FLIRTing with the Crowds

Collaboration and sociality in design, business & technology

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Entries from April 2007

On Social Media and Participation

April 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Hitwise’s findings in its study on participation (as reported by Reuters here) has stirred discussion on whether or not the new media is that participative after all. For those that haven’t heard about this, Hitwise found that only 0.16% of visits to web 2.0 site Flickr were to upload photos. “Participation on Web 2.0 sites […]

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Tags: research · society

Pimp my Bible

April 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

An excellent campaign by Fleim.fi (a Finnish youth magazine / web community promoting Christian values and viewpoint). They encourage people to make religion a more personal issue by pimping their bibles and posting them to the website where they are then rated by everybody. Paint, felt pens, cloth, glue, wire, or anything else people can […]

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Tags: society · design · business

Quick thoughts on copyright

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

“My favorite accessories: an AK-47 and the iPod!” (via BoingBoing). Just try and sue this lady over copyright infringement!
On a more serious tone, there are worrying developments abound in the market place related to copyright issues. I just today read (also in BoingBoing) about a new law being pushed in the EU that would criminalize […]

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Tags: business