Comments on: Jonathan Zittrain on generativity and the future of the Internet http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » Hacked http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-455909 …My heart’s in Accra » Hacked Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:32:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-455909 [...] colleague Jonathan Zittrain has been writing about the dark side of “generativity“, the power to run arbitrary code on your machine, and how this makes it possible both for [...] [...] colleague Jonathan Zittrain has been writing about the dark side of “generativity“, the power to run arbitrary code on your machine, and how this makes it possible both for [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » A history of digital communities… in seven minutes http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-12518 …My heart’s in Accra » A history of digital communities… in seven minutes Fri, 12 May 2006 21:04:42 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-12518 [...] The talk went well, I think, as did the panel - five of us live on stage and Jonathan Zittrain appearing via videoconference. The slides are here, if you’re interested… [...] [...] The talk went well, I think, as did the panel – five of us live on stage and Jonathan Zittrain appearing via videoconference. The slides are here, if you’re interested… [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » That’s what I meant to say… http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-11421 …My heart’s in Accra » That’s what I meant to say… Mon, 01 May 2006 22:56:11 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-11421 [...] Brevity is not my gift. My readers have figured this out by now. As Charlie Nesson noted on his blog the other day, linking to my transcription of Jonathan Zittrain’s talk, I’m “a prolix motherfucker”. [...] [...] Brevity is not my gift. My readers have figured this out by now. As Charlie Nesson noted on his blog the other day, linking to my transcription of Jonathan Zittrain’s talk, I’m “a prolix motherfucker”. [...]

]]> By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-11395 Ethan Mon, 01 May 2006 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-11395 Thanks for the comment, Jason. The conversation you overheard was me ranting about "community" projects on the internet that seem to believe that community is the product of community tools - my contention is that RL communities figure out how to use tools - almost any set of tools will do - and that this leads to far more dynamic communities than the tool-droven ones. I'm about to spend two days at a SL-driven Metaverse conference. Should be interesting to see if I'm able to argue this point... and how it goes over with a tool-obsessed crowd... Thanks for the comment, Jason. The conversation you overheard was me ranting about “community” projects on the internet that seem to believe that community is the product of community tools – my contention is that RL communities figure out how to use tools – almost any set of tools will do – and that this leads to far more dynamic communities than the tool-droven ones.

I’m about to spend two days at a SL-driven Metaverse conference. Should be interesting to see if I’m able to argue this point… and how it goes over with a tool-obsessed crowd…

]]> By: Jason Callina http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-11388 Jason Callina Mon, 01 May 2006 14:15:47 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-11388 Thanks for the blow by blow. What are your personal opinions on building communities based his talk? I walked by a meeting you were speaking at in Berkman. You were talking about LARPing and the types of communities that things like that inspired. I almost burst in the room to ask questions, but since I didn't know what the meeting was about I thought better of it. JZ briefly brought up Cyworld, which I have been watching like a hawk and desperately trying to get in on the beta. From the Korean pages I have seen it seems to simplify the good things about Second Life and boil them down into practical tools that people can use to socialize and collaborate. Thanks for the blow by blow. What are your personal opinions on building communities based his talk? I walked by a meeting you were speaking at in Berkman. You were talking about LARPing and the types of communities that things like that inspired. I almost burst in the room to ask questions, but since I didn’t know what the meeting was about I thought better of it.

JZ briefly brought up Cyworld, which I have been watching like a hawk and desperately trying to get in on the beta. From the Korean pages I have seen it seems to simplify the good things about Second Life and boil them down into practical tools that people can use to socialize and collaborate.

]]> By: eon » ZITTRAIN ^ ZUCKERMAN = zzzzzzzz http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/25/jonathan-zittrain-on-generativity-and-the-future-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-11073 eon » ZITTRAIN ^ ZUCKERMAN = zzzzzzzz Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:40:07 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=509#comment-11073 [...] i didn'’t make it to oxford to give z his cube and attend his inaugural lecture. but zuckerman covered it like a rock concert. reading zuckerman now on a companion screen. zuckerman is an amazing character, both on paper and in person, a prolix motherfucker (as wayne proudly says of himself, and as i check his site i see he’s got just the video set-up i’ve been wanting!), a geek connection mainline to the developing world. so i see z there, in the hall with z and palfrey. he let’s my mind go there now as i read his account. [...] [...] i didn’’t make it to oxford to give z his cube and attend his inaugural lecture. but zuckerman covered it like a rock concert. reading zuckerman now on a companion screen. zuckerman is an amazing character, both on paper and in person, a prolix motherfucker (as wayne proudly says of himself, and as i check his site i see he’s got just the video set-up i’ve been wanting!), a geek connection mainline to the developing world. so i see z there, in the hall with z and palfrey. he let’s my mind go there now as i read his account. [...]

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