Topic: Clay Shirky

The Desktop Manufacturing Revolution

The end of the current production-manufacturing economic model may be on the horizon. But what if nothing's ready to replace it?READ»

Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death

A few years ago, experts thought a new pricing model would sweep the Internet in which users would gladly pay a few cents a page for the content that they liked. It was a costly misjudgment.READ»

Autumn in Camden, Maine II

More from PopTech in Maine... I think I can summarize Clay Shirky's presentation on "social software" in just a few words: The most popular Weblogs are a lot more popular than the least popular Weblogs. (This is known as a "Power ...READ»

Understanding the 4th media revolution

Rupert Murdoch’s comments this week about twitter had me thinking about the rationale behind his statement. Murdoch sees no monetary value and the future for twitter and predicts that the only successful business model on the web ...READ»

Television Viewing, Brain Melting at All-Time High

You would think it was 1997 again, a year without smart phones or the social Web. Despite all the endless chatter about Twitter this and Flickr that and YouTube, iTunes, and Kindle 2.0, the good old boob tube is capturing ...READ»

The Growth of Social Software

More and more of your social interactions are moving online. Here are 10 major cultural implications of social software's growth.READ»

The Internet Makes Work for Idle Hands

The radical decentralization of the means of cultural production and distribution it has brought about, that I mentioned in the slidecast in my last post, "Social Begins At Home," has changed the very nature of the audience--of what ...READ»

Most People Use the Web to Talk to People Nearby

Ever use email to talk to the person sitting one office down? You're not alone. Most people use the Web to talking to people within their own city, not far-flung contacts, according to a new study by the Hebrew University in ...READ»

Opinion Exhaustion: Skittles, President Obama, and the Assault of Everyone

Something new is happening on Skittles.com. The company isn't putting its real estate to work as a marketing platform--singing the vast and socially beneficial aspects of Skittles. Instead, they have turned their homepage over ...READ»

If Allen Funt Ran for Office

When are candidates going to realize that the Internets is going to make or break them in elections? In the past week, there have been two prime examples of what happens when one candidate gets it and the other doesn't. Now more ...READ»

Icebreaking for Geeks -- and More

Feel tongue-tied at conferences? These gizmos will do your networking for you.READ»

Icebreaking for Geeks -- and More

Feel tongue-tied at conferences? These gizmos will do your networking for you.READ»

The Perils and Promise of the Reputation Economy

It's not easy doing business in the reputation economy.READ»

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Nova Spivack's Twine Is Red-Hot

Nova Spivack's red-hot site, Twine, uses artificial intelligence to find and store Web info.READ»