Bruce Sterling at Reboot11 (some belated quotes)
Earlier this summer I went to Reboot11 (and loved it). Sadly, I never really got around to write down all the stuff we talked about there. But here’s a few quotes from the particularly great Bruce Sterling talk. The quotes are actually not from the talk itself but from David Weinberger’s live blogging summary: Sterling [...]
Joi Ito at LeWeb: Sharing Love
Joi Ito presented at LeWeb today. (Disclaimer: I’m a Joi Ito fanboy. Expect this to be biased.) He gave his presentation in his role as CEO of Creative Commons, the theme was “Sharing Love”. Photo: Joi Ito at LeWeb by Peter Bihr (released under Creative Commons by 2.0) Creative Commons, says Joi, is something like [...]
Interview: Tim O’Reilly about Mobile 2.0
To my great pleasure, at Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O’Reilly himself took the time (again) to share some thoughts with me and dotdean. Tim O’Reilly about Mobile 2.0 from dotdean on Vimeo. Disclosure: The interview was shot as a shared project between blogpiloten.de and Berlinblase, both in which I’m directly involved.
Interview with Stowe Boyd: Why email is broken
At Web 2.0 Expo, Stowe Boyd took the time to sit down with dotdean and me for an interview. (Some thoughts on his session “Better Media Plumbing for the Social Web“.) Email is dead – Stowe Boyd from dotdean on Vimeo. Disclosure: The interview was shot as a shared project between blogpiloten.de and Berlinblase, both [...]
Likemind Berlin Wrap-Up
Earlier today I had the pleasure of hosting Likemind Berlin along with Thomas Praus of my office neighbors Panorama3000. Great coffee and even better conversations – if you get a chance to go to your next local Likemind, make sure not to miss out. From my experience with the last Likeminds, the crowd is mostly [...]
Vaynerchuk on Social Media ROI
Gary Vaynerchuk strikes with another awesome rant: “You Down With ROI?… Yeah You Know Me“. Are social media in trouble because of the U.S. financial crisis? Nope, it’s magazines, radio and TV who are in trouble, say Vaynerchuk. And guess who agrees: Yours truly. Because social media have a number of clear advantages over traditional [...]
Creative Commons explained by Lawrence Lessig
Larry Lessig‘s talk at the iCommons Summit 08 gives you a nice overview of the history of Creative Commons: Check out Larry Lessig’s Blip page for more videos (via Netzpolitik.org)
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 [...]
Negroponte Unveils Second Generation OLPC
Just a few months after shipping the first laptops, the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) is getting ready for round two. Chairman Nicholas Negroponte just unveiled the second generation laptop, going by the name XO-2 or XOXO. So here’s what it’ll look like. (Note the Matrix-like picture language? Ah, good times.) Needless to say, [...]
Where do they find the time? Clay Shirky on the Cognitive Surplus
In this rare gem of a video, Clay Shirky talks about the time, energy and potentials that used to be lost to dumbly watching TV. How many Wikipedia entries could we get out of these brain cycles now that we can free up that TV time for more productive and satisfying activities again? (via)
