Very interesting post by Lawrence Lessig, which highlight another dimension than the monopoly of corporate monetization that many of these participatory websites are based on. So we are arriving at a more fuller P2P critique of the Web 2.0 sites, which has five elements. (are we forgetting something?, please do let us know!): – where… Continue reading
Date archives "October 2006"
The breakdown of elephant culture
An excerpt reblogged from Dave Pollard, who refers to an original article in the New York Times Magazine: “I can’t pretend to summarize this remarkable analysis in a short post, so all I’m going to do is provide some key excerpts to pique your interest, and then tell you what I think its most important… Continue reading
Navigate from A to B, but via C and D
Today’s navigation systems such as TomTom are designed to move people from A to B in the shortest possible way. This is very good when you are on the road. However, tourists would like to go from A to B, and probably back to starting point A, but via C and D, and perhaps staying… Continue reading
The Top 10 Categories at the P2P Foundation wiki … and the winner is …
I compiled a list of visitor numbers from the topical and resource categories (that excludes the general introductory material in the left column, as well as country and language pages, and individual entries). The most popular tool is the Encyclopedia, however, thanks the really extraordinary efforts by Valentin Spirik, and this after only just a… Continue reading
Freedom of choice vs. freedom from choice
I’ve mentioned the Democracy Player favorably on a number of times in this blog. Yet I must admit I have 2 problems: 1) living in Thailand with substandard ADSL connections, I have yet to succeed in downloading one single video; 2) I do not find what I’m looking for. Channels are supposed to offer consumers… Continue reading
Robin Good Interviews Howard Rheingold
Web 2.0 Meets SmartMobs: Howard Rheingold Views On Web 2.0 – Exclusive Interview – Robin Good’s Latest News Howard Rheingold has given an extensive interview to social media blogger Robin Good. Howard shares his views on “Web 2.0 and How Traditional Mass Media Can Adapt To The Sweeping Changes Generated by New Social Media”. Robin… Continue reading
Kevin Carson defends the LETS menace
In a recent vigorous debate with a corporate libertarian, Kevin Carson has some eloquent paragraphs defending the importance of local exchange trading systems: “LETS systems and other alternative currencies are an instrument of individual freedom, a tool for economic independence from the unholy alliance of the centralized state and the centralized corporate economy. Things like… Continue reading
Whuffies: fictional reputation currency becomes real
Cory Doctorow announces that the reputation currency he imagined in his science-fiction book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, has been implemented: See the Whuffie’s for the Bitchun Society URL = “Joseph Petviashvili is a fan of my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom — he likes it so much that he’s… Continue reading
Book of the Week: Unbounded Freedom, by Rosemary Bechler
Counterpoint, an organization formed by the British Council and partners, has published an important new book and report, on how Creative Commons culture is a godsend for cultural development, and especially for cultural organizations. Today, we are simply introducing the blog by referring to the introduction by Counterpoint itself; the next post will be selections… Continue reading
YouTube, Video Blogs, EU regulations and “offers you can not refuse”
YouTube Could Be Hit By European TV Rules by Pete Cashmore on the Mashable! blog reported this week: YouTube and other video-sharing sites may have to be licensed like TV if a European Commission proposal isn’t stopped. Even worse: video bloggers posting clips to their personal sites may have to seek a license to operate… Continue reading
Metis: the other kind of technological knowledge
We recently discovered a site of P2P-oriented psychotherapists, with a book review on the instrumental logic and reason that defines ‘state-based thinking’, and also points to a suppressed alternative: Metis. First, a word about the book: (James Scott, Seeing Like A State, Yale UP) “The book “traces the emergence of the state’s need to first… Continue reading
Nicholas Renville on why RSS is better for a truly participative online videosphere: conclusion
Here are the concluding recommendations on what is required for an open video infrastructure. Nicholas Reville is Executive Director of the Participatory Culture Foundation, which makes the Democracy Platform. Contact: nicholas-at-pculture.org. For more, read the Democracy Blog. Nicholas Renville: “Viewers: try a video RSS application like Democracy Player or FireANT. Both have BitTorrent support, can… Continue reading
Media and meta-data turning into air
It seems like remixing is getting more granular and sophisticated. Read about TagLoops below. “TagLoops is an alpha stage Flash “movieâ€? creation tool built by Greek IT consultant Harry Vikatos. Movies are built by pointing to images, audio or RSS feeds hosted elsewhere. Those items are tagged inside TagLoop where they can be reordered and… Continue reading
Nicholas Renville on why RSS is better for a truly participative online videosphere, part two
We continue with excerpts on Nicholas Renville’s views on what is needed for an open video infrastructure. Here he argues that online feeds are better than websites. Nicholas Renville: How do you avoid a world where YouTube is the arbiter of all video content? You do it by centering the video experience around viewers rather… Continue reading
Nicholas Renville on what is needed for a truly participative online videosphere, part one
Nicholas Renville of the Participatory Culture Foundation, and one of the co-makers of the Democracy Player, has published an important contribution on the future of open video infrastructures. Because of its key importance, I’m republishing it in several installments. Nicholas Renville: QUESTION 1: Will internet video viewing be primarily web-page based or will it be… Continue reading
Living On the Edge, Comfortably
Dave Pollard is one of the must read blogs on the internet. In a recent article, on “Living on the Edge”, he offers two interesting graphs, which are worth pondering, as Tibetan mandala’s almost. I’m not sure how he arrives at this data, that there are 10% ‘edge innovators’ in society; it reminds me of… Continue reading