This article by Michael Hardt (co-author with Toni Negri of the landmark book, Empire), on the Politics of the Common(s) is a contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications. Michael Hardt: “A central task for reimagining society today is to develop an alternative management of the common wealth we share. In this essay… Continue reading
Date archives "August 2009"
Open source communities vs. corporations
Excerpts from a blog entry by Martin Michlmayr about corporate participation in open source communities: “How do corporations successfully utilize an open source community? Corporations can benefit from an open source community in many ways. For example, they can often find people who will review their code or make code contributions. If people become excited… Continue reading
Is Cloud Computing dangerous for innovation?
In the New York Times recently, Jonathan Zittrain focused on the dangers of cloud computing, some in in obvious plain view, like privacy and data control issues, others more subtle. One of the latter is that the cloud may diminish the ‘generativity‘ of the internet, i.e. its capacity for innovation. Jonathan Zittrain: “The most difficult… Continue reading
Creation of the Free Culture Forum
Important event and inititiative that will take place in Barcelona from 29th October – 1st November 2009. “There is a need, recognized for several worldwide voices, of an international space to build and coordinate a global frame and common agenda for the free culture and knowledge issues; the Free Culture Forum of Barcelona aims to… Continue reading