Larry Lessig...may he go on forever

Though I hope he won't need to.
Here's a July 24, 2002 presentation by Lessig.




The remaining 3 parts of this 4 part series should reveal themselves in order, if YouTube works the way I think it does. Still learning. Still thankful for YouTube, Lessig, et al.

Jing Thing a la Del.icio.us

Jing Thing:
A la Firefox via Google: Just type "delicious" forget the periods, you'll see.
Delicious Registration, Installation of buttons on toolbar, and Use.
Enjoy! Especially Del.icio.us, a user-friendly tool.

http://screencast.com/t/DTyGgLbf

Google Reader

Google Reader

Online Social Networking in the Business Environment

Can libraries be far behind? Not if we can keep up w/ Tomer's class! It's 4am and you can see what I'm up to.

Three people address networking in the business world. All pretty interesting.
Cisco: 'Social networking and business practice: A case study in the telecoms industry'
Ruth Ward of (Allen & Overy, England): 'Social software in a hard world'
Matthijs Den Besten (OeRC): 'Wikipedia: the organizational capabilities of a peer production effort'
Panelists: Nathan Marston (McKinsey) and William Dutton (OII); Chair: Ellen Helsper (OII)

Another OII offering. Thanks OII!

Session 3 http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20080407_243

Alex Wright, The author not the wrestler.

Though I imagine writing a book is a bit like wrestling.

http://fora.tv/2007/08/17/Glut_Mastering_Information_Though_the_Ages Long. 1.5 hrs.

http://www.alexwright.org/ Alex Wright’s Website

Alex Wright writes for the NY Times. Two articles of interest:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/weekinreview/02wright.html Dec. 2, 2007 Social Networks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html June 17, 2008, Mundaneum of Paul Otlet, an interesting and prescient former librarian, pre-WWII.

The following was brought to our attention by Wright and made available through YouTube. Paul Otlet's Radiated Library & the Televised Book. Very brief.

Google's Knol Encyclopedia

Found Google’s official description and launch of the Knol encyclopedia project. You’d think Google could put their entry for Knol at the top of their search page. Hmmm.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/12/google-knol-encyclopedia-written-by.html

Fora.tv - Another Window on the World

Given the reprieve today from LIS 2600, I went surfing and found great stuff. One of them was Fora.tv, a web treasure trove of great personalities and diverse topics. Here's Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google Inc., speaking June 9th, 2008 at the Economic Club of Washington in Washington D.C. Topic: "The Future of the Internet: Engine for Economic Growth." Fora.tv provided an embedding option, so I've included it here, but I'd strongly recommend getting there via the 1st link below. It's worth checking out their website as you listen to Schmidt.

http://fora.tv/2008/06/09/Google_CEO_Eric_Schmidt_on_the_Future_of_the_Internet

Of interest and near the end of his talk, Schmidt made mention of a project named “Knol.” A knowledge project described in Wikipedia site as a possible competitor to it. Schmidt described it as a site written by experts in their fields. Relevant links:

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol

Google Knol offerings: http://knolstuff.com/
Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html

Cognitive Surplus put to good use on the web.

Clay Shirky at a Web 2.0 Expo, talks about society’s adaptation to the industrial revolution and it’s present process of adapting to the internet and the opportunities made available with the interactive web. This guy is fabulous, well worth listening to. Both clips total about 18 minutes of viewing. Thanks YouTube!

George Dyson and the Birth of the Computer

Dyson is a historian and philosopher of science who builds kayaks. His talk is interesting, so too are the comments posted below the webcast. If you want to read those comments, view the video via the following link: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/278

For Wikipedia information and links click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dyson_%28science_historian%29

If you prefer just the webcast, click below. It’s another great TED.com offering. About 18 mins.

MIT's OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/CMS-998Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm

The above link connects to MIT's course:
CMS.998 / CMS.600 New Media Literacies
Taught by Dr. Alice Robison, spring 2007.

Finding the pot of gold…OpenCourseWare. Life justs gets better! The above link leads to one of several fabulous courses offered at ocw.mit.edu. Classes, this one included, come complete with syllabus, readings, lecture notes, assignments, and related resources.

The course offerings are varied and too numerous to mention. What a great way to create a smarter nation! And world!

Princeton University, Clay Shirky, & the RSA

One of my recent library listservs posted a HIT that was too interesting to ignore “ Alternatives to YouTube.” I checked out the UC Princeton link (http://uc.princeton.edu/main/ ), clicked on Clay Shirky, then sought to find out more about the London RSA group that hosted Shirky’s talk. What a treasure trove of interesting people, organizations, conversations and links!

