Saturday, January 31, 2004
More from Market and Community. This delightful drawing explains it all. This outlines three approachs for how to explain the way that individuals select their actions. In one model culture via communties guide individuals to make ethical choices about what they do. In a second model rational self interest intermediated by markets allow folks to [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Orkut is back. Next steps: Rank your friends! That is just about the dumbest thing I’ve every seen on a web site, bar none.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Because I’m interested in how standards emerge I have a few models in my noodle. The classic model is that the king tells everybody the rules and they obediently follow them. The institutional model is that powerful institutions act like little kings in their dominions and then negotiate with each other when necessary. The bottom [...]
Saturday, January 24, 2004
I’m a little concerned that after reading this two sentence paragraph: Again, and not to overstate the case, what characterizes this reading of society is the existence of principles of justice, of the idea of legitimate (and by implication of illegitimate) action and so, of necessity, of rules governing market, or better exchange behavior, that [...]
I’ve never been to a rave and I don’t really want to but I saw one in that horrible movie. Who’s in charge? It is a question that comes up. When people ask that about open source I like to tease them. I say it’s kind of like what happens if you put a bunch [...]
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Del.icio.us is neat. What’s in it for me? I get an account where I can collect bookmarks and access them from all over the web. It’s easy, since I can add bookmarks to your account using a bookmarklet. So I can type cmd-2 and hit a button I’ve saved another URL. What in it for [...]
Thursday, January 22, 2004
I’ve learned that when people ask me in a puzzled manner “How’s that work?” regarding open source I shouldn’t answer until I’ve let them reveal what aspect of the enterprise bewilders them. For example I had one SVP who’s key question was “How do you get along?” I had a guy who’s primary interest was [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Moore’s law isn’t the only rapidly growing technology curve. It has at least two peers. Disk space and communications. These stand on a rich substrate that is equally fecund. A soil of component parts: displays, batteries, memory, semiconductors and of social structures – firms, standards, technologists. These are not the only forces reshaping out future; [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Could somebody please stop this madness?
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