Friday, February 22, 2013

Changing Business Models in the Creative

Industries: The cases of Television,
Computer Games and Music


This is an independent report commissioned by the Intellectual Property Ofice
(IPO). This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council
(grant number RES-173-27-0219)
Dr. Nicola Searle
October 2011
Voluntary payment models, by Yochai Benkler

Commons-based Peer Production and Virtue*, by YOCHAI BENKLER and HELEN NISSENBAUM. The Journal of Political Philosophy: Volume 14, Number 4, 2006, pp. 394–419

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace Foreword by Yochai Benkler (Re-mixed by Hassan Masum) The Wealth of Networks: Remixed Highlights
Prefaces by Thomas Malone, Tom Atlee, & Pierre Lévy. Edited by Mark Tovey. Afterword by The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin & Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Internet and the Revitalization of Democracies

The Wealth of Networks. How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, by Yochai Benkler

EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE†: SOCIAL COOPERATION AND ARTIST COMPENSATION, by Leah Belsky, Byron Kahr, Max Berkelhammer, Yochai Benkler

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
PrestaShop is the most reliable and flexible Open-source e-commerce software. Since 2007, PrestaShop has revolutionized the industry by providing features that engage shoppers and increase online sales. The PrestaTeam consists of over 100 passionate individuals and more than 400 000 community members dedicated to innovated technology.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Schmoozing and Smiting: Trust, Social Institutions, and Communication Patterns in an MMOG
Rabindra A. Ratan
University of Southern California
Jae Eun Chung
Kent State University
Cuihua Shen
Dmitri Williams
University of Southern California
Marshall Scott Poole
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Enable Viacam (eViacam) is a mouse replacement software that moves the pointer as you move your head.
It works on standard PC equipped with a webcam. No additional hardware is required.
It's completely free, open source and easy to use!
Journal of Information Technology Education Volume 8, 2009
Editor: Lynn Jeffrey
Open Source Software Development Experiences on the
Students’ Resumes: Do They Count?

- Insights from the Employers’ Perspectives
Ju Long

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Open Source. Content Management Systems in Japanese Universities

Friday, February 1, 2013

My avatar and me (Bente Milton, Mikkel Stolt, 2010)



MY AVATAR AND ME. DIR: Bente Milton, Mikkel Stolt 2010 / Denmark / 91 min. YOUR ONLINE DOCUMENTARY CINEMA