Clay Shirky, NYU professor of Interactive Telecommunications, recently published “Here Comes Everybody,” (Penquin Press HC Feb. 2008) and spoke early in 2008 at the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA), London, England.

The RSA site offers video of the first 22 minutes of the talk. The Princeton audio clip appears to include that talk and the subsequent Q & A discussion.

Video Broadcast about 22 minutes, from RSA. http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/clay-shirky

Audio Broadcast – about an hour, from UC Channel, Princeton University. http://uc.princeton.edu/main/images/stories/podcast/20080318ClayShirkyRSA.mp3

Shirky’s 2 blogs/websites:

http://www.shirky.com/

http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/ Shirky’s book related blog.

Amazon.com offers an excellent review and highlights of the book written by Robert D. Steele:

http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213453262&sr=8-1

Finally, just to satisfy curiosity, here's Wikipedia’s entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shirky

No post as yet on Citizendium.

Hands Off The Internet

Came across an interesting blog about a relevant group, “Hands off the Internet.”

They offer an interesting review of Zittrain’s book “The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It.”

It’s a quick read:

http://handsoff.org/blog/net-neutrality/a-book-review-professor-zittrain-refuses-to-line-up-with-net-neutrality-zealots/

Change Your Leaders or Die

Change or Die. The World is Flat 3.0.

Tom Freidman talks about World 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and the present bloodless Green Revolution, which he says is instead a party; a geopolitical, geocentric, economic, capitalistic, entrepreneurial, patriotic party. Green, he concludes, is the new Red, White and Blue.

Agree or disagree, it’s a valuable 48 minute lecture and infinitely more interesting than most tv programs. Hmmm, makes one wonder about the future of tv?

This video was made available through MIT’s OpenCourse software.

Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/519/ , choose download speed and enjoy!

Copyright Debate: Lessig v. Valenti

For a former non-websurfer, I'm enthralled by all the great stuff on the internet.
This is an interesting debate. Valenti impressed me as being reluctant to discuss copyright. He's already prevailed in court. Why argue a case you've won?

From YouTube - about 1.5 hours.
The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Debate from Oct. 2000 at the Berkman Center, Harvard.

Debate: Jimmy Wales v. Andrew Keen

Wikipedia Founder, Jimmy Wales, debates Andrew Keen, author of The Great Seduction.

The debate took place Feb 28, 2008 at the Commonwealth Club’s Informed Salon, San Francisco, CA.

Keen characterizes things like Wikipedia as the "Amateur Hour."

The discussion lasts just over an hour.
http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0

Andrew Keen’s Blog http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/

Jimmy Wales’ Blog http://blog.jimmywales.com/

The Threat of Internet Repression

Ethan Zuckerman, from Global Voices Online, speaking online as part of a June 6, 2007 Conference in London, “Some People Think The Internet is a Bad Thing.”

Zuckerman works w/ the Berkman Center at Harvard. He's one of the many voices working to keep the internet an open access forum.

Global Censorship

Freedom Day, May 25, 2008 in Maastricht, Netherlands. This lecture (divided into 4 separate video clips, about 10 minutes each) was hosted by the EJC (European Journal Channel).

Herewith, the link to the first clip. It’s better to enter via the YouTube link provided than directly through this blog, as you’ll have ready access to the successive 3 video clips. http://youtube.com/watch?v=wSsUtxuEjJU&feature=related

Ya gotta love Zittrain, globally & collaboratively, leading the charge for Open Access.

Below are links to sites mentioned in the clips.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/ Co-founded by Zittrain, 1998

http://wikileaks.org/

http://www.liveleak.com/

http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=1

Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
Edited by Ronald J. Deibert, John G. Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski and Jonathan Zittrain

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11329

http://opennet.net/ Co-founded by University of Cambridge, Oxford University, Harvard, University of Toronto

Jimmy Wales, Part 1 or 2

Part 1 or 2? Depends on how one reads the posts.
Alas, embedding the Wales' clip from TED.com (Part 1) & having this script included didn't work.
It has w/ previous entries...I'm not clear why it was a no go this time. Ah, the adventure!

Plan B! Part 2.
The Wikipedia Entry.
What would a piece about Jimmy Wales be without it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_wales

TED.com video clips. http://www.ted.com/index.php
If you haven't seen them, they're a treasure trove of great topics & great speakers.
Wikipedia's TED information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_%28conference%29

Wikipedia news and views. May 7, 2009, Ars Technica

Wikipedia Hoax Points to Limits of Journalists' Research by John Timmer at

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/wikipedia-hoax-reveals-limits-of-journalists-research.ars

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder