Quote sharing makes real
“The processes of recording and sharing help make things “real” by expanding their significance in our lives.”
dana boyd
March 2, 2010
January 16, 2010
quote social infrastructure
Technology is the tool – the value is in social infrastructure.
(unknown)
January 15, 2010
quote culture
The web isn’t democratic. Web culture is based on networks
(Unknown source)
January 14, 2010
quote web
The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation…
— Tim Berners-Lee, www creator via straight.com
January 12, 2010
quote opensource
Opensource is about democratised innovation, about creating value faster than via traditional models" – JP
January 11, 2010
quote sharing
Sharing makes the unpleasant endurable. – pesce 2008
(personal democracy forum)
January 10, 2010
MediaFuturist: The abbreviation of everything
I think the increasing shortening of people’s digital attention span, and the trends towards reading and writing quick blurbs and instant nuggets of wisdom (of which I am plenty guilty myself) will sooner or later spawn a trend back towards deeper reading and writing, just like the success of the console game GuitarHero has resulted in a rise in guitar sales and interest in ‘real musicianship’ – it will just take a bit longer because:
