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India's Rural Commons at Odds with Surging Industrialization

02.07.11, 2:10pm Comments (5)

One issue largely absent from the agenda of this January’s global commons conference in Hyderabad, India was the idea of limits to consumption and material accumulation. Read more »

The Evolution Will Be Socialized

By Douglas Rushkoff

02.07.11, 1:44pm Comments (17)

From the actions of the Egyptian government to the policies of Facebook, the monopolies of central banks to the corporatization of the Internet, we are witnessing the potential of a peer-to-peer networking become overshadowed by the hierarchies of th. Read more »

A Shareable Sunday in Pictures

By Neal Gorenflo

02.06.11, 10:46pm Comments (0)

Our Shareable Sunday starts at the Mountain View, California farmers market. My son Jake observes and eats Cheerios, an accidental staple of American babies everywhere along with Goldfish. Read more »

Rupert Murdoch's iPad Newspaper Doesn't Know How to Share

By Paul M. Davis

02.04.11, 11:45am Comments (5)

Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper The Daily finally hit the App Store on Wednesday, after months of debate among media insiders whether its iPad-exclusive delivery and subscription model is bold or quixotic. Read more »

Computers Outpace Cars as our Vehicle of Self-expression

By Jay Walljasper

02.03.11, 5:50pm Comments (3)

One little noticed effect of the Internet revolution has been a significant shift in our emotional attachment toward automobiles. This could have a profound effect on the future of our cities. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

02.03.11, 5:17pm Comments (0)

Here are some links from the internets, which, if you were not in Egypt, you may have seen over the past week. Read more »

Information Will Be Free: Hacker Solidarity and Pandora's Code Box

By Malcolm Harris

02.03.11, 9:58am Comments (0)

When hacker George Hotz posted the code necessary to “jailbreak” (a hack that lets users gain full control over their hardware) the Sony Playstation 3, he had good reason to believe he was on solid legal ground. Read more »

"Pixelated Peasants": An Interview with Jonathan Salem Baskin

By Paul M. Davis

02.02.11, 10:06am Comments (0)

Jonathan Salem Baskin’s provocative book Histories of Social Media challenges the notion that social media is an unprecedented phenomenon, examining historical precursors to the social networks of today, from the Bayeux Tapestry, a Medieval &ld. Read more »

Can Readability Help Writers Get Paid?

By Paul M. Davis

02.01.11, 11:23am Comments (4)

You may have heard this one before: well-meaning web developers announce a long-shot initiative to help compensate writers. Media blogs hail the model as potentially revolutionary. Read more »

Bettermeans Brings an Open Enterprise Model to Project Management

By Jen Angel

02.01.11, 10:05am Comments (0)

Being in a democratic, egalitarian workplace or organization would be a whole lot easier if we had not just the desire, but also the tools to help us succeed. Read more »