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30 Nov 08

18 Nov 08

Non-sharing culture misleads us with its absolute separation of Private and Public space. It makes creative action a binary choice between public and private, open and closed. This creates a gap in the spectrum of knowledge. Although this gap has the potential to become a valuable creative space, concerns about privacy make this gap hard to fill. We shouldn't be surprised that, to be safe, most people keep their sharing private and stay "closed." They may fear the Internet creates a potential for abuse that they can't fight alone. However, the paradox is: The less you share, the less power you have.

08 Oct 08

23 Sep 08

FREESOULS: Captured and Released is a new book by the entrepreneur and photographer Joi Ito, which brings to print the best of his landscape and portrait photography. The book features hundreds of superb portraits of many of the leaders in both Technology and Creative industries. The book also includes important new essays by Howard Rheingold, Lawrence Liang, Yochai Benkler, Cory Doctorow and Isaac Mao, with a foreword by Lawrence Lessig and a special interview with Joi Ito. FREESOULS marks an important new step in free culture publishing, as all of the portraits in the book will be available for re-use. The book should be of special interest to digital photographers, Internet enthusiasts and free culture theorists.

21 Sep 08