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December 2009 Blog Posts (13)
Laws of Asymetric Competition : Michel Buawens - TEDx Brussels
This presentation starts by presenting a history of human cooperation, based on the recent discovery of the power of intrinsic motivation as hyper-productive. Compared to peer production, only one in five workers in traditional cooperations share such motivation. It's followed by a analysis of business models, and the trend towards 'open business models' that forego intellectual property. A new model based on the centrality of collaborative platforms, shared designs,… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on December 22, 2009 at 9:42am — No Comments
How Corruption Erodes Public Trust - Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig argues that regardless of how money actually affects policy, the mere perception of impropriety is damaging to our political system. "More people supported the British Crown at the time of the Revolution than support our Congress today," he jokes.
Larry Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption.
He explores the prevalence of this form of corruption in fields ranging from politics… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on December 20, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments
Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on December 19, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments
The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube and the Politics of Authenticity: Michael Wesch
Presented at the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum at Jazz at Lincoln Center. About 10 minutes of it is a minor update (rehash) of An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube, but the rest is new.
Dubbed "the explainer" by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the effects of new media on society and culture. After two years studying the implications of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on December 14, 2009 at 3:32pm — No Comments
Augmented Social Cognition: Ed Chi
A lecture by Ed Chi for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. Augmented Social Cognition is trying to understand the enhancement of a group of people's ability to remember, think, and reason. This has been taking in the form of many Web 2.0 systems like social networking sites, social tagging systems, blogs, and Wikis.
CS 547 | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar:…
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Added by Reid Cornwell on December 14, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments
Broadband Access is a Civil Rights Issue
Added by john t barber on December 11, 2009 at 6:58pm — 4 Comments
The Libertarian Culture of the Internet: Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is an author, commentator and speaker. Previously a pioneering internet entrepreneur, he is reknowned for his challenging critiques of Web 2.0, social media and modern internet culture.The Digital Revolution programme one team met and interviewed Andrew to discuss the Internet's libertarian beginnings and its expanding role in world cultures and… Continue
Added by Reid Cornwell on December 9, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments
Life happens online too...
In a room of 50 people last week, the question was posed: who in the room uses Twitter? I put up my hand (I had been tweeting all morning), but no one else did. This was a room of cross-generational people, not just baby boomers like… Continue
Added by Maree Conway on December 8, 2009 at 3:10am — 1 Comment
Network Literacy: A 21st Century Core Enabling Skill - Howard Rheingold
As Manuel Castells points out, we're living in the age of networks. The properties of networks, social networks, and their intersection in online social networks and online social network services are now essential literacies.… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on December 4, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
No More Talk and Chalk, Technology and the Digital Divide Educating the Digital Natives -A New Book Offering
digital natives and digital immigants. I add the digitally deficient to that group and the digital pioneers.
Later in a different blog I will discuss the digital, content, infrastructure and cultural divides.
We often forget that htere are many who haven't got a clue as to the world of the Internet. Many adolescents with access
are fluent… Continue
Added by Bonnie Bracey Sutton on December 3, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments
The Future of the Internet and how to stop it - Jonathan Zittrain
Charlie Rose interviews, our own, Jonathan Zittrain about his new book.
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
Jonathan Zittrain is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on December 2, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments
Taking Your Questions on "Educate to Innovate"
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Dr. John P. Holdren answer questions about the "Educate to Innovate" initiative.
Remarks By President Obama: The Next Generation of… Continue
Added by Managing Editor on December 2, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments
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