Category Archives: Internet success

Bregman on Post Corona, basis 2 for Synthecracy

Posted on May 19, 2020 by broodjejaap

  Dear All, Below I have re-blogged a brilliant article by NL Historian Rutger Bregman, who has xtal-clear observations and is becoming quite famous for his fearless expression of them. He talks here about the wind that is changing direction, … Continue reading →

Posted in ICT Infrastructure, Internet success, The Internet of Connectivity, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Internets Expand in a Fractal Pattern

Posted on July 20, 2017 by broodjejaap

  Dear Digerati and politicians,   (( Updated July 26, 2017))  This Internet Fractal pattern shown above may help you get a better view on what this infrastructural life form is. It is mapped on the famous Mandelbrot Fractal: It explains … Continue reading →

Posted in #7thSense, #7thSense Pattern, Internet Exchange Map, Internet fractal, Internet Governance, Internet success, IoT, Network Dynamics, Network Infrastructure, Network Science, Optical Fiber Cables, Self Similar, Switches, The Internet Fractal, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

‘Das Digital’1.0: Appreciation of internet and its Impact

Posted on May 29, 2017 by broodjejaap

Introduction Most public & media stories for the last decade or so about ‘the internet’ ; whatever that is; are alarmist and use ‘memes’ (look it up!) to attract attention. ‘Bad for children’, ‘harmful to your brain’, ‘incites sex and … Continue reading →

Posted in bandwidth, belief system, btwiener, Communities, ecology, Exponential growth, Fiber optic cables, Fiber-to-the-Farm, ICT Infrastructure, Internet Exchange Map, Internet Freedom, Internet success, Network Architecture, Network Dynamics, Network Effect, Network Infrastructure, Network Science, New Power, Optical Fiber Cables, P2P Commons, Platform cooperativism, resilience, social innovation, Tillevision Model, TransTribalCollaboration, Uncategorized, Wealth creation | Tagged | 3 Comments

Postcapitalism and the city — P2P Foundation

Posted on October 12, 2016 by broodjejaap

Paul Mason delivered this Keynote at Barcelona Initiative for Technological SovereigntyCCCB, 7 October 2016: The idea of postcapitalism consists of two hypotheses, about the unique effects of information technology (ICT). First, that information technology is preventing the normal adaptation process, … Continue reading →

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Barabási’s new book ‘Network Science’ is out at last. Great teaching material.

Posted on August 4, 2016 by broodjejaap

Is Connectivity your thing? Then NETWORK SCIENCE is your book. Buy the book at Amazon or read it free online at:  http://barabasilab.com/networksciencebook/ You can read each chapter online there and sheets are also avialable for teaching & lectures.   Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Complexity, Internet success, Network Dynamics, Network Science, resilience, Uncategorized | Tagged | 3 Comments

Zoomable World Map of Internet Exchanges (IX’s), taken offline.

Posted on April 1, 2016 by broodjejaap

The zoomable map & text has been taken OFFLINE by me, in reaction to access today, May 17 2023, to this page by Orcs from #Mordor. jaap van till, TheConnectivist 

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What IS Internet ? Sept. 3, 2015 version

Posted on September 1, 2015 by broodjejaap

((This is not The Internet [text stolen from René Magritte’s Pipe painting] , it shows the many thousands of links between AS addresses some years ago)) = Introduction Since a few years politicians from many nation state governments have started … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Society, Future of Internet, Internet fractal, Internet Freedom, Internet Governance, Internet success, The Internet Fractal, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

On Constructive Use of ICT & Media tools for Education

Posted on July 14, 2015 by broodjejaap

On July 14, 2015 I presented a short introduction for the discussion of the TEINUM 2015 Conference in The Hague: The European International Model United Nations for young delegates from all over the world. This talk was to trigger discussion … Continue reading →

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(NP12) What Drives Broadband Access Demand ? (in the Dutch Language)

Posted on July 12, 2015 by broodjejaap

On June 11 2015 in Enschede (NL),  during the “NDIX Relations Day”, I presented a short lecture about why we will need 1 / 1 Gig bit/sec network access in offices and at home. The sheets are in the Dutch … Continue reading →

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(NP9) Engines for the New Power: The Four Network Effects. Van Till’s Law

Posted on March 25, 2015 by broodjejaap

 (Definition of V = N !  updated March 27, 2024 from the original, published in 2015)  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. “Everything wants to be connected” is the famous ‘Renan’s Law’ of my … Continue reading →

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