Category Archives: online communities

Open Source Economics

Posted on June 7, 2007 by

Also available on RWW… Since we are talking about open source, a definition of the subject from Wikipedia is in order: “Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for … Continue reading →

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Social Genes

Posted on May 27, 2007 by

Fascinating piece in the post today, related to how scientists are finding evolutionary basis for human morality. Pic via MrFarber on Flickr Grafman and others are using brain imaging and psychological experiments to study whether the brain has a built-in … Continue reading →

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User Generated Ads

Posted on May 26, 2007 by

Interesting article in the Times today (NYT guys have really gotten their act together and are producing some good content about social media of late) about the high price of creating free ads. Pic via NYT From an advertiser’s perspective, … Continue reading →

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Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog

Posted on May 16, 2007 by

Check out this fascinating piece from NYT magazine by Clive Thompson about the new dynamics/business models in the entertainment industry…I have to warn you that it is kinda long but its really well written…Also be sure to look at this … Continue reading →

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Sunshine for the Virtual Town Hall

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

Great opinion piece by Tom Grubisich at Washinton Post. It talks about the lack of transparency with user generated content. These days we want “transparency” in all institutions, even private ones. There’s one massive exception — the Internet. It is, … Continue reading →

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Benefits of Forgetting

Posted on May 10, 2007 by

Interesting and scholarly study from Kennedy School of Government’s Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, titled “Useful Void: The Art of Forgetting in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing”. In the study, the author points to change in our default societal behavior, from forgetting unimportant … Continue reading →

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Hit job – web style

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

This is a familiar enough story (Via SF Gate)…And the people hit have few avenues for relief: The first postings appeared soon after Sue Scheff, who runs a Web-based referral service for parents with troubled teenagers, advised a woman from … Continue reading →

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Human Herd

Posted on April 15, 2007 by

Fascinating article in the NYT today (I am again quoting NYT…It seems they have really gotten their act together of late in the high-tech/network world space). The article talks about the theory of “Cumulative Advantage” or the “rich get richer” … Continue reading →

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State of Blogosphere

Posted on April 13, 2007 by

The new state of the blogosphere report (its called Live Web now – interesting repositioning by Technorati) is out now…Some of the interesting takeaways from the report are: 1. The total number of blogs is increasing (we already were counting … Continue reading →

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Web Attack – What to do?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by

Great article in BusinessWeek how Internet and Social media (despite the occasional nastiness) is making business become more accountable: Home Depot’s (HD ) CEO goes into an emergency huddle with his crisis management team after 14,000 bilious customers storm an … Continue reading →

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