So I was at a reception the other day, talking to someone about the internet and the free/gift economy and how it’s the inevitable future…
The paradox is to wield Che in an attack on [capitalism], its critics must participate in it. They engage in the act of consuming Che….
David Bollier’s Viral spiral : how the commoners built a digital republic of their own is a very good book with a horrible title. While…
I’ve been reading several interesting books on both the cultural and economic significance of Japanese popular culture, ranging from a general overview, to the business…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWTxDd4a7E] Two recent books, East Asian pop culture : analysing the Korean wave (EAPC) & Pop goes Korea : behind the revolution in movies, music,…
While no book can fully explore a culture, two recent books, Sheridan Prasso’s The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the…
Every [] user is a potential creator and consumer Summary: Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody, more appropriately subtitled “the power of organizing without [traditional formalized]…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSaGOqFZ5w] Summary: Benjamin Nugent’s American Nerd is a worthwhile but deeply flawed book. The first section creating a social history of nerddom is unique and…
In their new book, Born Digital, John Palfrey and Urs Gassler discuss the generation of digital natives, described as those born after 1980, and how…
Summary: David Anderegg’s Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them is an excellent study of why nerds and geeks are both…