Giving Things Away is Hard Work
Mandiberg argues that giving things away is hard work. We’re familiar at this point with the kinds of immaterial open-source projects that are “given away” and generally have a specific legal framework...
View ArticleMore about badges…
Just came across this article about how some organizations are using Mozilla Badges. Thought this was apropos given last week’s conversation.
View ArticleYour Intermediary Is Your Destiny
According to Lohmann, anyone involved in the use of content to create content needs to view the legal departments of online hosting platforms as bouncers rather than doormen. Bouncers provide...
View ArticlePathways
When I was listening to the recording for the class I missed the other week I heard you all say you didn’t really know much about Pathways. Well you’ve got to educate yourself about it because it’s a...
View ArticleTufte on Powerpoint
Edward Tufte’s intelligent diatribe against the liabilities of Powerpoint is a welcome counterpoint to the kneejerk use of an all too familiar presentation format. Most of all, Tufte’s essay reminds us...
View ArticleProtected: A Reason for PPT
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password:
View ArticleLessig and Lambert
Here are the links to the two videos. For some reason, I can’t get them to embed….??!?!!!? Steve Lambert on Utopia Lessig on laws strangling creativity
View Article1,000,000 Edits?!?!
Thought you’d all be interested in reading about the Wikipedia editor Justin Knapp, who edited his 1 millionth article yesterday. Wow.
View ArticleWhat is Your Reaction to Tethered Technologies?
After reading part II of Zittrain’s “The Future of the Internet and how to stop it”, I am very curious to know how others in our class have reacted to the whole idea of tethered appliances and the...
View ArticlePot Luck
Hi Folks, Just want to let ya’ll know that I have cups, paper plates, and silverware for our pot luck later today. If you are bringing cheese, you should probably also bring a knife – the plastics I...
View Article
