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robdyke — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:39:00 -0500

Tagged by robdyke under geek, technology, innovation, SocialNetworking,

The Gilbert Center: The Journal of Networks and Civil Society

robdyke — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:37:00 -0500

Although the study of civil society has largely confined itself to the study of organizations, there is growing interest in understanding the broader contexts and enabling conditions for a healthy and effective civil society. At the same time, the spread of low cost communication systems in the last two decades has helped spur interest in applying the science of networks to social groups and social phenomena. We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the Journal of Networks and Civil Society. This is the second thematic issue in our journal series and is intended to complement the previous issue which focused on information technology. Tagged by robdyke under journal, technology, CivilSociety, network society,

George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946

robdyke — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:36:00 -0500

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Tagged by robdyke under orwell, english, language, discourse,

Multitudes jounral back issues

robdyke — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:02:00 -0500

Edition en ligne de la revue imprimée et de ses compléments virtuels éventuels. Tagged by robdyke under journal, multitude, empire, hardt, negri, french,

How one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people | Technology | The Guardian

robdyke — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:03:00 -0500

"People just don't realise that all these things go through undersea cables - that this is the main way these economies are all linked," said Alan Mauldin, the research director of TeleGeography. "Even when you're using wireless internet, it's only really wireless back to your base station: the rest is done over real, physical connections." Tagged by robdyke under communications, technology, economy, globalisation,

BiOS Home

robdyke — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:43:00 -0500

BiOS is a response to inequities in food security, nutrition, health and natural resource management. Our goal is to democratise problem solving to enable diverse solutions through decentralised innovation. Tagged by robdyke under open source, open society, open science,

Profile: Giles Andrews, CFO of ZOPA - Accountancy Age

robdyke — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:59:00 -0500

With public perception of high street banks at an all time low, Giles Andrews, CFO of ZOPA, tells our reporter about his company's revolutionary approach that's fit for the iPod generation Tagged by robdyke under social lending, banking, companies and markets, zopa, social economics,

ABOUT 'E-DEMOCRACY OR E-HYPOCRISY'

robdyke — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:10:00 -0500

Tagged by robdyke under e-democracy, e-government, events,

Richard Barbrook: Imaginary Futures. From Thinking Machines to the Global Village

robdyke — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:09:00 -0500

Imaginary Futures demonstrates how politics influenced the way the powerful tool called the internet is controlled today and calls upon all who are cyber-connected to use the Internet for taking revolutionary politics into their own hands, to create a more positive future. Tagged by robdyke under internet culture, Politics, democracy, book,

The Class of the New - Home

robdyke — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:07:00 -0500

In this short book, Richard Barbrook presents a collection of quotations from authors who in different ways attempt to identify an innovative element within society: ‘the class of the new’. Announcing a new economic and social paradigm, this class constitutes a ‘social prophecy’ of the shape of work to come. From Adam Smith's ‘Philosophers’ of the late 18th century, down to the ‘Creative Class’ celebrated by sociologist Richard Florida today, the class of the new represents the future of production within and beyond capitalism. Tagged by robdyke under class of the new, property, production, book, beyond capitalism,

International Journal of Community Currency Research IJCCR

robdyke — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:47:00 -0500

The online forum for disseminating knowledge about community and complementary currencies around the world. Tagged by robdyke under money, LETS, network economy, journal,

Transaction Net: Complementary Community Currency Systems

robdyke — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:46:00 -0500

Complementary Community Currency Systems and Local Exchange Networks Tagged by robdyke under money, LETS, network economy,

BrothersJudd Blog: OBLIGATORY FASCIST REFERENCE:

robdyke — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:37:00 -0500

Tagged by robdyke under carl schmitt, republican party, american politics,

ludiccrew.org

robdyke — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:56:00 -0500

Between the increasingly strident demands by drug and media corporations for the protection of their trademarks, copyrights or patents, and the pervasive popular cultures of file sharing and pirating, lies more than an incidental clash of interests. In this bold new book, McKenzie Wark argues that the struggle around so-called ‘intellectual property’ is not just a legal or technical matter. It signals a whole new era of class conflict. Tagged by robdyke under hacker ideology, book, class conflict, network society,

McKenzie Wark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:55:00 -0500

McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar. He works mainly on media theory, critical theory and new media. His best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory. Tagged by robdyke under person, network society, author, hacker ideology, wikipedia,

Geert Lovink : 1998 - present

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:44:00 -0500

Geert Lovink's Web Archive Tagged by robdyke under person, network society, culture, archive,

Zero Comments: Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse « Electrodiva

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:43:00 -0500

This is the title of an upcoming lecture at Goldsmith’s University in London by Geert Lovink, author of a recent book by the same name. Lovink is critiquing notions of blogging as citizen journalism, and I thought that you might be interested in his analysis. The following quote outlines Lovink’s position, and may provide some food for thought. Tagged by robdyke under network society, culture, Blogging..., blog,

net critique » Blog Archive » Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:43:00 -0500

The book contains eleven essays and an introduction that deals with Web 2.0 and Internet culture after its recovery of 9/11 and the dotcom crash. Tagged by robdyke under network society, culture, book, blog,

Movement as Network — ONE/Northwest

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:42:00 -0500

n early 2004, ONE/Northwest’s executive director, Gideon Rosenblatt published a paper called “Movement as Network: Connecting People and Organizations in the Environmental Movement.” This think piece represents much of the philosophical underpinning of ONE/Northwest’s work in the decade ahead. Tagged by robdyke under networking, new social movments, environmentalism, SocialNetworking,

Post-Autistic Economics Network and Post-Autistic Economics Review

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:41:00 -0500

post-autistic economics network heterodox economics sanity, humanity and science pluralism in economics Tagged by robdyke under economics, journal, sanity humanity and science,