Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams [via that Directory of Wonderful Things] Wikinomics is Don Tapscott’s latest book — a business-book version of the story of collaborative, Internet-based creativity. Tapscott and his co-author, Anthony D Williams, delve into the world of collective action online and talk about which… Continue reading
Date archives "February 2007"
User-generated Content Comes to The Super Bowl
More developments from the fast-evolving world of user-generated content. No doubt readers of the P2P blog would be well aware of this emerging trend made famous by the likes of YouTube, Wikipedia and MySpace. Alvin Toffler has discussed this in terms of “prosumption” and Australian-based media theorist Axel Bruns has developed this idea further through… Continue reading
Micro-finance and P2P
The multi-faceted potentials of P2P continue to amaze me. You might have already heard of Muhammad Yunus, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. His micro-credit banking model has helped millions of people in their struggle against poverty. His story is inspiring: I became involved in the poverty issue not as a policymaker or a… Continue reading