> name
>> >> "Anonymous," on the topic of what would become the Arab Spring:
>> >>
>> >>
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201121321487750509.html
>> >>
>> >> Here's the bi-monthly column I wrote on the internet for Skeptical
>> >> Inquirer
>> >> throughout 2010, as I was putting together Project PM:
>> >>
http://www.csicop.org/author/barrettbrown
>> >>
>> >> I'll start completing and sending in the more specific materials you've
>> >> asked for later this week. Please send me the link to your site when
>> >> you
>> >> have a moment and I'll take a look.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Stephen-
>> >>>
>> >>> Did you try to call me yesterday from an 850 number? If so, I'm afraid
>> >>> I'm just seeing it now on my calls missed. Either way, I'll be around
>> >>> this morning if you'd like to call at any point.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>> Anytime after noon on Monday should work.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Stephen Veith <
sveith@verizon.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>>> HI Barrett,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks for your note. How do you look on Monday?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Have a great weekend.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Best,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:
barriticus@gmail.com]
>> >>>>> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:38 PM
>> >>>>> To: Stephen Veith
>> >>>>> Subject: Re: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sorry, didn't catch this in time. I'm around all day today if you'd
>> >>>>> like to call at any point.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Stephen Veith <
sveith@verizon.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Hey Barrett
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Good to hear from you. No worries as I have had an insane week.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> How do you look for tomorrow morning say around 9am your time?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Thank you.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Best
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone - Please excuse typos
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Jul 26, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Barrett Brown <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Stephen-
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Sorry, I somehow overlooked this in my inbox until just now. Let
>> >>>>>>> me know if you'd like to speak today or tomorrow at any time
>> >>>>>>> that's good for you.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Stephen Veith
>> >>>>>>> <
sveith@verizon.net>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> Hi Barrett,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> How is Monday afternoon? I am pretty open then. Thanks!
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>>>>> From: Veith, Stephen G [mailto:
sveith@namginc.com]
>> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 3:16 PM
>> >>>>>>>> To:
sveith@verizon.net
>> >>>>>>>> Subject: FW: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Stephen Veith | Senior Digital Sales Executive North American
>> >>>>>>>> Media Group, Inc
www.northamericanmediagroup.com t -
646.862.3919
>> >>>>>>>> | e -
sveith@namginc.com
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>>>>> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:
barriticus@gmail.com]
>> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 3:01 PM
>> >>>>>>>> To: Veith, Stephen G
>> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Next week would be fine; let me know when you have a day/time in
>> >>>>>>>> mind, I should be pretty flexible.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Veith, Stephen G
>> >>>>>>>> <
sveith@namginc.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> Hey Barrett,
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Sorry to have missed you. Maybe as you suggested, a phone
>> >>>>>>>>> conference
>> >>>>>>>> might work. How do you look next week for about 30 minutes or
>> >>>>>>>> so?
>> >>>>>>>> Thank you.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Best,
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Stephen Veith | Senior Digital Sales Executive North American
>> >>>>>>>>> Media Group, Inc
www.northamericanmediagroup.com t -
>> >>>>>>>>>
646.862.3919 | e -
sveith@namginc.com
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>>>>>> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:
barriticus@gmail.com]
>> >>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:39 PM
>> >>>>>>>>> To: Veith, Stephen G
>> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Stephen-
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Let me know if you still want to meet in next few hours before
>> >>>>>>>>> you're heading out; I'll be on my cell.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>>> <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> Stephen-
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> That actually works fine, as I get back Tuesday evening and
>> >>>>>>>>>> Wednesday
>> >>>>>>>> afternoon is clear. Would you like to meet at breadwinners on
>> >>>>>>>> McKinney ave, in uptown? It's a breakfast/lunch/coffee place with
>> >>>>>>>> a nice patio and next to apartment, so I could head over there at
>> >>>>>>>> a moment's notice depending on your schedule that day.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:37 AM, "Veith, Stephen G"
>> >>>>>>>>>> <
sveith@namginc.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Barrett,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> I am on the plane now headed to TX. I will be in Dallas on
>> >>>>>>>>>>> weds
>> >>>>>>>> afternoon if you will be there then. My flight leaves Dfw at
>> >>>>>>>> 5:30.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> We can always chat by phone if logistics don't align. Looking
>> >>>>>>>>>>> forward to
>> >>>>>>>> catching up. Thanks.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone - Please excuse typos
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Barrett Brown"
>> >>>>>>>>>>> <
barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Stephen:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I did live in Austin on and off for a number of years, which
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> is why I have the 512 cell number, but I actually live in
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Dallas now, and will still be in NYC until Tuesday evening.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> If you're still in the city and would like to meet here
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> before you head to
>> >>>>> Texas, let me know.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise, would be happy to meet in Dallas at any time or
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> talk by phone.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Veith, Stephen G
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <
sveith@namginc.com>
>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Barrett,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your note. Nice meeting you briefly on
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thursday.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> It appears you are in Austin. I will be there Monday and
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tuesday if
>> >>>>>>>> you are in town and would like to grab coffee or a beer.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to learn more about Anonymous. As a former launch
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> publisher
>> >>>>>>>> of numerous tech information sources over the past 20 years, I am
>> >>>>>>>> intrigued about the upside possibilities with respect to
>> >>>>>>>> heightening awareness of the myriad of serious issues in the
>> >>>>>>>> Cyber world that we all
>> >>>>> face.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Steve
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ________________________________________
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Barrett Brown [
barriticus@gmail.com]
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 5:39 PM
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> To: Veith, Stephen G
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Barrett here, getting in touch
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Stephen-
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> It's Barrett Brown from last night. E-mail me back at this
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> address or give me a call on my cell number below any time
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> you'd like. Look forward to hearing from you.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>
512-560-2302
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>
512-560-2302
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Barrett Brown
>> >>
512-560-2302
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Barrett Brown
>> >
512-560-2302
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Barrett Brown
>> 512-560-2302
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Barrett Brown
>> 512-560-2302
>
>
--
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302