100 Things to Watch

I’m a month late seeing this, but after recently rediscovering the fun of reading and commenting on friends’ blogs (obvious, I know, but how quickly we forget…), I came across this slidedeck via Igor. I agree with his assessment. Long lists about what the future…

The Future of Art and Sharism

The transmediale gave a lot of attention to Free Culture and the Open Web this year, from the book sprint to the Open Zone to a panel series called Lost in the Open, and piles of spontaneous sharerrorism actions throughout the festival. Curated (or should…

Parting is such sweet sorrow

It’s a very sad thing to write after such a good, long run, but on Feb. 18, I’ll be ending my full time position at Creative Commons. It’s darn near impossible to say goodbye to this fantastic community that has taught me so much, so…

The Skandle

In November, Amazon won a few good enemies by scrapping public domain texts from Project Gutenberg’s database, wrapping them in DRM, and then selling the books without a cent or a thank you to the project they’re ripped from. “Is this legal? Yes. Is it…