The ‘internal’ p2p business revolution has yet to taken place, but is gathering steam. John Mancini, on a new report by Geoffrey Moore: “We have spent the past several decades of IT investment focused on deploying ‘systems of record.’ These systems accomplished two important things,” notes Moore. “First, they centralized, standardized, and automated business transactions… Continue reading
Date archives "October 2010"
Political net agnosticism: worrying about the present and future enclosures of the internet …
What do you think of this heartfelt cry of Antonio Lopez? Are we loosing “our internet”? “In terms of the Net, my biggest concern is the use of anti-piracy/counterfeiting laws to privatize civil complaints. Rather than go through the legal system to request warrants and to file official complaints against so-called pirates, entertainment companies are… Continue reading
How do you know you’re making a difference?
David Korten gives five criteria to help you know if you are positively contributing to social change: “How do you know whether your work is contributing to a big-picture outcome? If you can answer yes to any one of the following five questions, then be assured that it is. 1. Does it help discredit a… Continue reading
Eben Moglen on the Commons as an Actor in Transforming the Global Political Economy
“The Commons has become active. It is no longer the passive traditional economy displaced by the superiority of ownership. It is now the new, the productive, and most importantly, it is the process that promisses to allow every brain on earth to learn.” A recommended 3-part lecture by Eben Moglen. Via: “An intriguing lecture on… Continue reading
New documentary, ReMade: The Rebirth of the Maker Movement
A Kickstarter appeal for crowdfunding, and the trailer: Follow a diverse group of makers and entrepreneurs as they document the achievements of current makers and the revolution they have inspired. ReMade: The Rebirth of the Maker Movement will reveal the stories of members of community-run workshops, including hackerspaces, makerspaces, and other collaborative organizations across the… Continue reading
Collective Creation (3): crowdsourced recording of Radiohead
Via: Recording a concert from as many angles as possible, and collective editing in 15 steps, in Prague: The choice above, chosen on the occasion of the Free Culture Forum currently taking place in Barcelona, are from a wonderful collection on the Creative Internet, curated by @tomux, which you’ll find here. embed code:
Big Society’s troubles in the UK
UK Conservatives claim to be for the Big Society but undercut all the public services that may sustain them, creating political trouble around the project. A report from the Guardian, excerpts: “Plans to kickstart David Cameron’s “big society” through a series of Barack Obama-style town hall meetings have been abandoned after the first event ended… Continue reading
Vandana Shiva on Monoculture as Chemical Warfare
“Vandana Shiva precisely identifies the core paradigm behind the global food system. Here she makes all kinds of linkages that will make your skin crawl”. (via) (for a shorter intro version see here at YouTube) Vandana Shiva – Lessons of Fighting Hegemonies in Food and Seed for 30 Years from TV Multiversity on Vimeo.
Collective Creation (2): Sour’s collective online choreography
Via: “Sour had their fans tightly choreograph an incredible routine using only their webcams”: Is the above done with http://inbflat.net/ ? “It turns user-generated content into a user-generated composition by embedding videos of people making music (in the key of Bb) on the same webpage and allowing you to play them. At the same time.”… Continue reading
Free Culture does not stand for Zero Income
“You really ought to familiarise yourself with the ideologies of the people you’re condemning before you tear into them. I don’t agree with everything Chris Anderson says, but he hardly tells people to give their stuff away: mostly, Chris talks about how different pricing structures, loss-leaders, and sales techniques can be used to increase the… Continue reading
Collective creation (1): A live concert by an avatar featuring songs written by users using synthesizer software
Via: Hatsune Miku live concert with avatar: The choice above, and the 2 next ones in the next two days, chosen on the occasion of the Free Culture Forum currently taking place in Barcelona, are from a wonderful collection on the Creative Internet, curated by @tomux, which you’ll find here. embed code:
Poor Richard’s Trilogy (Part 3)
Green Free-enterprise There are two broad ways for progressives to view economic issues: Through a political/legal regulatory reform lens. Through a grassroots economic development lens. The two views are entirely complementary, assuming that progressives can both walk and chew gum at the same time. But because of the increasing corruption of our broken political system, the… Continue reading
Douglas Rushkoff (2): Promoting openness without selfishness, towards a new ethics of collective sharing
This is the liability of “processing” together. We are living in an age when thinking itself is no longer a personal activity but a collective one. We are immersed in media and swimming in the ideas of other people all the time. We do not come up with our thoughts by ourselves anymore, so it’s… Continue reading
The Italian fashion interview: from interdisciplinarity to transdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity is to the division of labour what transdisciplinarity is to the distribution of labour. This interview was conducted by Bertram Niessen and Zoe Romano for the OpenWear blog, and concerns the shift to open source making and production of physical goods, which also concerns the fashion industry. The title above reflects my answer to… Continue reading
Peer-to-Peer Sharing in Product Service Systems
Podcast via http://podcast.cbc.ca/spark/plus-spark_20100901_mickikrimmel.mp3 Description ” “Why buy a drill if what you really want is a hole?” Alex told Nora about product service systems, which turn products (like drills) into services (like a drill rental service). There are many examples of product service systems all around us. Car sharing services and public libraries are good… Continue reading
Poor Richard’s Trilogy (Part 2)
Disenclosure of the commons Much has been written about the “enclosure of the commons.” “Enclosure (inclosure) is the process which was used to end some traditional rights, such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on land which is owned by another person, or a group of people. In England and Wales the term is… Continue reading