08/13/2008 (Lifestyle, Web 2.0)
As I write this, I am listening to Pandora’s generic “funk” station. “What is Pandora?” you may ask. It’s pandora.com where you can create your own “radio” stations based on artist, title or you can pick from a number of generic stations like the one I’m playing now. (Funk, not only is it danceable, you [...]
04/28/2008 (Politics, Social commentary, The return of the commons, Web 2.0)
The shouting in and about the Obama and Clinton campaigns continues, but the basic context remains and the quest for the Democratic presidential nomination unfolds within it. All the tactical decisions, the evaluations of those decisions, all the campaign ads, all the surrogates’s advocacy, etc., are subordinate to the larger question of whether a [...]
04/24/2008 (Changing times, The return of the commons, Web 2.0)
Earlier in these posts I’ve noted the rise of the Creative Commons and Open Source software movements as indications of how the understanding of creativity (and ownership of creative works) is changing in a larger context that I call “the return of the commons.”
For the viewpoint of a well-known novelist, Jonathan Lethem (b. 1964) [...]
04/19/2007 (Changing times, The return of the commons, Web 2.0)
That we as a society are now aware of our interconnectedness with the environment (the “tipping point” being Al Gore’s Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth”) goes hand in hand with the rise of video. Young “boomers” raised on television began the environmental movement; “generation next” holds the promise of fulfilling it.
04/01/2007 (Changing times, The return of the commons, Web 2.0)
This is the first post in a new category, “the return of the commons.” What this phrase exactly is intended to mean, I am not yet sure. I use it to point to the global cultural transformation that started with the advent of electronic media (a tip of the cap to Marshall McLuhan) and has [...]
03/20/2007 (Politics, Web 2.0)
If you haven’t seen the video remix/mashup of Apple’s famous 1984 commercial into a prescient, even brilliant, satire of Hilary Clinton, you can watch it here. For some initial punditry from techPresident, click here. The games have begun.
03/15/2007 (Changing times, Web 2.0)
I take title of this post from the title of Tim O’Reilly’s post quoted and linked below.
Web 2.0 is about harnessing network effects to build applications and platforms that get better the more people use them. So many companies think that means figuring out how to get users to work for them, but it’s actually [...]
03/12/2007 (Web 2.0)
In exploring the wonderful world of Web 2.0 (where the new generation gap can be seen and the opportunity to reflect upon your age can hardly be ignored) I found StumbleUpon which proclaims
Channel surf the internet with StumbleUpon to find great websites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you [...]