Here Comes EverybodyA book about organizing without organizations. Buy the book. (March 2008, US and UK)Given enough eyeballs, all typos are shallow- March 28, 2008 One of the common patterns in Here Comes Everybody is lightweight collaboration, not "Let's lock ourselves in a room for 5 days to work together" but "Let's make it easy for an individual to make a meaningful contribution with...http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/given-enough-eyeballs-all-typo.html Airline Passengers' Rights: Round II- March 26, 2008 In the book, and in presentations since, I've talked a lot about the Coalition for a Passenger's Bill of Rights, the group founded by Kate Hanni in early 2007 that lobbied for better treatment of passengers stuck on grounded...http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/airline-passengers-rights-roun.html KUOW on Friday afternoon: The Conversation- March 14, 2008 About to go on Ross Reynolds long-form radio interview, The Conversation, to talk about the book. The stream and podcast is here....http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/kuow-on-friday-afternoon-the-c.html Penguin Blog: Tools and Transformations- March 12, 2008 Penguin, the publisher of Here Comes Everybody, has invited me to guest post this week on the Penguin blog, and I'm using the space to talk about how transitions in communications tools affect media.First up, the comparison between the internet...http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/penguin-blog-tools-and-transfo.html DC book talk, Salon Interview, On the Media, and...Favoritest. Review. Evar.- March 7, 2008 I'm pleased to say "Here Comes Everybody" has been getting good coverage in the blogosphere. (Technorati, Google Blog Search, Summize. Not that I'm checking...)My favorite review so far is from Radar, a magazine whose normal coverage tends towards the "Ashton...http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/dc-book-talk-salon-interview-o.html Book Talk at Harvard's Berkman Center- March 5, 2008 Last week I gave a book talk at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and they've posted a video of the talk (40 mins)....http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/book-talk-at-harvards-berkman.html Wikileaks and the Hard Problem of Changing Social Bargains- March 5, 2008 WikiLeaks.org, a website for anonymous individuals to report illegal or unethical behavior, was briefly and famously shut down by Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco. Or rather, it was half-way shut down -- Judge White ordered that the WikiLeaks.org web...http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/03/wikileaks-and-the-hard-problem.html |