That’s the subject of a very powerful set of essays published recently in the Edge World Question Center. I haven’t read all of them yet; I was working through them sequentially when I received an e-mail from Pat Kane of ThePlayEthic, pointing me at the answer given by Kevin Kelly. [Thanks, Pat, and I look [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Generation M'
What have you changed your mind about?
January 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Generation M, Opensource, Social software
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A Sunday stroll
February 4th, 2007 · No Comments · DRM and IPR, Generation M
Larry Lessig and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh have both spent a great deal of time trying to get all of us to understand one thing: that the law as it stands is completely inappropriate for today’s culture, especially today’s digital culture.
If you’re not into mashups and your music isn’t a smorgasbord of samples and you don’t [...]
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The democratisation of creativity
January 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · DRM and IPR, Generation M, Innovation, Stupidity
One of the key points made by Larry Lessig in his 23C3 speech is how code, once used solely to make things work, is now being used to make culture; as he says “the tools of creativity have become the tool of speech”.
When we hear statements like this, it’s important to experience them, not just [...]
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When they were asked what they wanted, the people said �Uglier horses�!
March 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Four pillars , Generation M, Stupidity
Ugly sells? Take a look at this post from Commission Networks (I couldn’t be bothered trying to find out who the person was, the site was too ugly for me and I couldn’t find an “aboutâ€). But it made me think.
I wonder if the Henry Ford “faster horses†statements can be made to apply to [...]
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Four pillars: More on Generation M
March 26th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Generation M
I shall spend some time next week building out the foundation of the four pillars, which is comprised of platform independence, device agnosticism and opensource. Once that is established, I want to place the pillars in one further context, the construction industry: the role of the opensource movement, hardware and software vendors and “in-house ITâ€. [...]
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