Linden Labs, the folks behind Second Life, have announced that they’re releasing the source code for their client “viewer” application under a GPL license. This… Read More »Unpacking Linden’s “open source” announcement
A recent earthquake off the coast of Taiwan has highlighted the fragility of telecoms cables and served as an interesting reminder that “the death of… Read More »The Taiwan earthquake, and a reminder about network fragility
Doc Searls is the ghost in the ceiling of the Berkman Center. Most of our “non-resident fellows” are folks we hear from a couple of… Read More »Doc Searls, live, not in the ceiling
Clay Shirky has a truly badass post regarding Second Life on Valleywag – he covers many of the concerns I have about the hype engine… Read More »Clay Shirky: Second Life as the “try me” virus
Charlie Nesson – who introduces himself as “Charles the Infuriator” – is chewing on an interesting new train of thought: the openness of universities. Charlie… Read More »Charles Nesson’s lunch at Berkman: what does it mean for a university to be “open”?
Christina Olsen and her colleagues on the Stop Badware project gave an excellent talk at Berkman yesterday about their work over the past year –… Read More »Stop Badware, and a question about where generativity lives…