This is wonderful. I can’t express how happy I am that Pandora will continue…especially with the track record of IP openness in Washington.
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Truly wonderful things: <CNET> Pandora, Webcasting see victory in Senate
This is wonderful. I can’t express how happy I am that Pandora will continue…especially with the track record of IP openness in Washington.
Intriguing item – FaceBook and Twitter use in the Enterprise
<eWeek> Facebook, Twitter Use in the Enterprise Sparks Hot Debate – In the face of a Gartner report that says that corporations shouldn’t ban Social applications like Twitter, debate rages over their benefits, challenges, and launches a side debate on whether or not people can ACTUALLY multi-task (the answer is no….).
Comment – Pam’s Book Review
Great review, Pam!
I haven’t read Shirky yet, and your review as well as the discussion and recommendations by numerous others in our class have placed on my Wish List. I your summary, I like that you note Shirky’s inclusion of both successes and failures of the social phenomena. Considering the kinds of organizational strengths that the political parties and political action organizations like MoveOn.org have found and mined to date, it’s interesting to note that it still takes an actual letter, phone call or physical visit for an individual’s voice to be duly noted. I wonder when, if ever, that will change?
Reflection – 8/18/08
This class was a great wrap-up. I liked the discussion led by Paolo and Peter. While their article was dated (which by itself was interesting), it provided a bit of a prelude to the consideration of the next 5,000 days of the Internet.
Questions – 8/18/08
- How might you best research how members of your business are collaborating without introducing an “uncertainty principle” of observation?
- How might you discern the optimal balance between internal innovation and external innovation in your company? In light of this, how might your company need to reassess and rethink its contribution to the value of its product or process?
- Are there certain products or services that just CAN NOT be generated with mass collaboration methodologies? Why or why not?
Review – Wikinomics: "All Together Now…"
“Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams is a bit of a departure from the other books read for this course. While “The Long Tail” and “The Wealth of Networks” are primarily about how the networked information economy has evolved, directions it may take and their impact, this work is more about collaborative economy and production not necessarily tied to the network as scoped by Anderson and Benkler.
Review – Wikinomics: “All Together Now…”
“Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams is a bit of a departure from the other books read for this course. While “The Long Tail” and “The Wealth of Networks” are primarily about how the networked information economy has evolved, directions it may take and their impact, this work is more about collaborative economy and production not necessarily tied to the network as scoped by Anderson and Benkler.
Comment – Raquel’s Abstract
I feel that Joan Cheverie is a less adventurous thinker than Benkler. I say this because of the tension between their two views: Cheverie is less inclined to fully buy into the “Information Should Be Free” stance than Benkler and hedges her thought around information copyright.
Intriguing items – DRM run amok
<ZDNET>: A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely – apparently Apple feels that its iPhone customers won’t mind if apps they have installed and opted-into just “go away”. It’s a FEATURE….the blogger posting this feels that Apple (DRM) wins. Zittrain might disagree….
<CNET>: Much ado about the iPhone’s ‘kill-switch’ – More on this same thing. The writer here says we should all just wait and see what actually happens and/or what Apple’s explanation is….
Authentic Voice 