http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/ 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 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-973648 lokman tsui » Blog Archive » feeling at home in generative nyc Fri, 09 May 2008 17:34:26 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-973648 [...] zittrain has called this condition, this property, “generativity”. he refers to it as a property of a technology. swiss army knives are more generative than a [...] [...] zittrain has called this condition, this property, “generativity”. he refers to it as a property of a technology. swiss army knives are more generative than a [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-579496 …My heart’s in Accra » Generative filtering Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:22:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-579496 [...] using Jonathan Zittrain’s term “generative” to refer to technologies that are easy to use, accessible to a broad audience, and can be turned to multiple purposes. In this sense, many Web 2.0 technologies are highly generative - they’re designed for easy [...] [...] using Jonathan Zittrain’s term “generative” to refer to technologies that are easy to use, accessible to a broad audience, and can be turned to multiple purposes. In this sense, many Web 2.0 technologies are highly generative – they’re designed for easy [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-475926 Generative narrative game « Modelling4All: Enabling everyone to build computer models Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:27:35 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-475926 [...] The key here is that the game could be generative - as used by Zittrain (see also: Nicholas Carr and Ethan Zuckerman) [...] [...] The key here is that the game could be generative – as used by Zittrain (see also: Nicholas Carr and Ethan Zuckerman) [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-90884 …My heart’s in Accra » Stop Badware, and a question about where generativity lives… Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:00:14 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-90884 [...] The Stop Badware project is closely connected to two other ideas that get a good deal of discussion at Berkman - the Open Net Initiative, and Jonathan Zittrain’s theory of generativity. The Open Net Initiative conducts tests around the world to see how governments are controlling access to the Internet. Rather than conducting these tests a few times a year and releasing formal, academic reports, it would be very cool to provide an “internet weather report”, where users around the world continually report on sites they can and can’t reach. Similarly, Stop Badware would like to have a set of users who volunteer to have their computers monitored, so they could detect what software installations are most likely to lead to problems and user unhappiness. [...] [...] The Stop Badware project is closely connected to two other ideas that get a good deal of discussion at Berkman – the Open Net Initiative, and Jonathan Zittrain’s theory of generativity. The Open Net Initiative conducts tests around the world to see how governments are controlling access to the Internet. Rather than conducting these tests a few times a year and releasing formal, academic reports, it would be very cool to provide an “internet weather report”, where users around the world continually report on sites they can and can’t reach. Similarly, Stop Badware would like to have a set of users who volunteer to have their computers monitored, so they could detect what software installations are most likely to lead to problems and user unhappiness. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-23415 BC Law IPTF Blog » Blog Archive » Increase Generativity by Streamlining the Appliance Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-23415 [...] Ethan Zuckerman writes regarding “generativity”: Much of the great creativity we’ve seen on the web has happened on the server side, not the client side. I think some users will move to less flexible devices than conventional PCs, but will contribute to the diversity of the Internet by creating original text, pictures, audio and video - so long as they’re able to create this content and share it online, I’m less worried about whether the devices they use to edit and upload it are arbitrarily programmable or not. [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman writes regarding “generativity”: Much of the great creativity we’ve seen on the web has happened on the server side, not the client side. I think some users will move to less flexible devices than conventional PCs, but will contribute to the diversity of the Internet by creating original text, pictures, audio and video – so long as they’re able to create this content and share it online, I’m less worried about whether the devices they use to edit and upload it are arbitrarily programmable or not. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/06/06/zittrain-gets-me-thinking-about-generativity-and-aggregation/comment-page-1/#comment-22871 John Palfrey » Blog Archive » Nicholas Carr review of JZ’s Generative Internet piece Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:54:11 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=829#comment-22871 [...] Carr points to the fabulous Ethan Zuckerman’s must-read review of JZ’s piece as his pointer and inspiration. [...] [...] Carr points to the fabulous Ethan Zuckerman’s must-read review of JZ’s piece as his pointer and inspiration. [...]

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