Nice 15 video the summarises the issues around copyright exploitation and the need for reform. Hits the "shared culture" aspect hard.

Very interesting use of a Ning by a theatre company.

"Yet what the media has failed to grasp is what 4chan can tell us about where we're headed. The Chans aren't the freak sideshow of the Internet. They are the heart and soul of the Internet. And they are the ones furthest ahead of the pack, leading us."

Nice to see the inclusion debate articulated by an Amercian tech person. A number of parallels with efforts going on here with an emphasis on those who make the tools having a responsibility to make them accessible, both technically and culturally. "Culturally" being the important one.

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The difference between how commercial companies think and how the Internet works is something I've been observing for a while recently. It's most obvious with Twitter, Facebook and other centralised services that mimic the distributed architecture of the web but I think it's as much a state of mind as a technical solution. Here Anil Dash delves into the mire using Google Wave as an example. [<a href="http://dashes.com/anil/2009/08/the-web-on-the-web-way.html">Follow-up post</a>]

A manifesto that starts with "Dear Old People Who Run the World, My generation would like to break up with you." Like all good manifestos it's passionate, overblown and full of sweeping generalisations but that's not a problem as it serves to spark thought and discussion. Reads a lot like the Cluetrain Manifesto 10 years later which is no bad thing.

In the comments someone says this is nothing new - every generation felt like this. True but I wonder if the networked nature of this generation makes a difference?

Arguments from an academic who I respect are always worth looking at. Yes, she's fundamentally wrong. Yes, she's speaking about things she doesn't understand. But these are the sort of questions and issues folk like me need to have answers for.

Matt Haughey, who created MetaFilter back in the day, has a moan about how things ain't like they were. I love this sort of stuff.

Russ L's essential roundup of what's going on in the region. You can always guarantee to find at least a couple of things of interest in there.

Missed this at the time, but last February Nine In Nails ran a game that has striking similarities to the Lost Experience, dropping absurdly obscure clues around their gigs and waiting for obsessive fans to pick up on them and share the knowledge. Fascinating stuff.

"is renowned internationally as one of the most adventurous artists' groups using interactive media, creating groundbreaking new forms of performance and interactive art that mixes audiences across the internet, live performance and digital broadcasting. Led by Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj, the group’s work explores interactivity and the social and political aspects of technology. It confronts a media saturated world in which popular culture rules, using performance, installation, video, mobile and online technologies to ask questions about the ideologies present in the information that envelops us."

Have heard good things about this lot. To investigate.

A long and surprisingly academic in places guide to the British Public House. Useful even for those who visit them regularly.

"Give a man (or a woman) an anonymous account, and he'll eviscerate your self-esteem."

This topic has cropped up a bit recently as those of us who are subsumed in social media realise our memories aren't as good as they used to be. Or maybe we're just getting old?