I'm a terribly inefficient person (or perhaps not? I'm also indecisive) so I don't normally take notes even when I think it would make sense, so this is a bit of a change of pace for me. I've just started reading "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and here I am making a note when I'm only 4/18 pages (PDF printout of page) deep:
No disrespect to those that might be geekier than I've realized, but I don't know how any of you are reading this without knowing exactly what he is talking about from prior knowledge. These examples he is using are not vague. I can see how the arguments he is making aren't going to hinge on a complete or clear understanding of his anecdotes, but that has to diminish it to a certain extent, right? I don't know. I'm enjoying it, though. This was written the same year that I started programming as a kid and it's giving me the warm and fuzzies reading him talk about latest developments I had just barely started to notice.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Movements.BORG
The mission page for Movements.org:
Peer-to-peer? Right, I'll let the poor in the walled-off slums (literally, although also figuratively in a sense I'll address in a moment) of Rio de Janeiro know that all they have to do is charter a private jet so that they can come meet with you to discuss strategies for spreading democracy.
Moving away from them in particular, I'd like to address the 'at least they are doing SOMETHING good' sentiment about corporate social responsibility. I understand it, it seems pretty straightforward: some money invested in something important is better than none EVEN if the bottom line is still profit-drive (Andrew's point about the importance of positive branding). I am not going to restate the few things I mentioned in class, as I assume people can at least sort of remember what I was saying even if I was a little unclear and losing my shit.
Why stop at 'at least' statements? Why do we have to accept profit as the primary factor driving action by the world's big players?
21st century activism produces unlikely leaders. Movements.org represents a new model of peer-to-peer training wherein these leader lends their experience in digital organizing, especially short term protests and campaigns, not just to each other but also to those whose expertise lies in long term capacity building.Can I get some cognitive dissonance up in here? 21st century activism DOES produce unlikely leaders if their model is followed; since when are activist leaders sponsored by the US State Department and a myriad of gi-fucking-gantic corporations?
Peer-to-peer? Right, I'll let the poor in the walled-off slums (literally, although also figuratively in a sense I'll address in a moment) of Rio de Janeiro know that all they have to do is charter a private jet so that they can come meet with you to discuss strategies for spreading democracy.
Moving away from them in particular, I'd like to address the 'at least they are doing SOMETHING good' sentiment about corporate social responsibility. I understand it, it seems pretty straightforward: some money invested in something important is better than none EVEN if the bottom line is still profit-drive (Andrew's point about the importance of positive branding). I am not going to restate the few things I mentioned in class, as I assume people can at least sort of remember what I was saying even if I was a little unclear and losing my shit.
Why stop at 'at least' statements? Why do we have to accept profit as the primary factor driving action by the world's big players?
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Don't look now
I mentioned this in class earlier during discussion... check it out, maybe.
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
"A Beijing entrepreneur, discussing restaurant choices with his fiancée over their cellphones last week, quoted Queen Gertrude's response to Hamlet: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." The second time he said the word "protest," her phone cut off."Oh, ok. This suits Andrejevic's arguments in iSpy like a, uh, suit.
Not my real class (Update 1)
Most everyone was here; Jamar mentioned that the people who aren't here won't have blogs about this.. except perhaps for anyone who checked the class blog and got creative. I think we should give them credit for that if they can pull it off.
We had some discussion over key points, some side conversations, and lots of conversation about how we don't like that we're sitting here. Some people left, more people stayed. Wait, the final paper is 15+ pages about myself in relation to my grade? Do not want.
Andrejevic's book was making me angry last night; not because I disagree but because I agree, I see it happening, and it's upsetting to me (Yes, I read the whole two chapters).
The heralding by technologists and politicians and assholes (Murdoch) about the internet democratizing being placed alongside examples from earlier communicative technological advancements was especially keen. This is... [CLASS ENDED AND A WELL DRESSED MAN EVICTED US-ADDENDUM AFTER I'VE EATEN LUNCH IS BELOW THE JUMP]
We had some discussion over key points, some side conversations, and lots of conversation about how we don't like that we're sitting here. Some people left, more people stayed. Wait, the final paper is 15+ pages about myself in relation to my grade? Do not want.
Andrejevic's book was making me angry last night; not because I disagree but because I agree, I see it happening, and it's upsetting to me (Yes, I read the whole two chapters).
We've always been at war with Eastasia.
The heralding by technologists and politicians and assholes (Murdoch) about the internet democratizing being placed alongside examples from earlier communicative technological advancements was especially keen. This is... [CLASS ENDED AND A WELL DRESSED MAN EVICTED US-ADDENDUM AFTER I'VE EATEN LUNCH IS BELOW THE JUMP]
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