Steven Weber’s “The Success of Open Source” was written from the view of a political scientist and dealt more with the community around open source than the products themselves. Weber examines the history of the open source movement early on in the book giving a good overview and history of some of the major movements […]
In Chapter Seven Benkler addresses the arguments that have been laid out against the networked public sphere. I thought that Benkler offered solid counter points to the typical remarks made against the public sphere, however I have a slightly different point of view than his in regards to his rebuttal statement about how the emergence […]
In Chapter 6 Benkler begins to lay the groundwork of how the information economy has changed mass media, I believe I see where the argument is going but want to wait until Benkler frames his debate before I talk about the transformation that is currently going on from a consumer culture to a prosumer. One […]
In reading chapter five of The Wealth of Networks it began to dawn on me on how elitist the conversation is for this chapter. Benkler doesn’t do enough to discuss the lack of access provided to people and their inability to participate in the information economy. It feels like the assumption that is made from […]
In Benkler’s analysis of social production he examines why people in the open source software community operate the way they do. I find it interesting that there is such a diverse group of individuals working on open source software with market and non-market goals fueling their efforts.
“The large free software projects might integrate thousands of […]
In Chapter 3 Benkler looks at how different groups leverage the computing power of the masses, be it either volunteers or customers, through different peering environments. Some of the examples given were non-profit and profit based, with the non-profits operating with people working towards working on a common cause. The main for profit program listed, […]
I think that chapter 2 and the additional sources that Benkler cited raised some interesting questions about where we are going in regards to patent protection and innovation. Our patent system looks at the information economy from the lens of the industrial age. The federal government and industry need to take steps to reform the […]
Lately I have been experimenting with a few different social media sites to see what type of impact they have on my blog.
Also I have been creating a social media plan for the company that I presently work with. They operate in a different space than my previous company with a different type of audience, […]
At the start of the semester I brought up the fact that I am taking a class that focuses on “The Wealth of Networks” by Yochai Benkler. I was going to share various chapter reviews and forgot to do it, so I am going to take the time to share them now.
Chapter 1
“The networked information […]
In Chapter Nine of Jennifer Tidwell’s “Designing Interfaces” we really begin to examine design and various principles used in websites. Tidwell explains that the Stanford Web Credibility Project rated the design of a website number one on their list of how users judge website credibility.
One of the reasons why it is so important is that […]
How to use social networking to create brand recognition for your business, your product, or yourself.
Written by Colleen Coplick [email] for b5media.
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