Everyone has heard the old hacker slogan “Information wants to be free.” But it turns out that information doesn’t want to be free: instead, it wants you to buy it an Alexander McQueen dress and fly it to Paris for a night on the town.
Posts Tagged ‘Wikipedia’
In the beginning was Wikipedia
Posted: March 7, 2012 by Twitchdoctor in New MediaTags: Andrew Orlowski, collective intelligence, crowd sourcing, hive mind, Larry Sanger, Open Source, Wikipedia
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On Not Feeling the Love
Posted: September 9, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in Game Research, Games and LifeTags: cloud computing, Crowdsourcing, cultural studies, Cyberculture, Gamer, Newsweek, Video game, Wikipedia
There are many occasions in an ongoing discussion or debate where you know that the better thing would be to take the high road. Unfortunately, this often involves having to switch off your brain and wear a blindfold. Therefore, low road it is.
Death Notices
Posted: September 2, 2010 by Twitchdoctor in New MediaTags: blogging, blogs, Facebook, media research, news magazines, newspapers, Newsweek, Pew, Wikipedia
Getting a Twitter account may be the best predictor yet of the onset of mid-life crisis.
