digitalculture

The genesis of GNU, Linux, and Open Source. This time period marks an extremely important time in the time line of Digital Culture.

more about "Ubiquity for Firefox on Vimeo", posted with vodpod

Gordon Knox discusses Darwin, Web 2.0 & the Role of the Amateur at the Web & Where 2.0+ conference hosted by Northern California Grantmakers.Twenty-first century digital media makers are pushing the boundaries of collaboration and copyright, once the exclusive domain of industry. YouTube further opened up the digital revolution by: exploding user choice, creating a [...]

more about "Learning Through Remixing | MIT World", posted with vodpod

From googlevideo:
New Media & Social Memory UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Jan. 18, 2007 On January 18, 2007, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presented New Media & Social Memory, a public symposium to discuss strategies for preserving digital art at at time when digital technologies are evolving and [...]

I found this awsome animated history of the internet a while ago.

Dave Marvit discusses Distributed Knowledge at the Web & Where 2.0+ conference hosted by Northern California Grantmakers.Twenty-first century digital media makers are pushing the boundaries of collaboration and copyright, once the exclusive domain of industry. YouTube further opened up the digital revolution by: exploding user choice, creating a user-to-user vetting system, allowing online users to [...]

more about "DJ Spooky on Digital Culture on Vimeo", posted with vodpod

a groundbreaking public database, illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws.This common practice is contrary to the public interest, yet legal. MAPLight.org makes money/vote connections transparent, [...]

Cory Doctorow on copyright, copyright reform, media conglomerates, and the need for change.