collaboration
Documents Are Conversations: The Future of Work (is now)
A little while back, while I was visiting San Francisco, my buddy Max Senges (the proto knowledge entrepreneur) and I had a chat or two about the future of work, which both of us see in collaboration, sharing and networking/the cloud. Of course, just like for many of you, this has basically already become part […]
Ameritocracy: Beta invites for you
A few days ago I wrote a brief post about Ameritocracy, a collaborative fact-checking platform with a focus on U.S. politics.
The Ameritrocracy team got back to me and was so nice to provide my readers with a bunch of invites to the close beta so you can check it out yourself.
With the invite […]
Widgets Are Your Friend
Tony Hirst, author of this neat RSS manifesto and edupunk extraordinaire, produced this little gem of a pro-remix, pro-sharing, pro-widget rant:
[embed] changes everything
we don’t care
where it came from
if it’s good enough
for government business
salvation
but can you be RSS’d
let someone else make it PORTABLE
WIDGETS are your friend
(via Brian Lamb)
Little Brother: Protect Your Privacy To Protect Your Freedom
Privacy isn’t usually the most sexy topic. At least it isn’t usually treated that way, which is a shame. All the better: Cory Doctorow’s latest novel Little Brother (download for free, buy on Amazon) more than makes up: Little Brother is a passionate & compelling rant against government surveillance, and a rally cry to protect […]
[citation needed] Challenges Ads, Truthiness
On Michelle’s new blog, I just stumbled over a very neat art (or rather: protest?) project, all sticker-based. [citation needed] questions the factoid and claims we encounter in everyday life - ads, for example, are full of them.
Wikipedia has a simple way of asking contributers to validate their statements: The ubiquitous [citation needed] tag that […]
Re:publica 08 #1
So far, I haven’t been able to blog about re:publica 08, Germany’s top blogger & social media conference. Not because it hasn’t been interesting - quite the contrary - but because I ended up chatting with a lot of cool folks. Which is, let’s face it, the main point about this kind of congregations. The […]
Tim Berners Lee Explains Web Philosophy In Two Minutes
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Two minutes is all it takes for internet pioneer Tim Berners Lee to explain the basic philosophy behind the development of the web as we know it - namely, that sharing, open source and collaboration are the very basis the web is built on.
Why Small Organizations See The Internet As A Chance, Big Ones See It As A Challenge
There is a thing about the internet, a notion that has been around since the early days: That the internet offers a chance to anyone to do something big, to start their own projects, companies, or even movements.
While this is true, what’s easily forgotten is that anyone refers mostly to individuals, or small organizations: […]
CNN launches iReport, gets serious about Citizen Journalism?
CNN will launch a new Citizen Journalism portal, reports Mediaweek. Going by the name iReport, the project will be a portal for user-generated video news.
The CNN has been accepting photos and videos (called, in CNN speak, I-Reports) by their viewers since 2006. So the TV channel has a little bit of experience with user-generated […]
How do you get your daily info shot?
Recently, I was asked how I go about getting my daily information. And since I’m quite an info junkie, that got me thinking. So I sat down and jotted down where I go to get my daily info shots. What’s in your info diet?
Here’s what I scan:
A few basics:
Spiegel (German) and New York Times for […]