So here we are. Semester 1 is over. But social media have only just begun. Networked individuals will become the norm. I belong to that rare mob who will actually remember what life was before the internet. It gives me the creeps; I see myself there, sitting in my rocking chair, telling my children about… [Read more…]
May 30, 2010
I just watched Steal This Film II. It made me think about copyright, intellectual property and ownership now and in the future. Copyright -a species of intellectual property – is not an easy concept. It is in fact a relatively new one (see Lessig: Open Code & Societies, p. 351). Before the late 19th century,… [Read more…]
May 25, 2010
We live in a world I like to call iCulture. Me, me, me. Add a bit of you (because I need you to survive; it’s a lot more fun that way) and then a commercial platform to enable us to shout our names and our likes and dislikes. In fact, I am nothing without you!… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
The virtual world becomes the real world. If I say “apple”, you think of..? If I say “blackberry”, you think of…? If I say a “banana” what do you think of…? Maybe the banana is the next apple. Let’s go bananas! I prefer to eat my fruits.
June 1, 2010
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