More from NeedToKnow mailing list by Dave Green on 17th Feb:
Posted by markp at February 20, 2006 06:11 PMAs social software theorist Danah Boyd seemed to be arguing
last year: don’t we all “remix” culture when, for instance, we
buy clothes or furniture and then combine them in a way that
isn’t exactly the same as depicted in the shop? What do you
mean, “No, not really”? Expect somewhat more pragmatic
insights at Rufus “Open Knowledge Foundation” Pollock’s FORUM
ON OPEN CONTENT (7pm, next Wed 2006-02-22, Stanhope Centre,
Marble Arch, London W2 2HH, free but pre-register if you can),
where Paula “iCommons” Le Dieu, Tom “Remix Reading” Chance,
Jennifer “BBC Creative Archive” Rigby, and Cory “DRM’s gonna
get ya!” Doctorow will be considering: Who will be producing
open content and how will it be funded? Does copyright hinder
the process, or help? And is the vibrant DJ culture of the UK
at least partly inspired by our culinary tradition of taking
boiled root vegetables, like the potato, then “mashing them
up” (perhaps with other tasty ingredients) to produce the
ideal accompaniment to a meal of sausages and baked beans?remix is active consumption not production
— and books: you can read the pages in any order you like!
Does Africa really need the $100 laptop?
- the end of this one’s got to be a joke though, surely?