Seventh of a 10-posts-series on P2P Lab’s 2013 publications: Full reference: Kostakis, V. (2013). At the turning point of the current techno-economic paradigm: Commons-based peer production, desktop manufacturing and the role of civil society in the Perezian framework. TripleC: Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, 11(1): 173 – 190 Summary Following the theory of techno-economic paradigm shifts (TEPS),… Continue reading
Date archives "November 2013"
Book: Firefox mobile OS offers alternative to Apple, Android duopoly
Peter Waterman introduces a book titled “Firefox OS for Activists” in his article Firefox OS: What it is – and what it means for you and your union Firefox OS is part of a new breed of alternative, open source mobile operating systems that aim to take on the big corporations. It’s been created by… Continue reading
The feudal mode of computing (1): the problem
I have … called this model of computing feudal. Users pledge allegiance to more powerful companies who, in turn, promise to protect them from both sysadmin duties and security threats. It’s a metaphor that’s rich in history and in fiction, and a model that’s increasingly permeating computing today. Feudal security consolidates power in the hands… Continue reading
Project of the Day: OManual
OManual “The oManual standard allows a taxonomy to be imposed upon (Open Source Hardware Documentation) materials. The advantage of an open standard is that the documentation can then be parsed and displayed in any way that is desirable. Thus, there is a separation between content and the display of that content – which makes the oManual file a robust and flexible was to store, organize, and… Continue reading
The explosion of commons mapping projects
These mapping projects bring to mind the very successful Wikisprint project that the P2P Foundation helped organize several months ago. Dozens of peer production projects throughout Spain and Latin American held events on the same day. They shared live video feeds and presentations with each other, and posted a listing of all of the projects… Continue reading
The P2P Story told in Slovenia
Press coverage of a p2p workshop by Michel Bauwens in Lake Bled, Slovenia, organized by the IEDC business school’s HR Forum, on the topic of Millenials and the sharing generation: The P2P Story told in Slovenia
Event: Collaborative Economy Convergence – Ireland
http://cultivate.ie/community-resilience/1226-a-collaborative-economy-convergence Saturday 16 November 2013 | 11:00 – 17:00 | Donation only | WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage. Cultivate and WeCreate Workspace Ireland’s first FabLab based in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, are hosting a ‘think-in’ for people and organisations working, researching or interested in a more collaborative approach to economic, social and governance issues. We will explore areas… Continue reading
Movement of the Day: the Placemaking Leadership Council
Presentation by the Project for Public Spaces: “For those of us who are passionate about the public spaces in our communities, this is an extraordinary time. The general awareness of the importance of a strong sense of place—to the economy, to our social fabric, to human health—is growing stronger every day. Placemaking is, at this… Continue reading
The Parody of the Commons
Sixth of a 10-posts-series on P2P Lab’s 2013 publications. Full reference: Kostakis, V. & Stavroulakis, S. (2013). The parody of the Commons. TripleC: Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, 11 (2): 412-424. Summary This essay builds on the idea that Commons-based peer production is a social advancement within capitalism but with various post-capitalistic aspects, in need of protection,… Continue reading
Movement of the Day: the Proces Constituent party in Catalonia
Excerpted from STEPHEN BURGEN: “Independence is not the cure because as well as the fiscal deficit there is a social deficit. If we get a majority, we will be calling for a social revolution, because that’s what we want. We don’t shy away from the word revolution,” said Sister Teresa Forcades, a Benedictine nun and… Continue reading
The Decline of Wikipedia Continues
What’s going wrong and what are they trying to do about it? See: * Article: The Decline of Wikipedia. By Tom Simonite. MIT Technology Review, October 22, 2013 Excerpt “Yet Wikipedia and its stated ambition to “compile the sum of all human knowledge” are in trouble. The volunteer workforce that built the project’s flagship, the… Continue reading
Project of the Day: Distributed Research Lab
Distributed Research Lab = international research network where educators and students can connect, share, and collaborate in advancing three specific areas of research: social and technological networks, analytics and adaptive learning, and future learning models George Siemens writes: “The technological and social networks that increasingly define information exchange and knowledge growth have transformed many… Continue reading
How the Death of Patents Unleashed Open Source Innovation for 3D Printing
Excerpted from an interview with Joshua Pearce: (conducted by Michael Molitch-Hou) “It is now well known that imposed intellectual property law hurts progress because it ensures we are retarded by 20 year patent monopolies – a time frame which is laughable when compared to our current rate of innovation. Think about how pathetic a 20-year-old… Continue reading
We need to evolve from single stakeholder to Multi-Stakeholder Co-ops
Excerpted from Pat Conaty: “Most co–operative practice is single stakeholder. Therefore the co-op sector divides between typically consumer co-ops, worker co-ops and farmer co-ops, each generally with their backs to each other and walking away from each other. This one dimensional aspect is impeding in my view an untapped revolutionary economic potential for a new… Continue reading
Book of the Day: Sustaining the Commons
* Book: Sustaining the Commons. By John M. Anderies and Marco A. Janssen. Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, 2013. URL = http://sustainingthecommons.asu.edu/ David Bollier: “For newcomers to the commons wishing to acquaint themselves with Elinor Ostrom’s work, it can be a hard slog. Her scholarly treatises, while often quite insightful, can be quite dense… Continue reading
Android ‘open source’ heritage will soon be but a memory…
The Android mobile operating system, now a major competitor to Apple’s IOS, was ‘given away’ by Google as a piece of open source software some years ago. Google, in this way, mobilized the open source developers community and Android prevailed against Apple iPhone operating system to a point where it now detains 80% of the… Continue reading