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Key Terms
by Fred Turner 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Thom -- Some possibilities, including a couple already mentioned: Place Surveillance E-commerce Mobility Ubiquity Origins (a history of...section) Privacy I'm actually about to teach portions of the book in a Social Impact of Digital Media class and am a fan; these are some of the categories that I've found myself wishing were already there. Best, Fred ___________________________________________________________________ Fred Turner Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Building 120 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2050 O) 650-723-0706 Fax) 650-725-2472 fturner(a)stanford.edu

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warez traders.
by swiss＠uiowa 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

ERIC, See the chapter by David T. in THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND CONTEMPORARY THEORY (routledge, 2000, Herman and Swiss) called 'HO HO HO AND A SERVER OF WAREZ.' A very useful piece, nicely written. Thom ------------------------- Message: 17 From: ericgoldman(a)onebox.com To: air-l(a)aoir.org Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:07:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-l] Research on warez traders Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I would appreciate any pointers to research that's been done about the behavior and motivations of warez traders. Thanks, Eric. -------------------------------

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Research on warez traders
by ericgoldman＠onebox.com 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

I would appreciate any pointers to research that's been done about the behavior and motivations of warez traders. Thanks, Eric. -- Eric Goldman Marquette Univ. Law School ericgoldman(a)onebox.com Personal home page: http://eric_goldman.tripod.com

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1 (more) new paper on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Hello Again, Below are the details for a new submission. Thanks to the authors for the submission. As always, authors welcome feedback for the papers. Authors: Kieran Healy and Alan Schussman. Title: The Ecology of Open Source Software Development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/healyschussman.pdf Abstract: A number of theories have emerged to explain the success of open source software, mainly from economics and law. We analyze a very large sample of OSS projects and find striking patterns in the overall structure of the development community. The distribution of projects on a range of activity measures is spectacularly skewed, with only a relatively tiny number of projects showing evidence of the strong collaborative activity which is supposed to characterize OSS. Our findings are consistent with prior, smaller-scale empirical research. We argue that these findings pose problems for the dominant accounts of OSS. We suggest that the gulf between active and inactive projects may be explained by social-structural features of the community which have received little attention in the existing literature. We suggest some hypotheses that might better predict the observed ecology of projects. Thanks again! -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: lakhani(a)mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://opensource.mit.edu http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://mit.edu/lakhani/www ==============================================

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research on virtual communication and communities
by Denise Carter 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

i have a colleague who sent me this request - as it is not exactly my area of expertise i wondered if anyone had any suggestions regards denise >Does anyone have any good ideas on (broadly) anthropological journals that >publish work in the area of computer-mediated communication, interaction and >decision-making? Denise Maia Carter, School of Comparative and Applied Social Science, University of Hull, UK http://www.denisecarter.net denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net

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cfp Corporal Literacy
by Rob van Kranenburg 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

CALL FOR PAPERS Corporal Literacy Maaike Bleeker: New developments in a variety of disciplines - ranging from philosophy to medicine to cognitive science - argue for a revaluation of the body as actively involved in processes of world making rather than a passive decoding machine. This revaluation of the body points to the necessity to change our understanding of the role of the body in processes of perception and meaning making. Corporal literacy understood as the bodily capacity to read and make sense also changes the notion of thought and meaning itself, the idea of what it means to do thinking, to make meaning, to rationalize. "What is important" write Lakoff and Johnson in their Philosophy in the Flesh, "is not just that we have bodies and that thought is somehow embodied. What is important is that the very peculiar nature of our bodies shapes our very possibilities for conceptualisation and categorization." Corporal literacy describes these abilities of the body to perceive, read and make sense. It is a strategic term, with which we want to make a space for interaction and collaboration between researchers approaching questions of bodily meaning making from various backgrounds. George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Philosophy in the Flesh. The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought. Basic Books 1999: 19 Rob van Kranenburg: In A future world of supersenses, Martin Rantzer of Ericsson Foresight claims: "New communication senses will be needed in the future to enable people to absorb the enormous mass of information with which they are confronted," According to him the user interfaces we use today to transmit information to our brains threaten create a real bottleneck for new broadband services. "The boundaries of what constitutes consumer electronics and computers are getting blurred," said Gerard J. Kleisterlee, the chief executive of Royal Philips Electronics. "As we get wireless networking in the home, everything starts to talk to everything." Implementing digital connecitivity in an analogue environment without a design for all the senses , without a concept of corporal literacy, leads to information overload. In a ubiquitous computing environment the new intelligence is extelligence, "knowledge and tools that are outside people's heads" (Stewart and Cohen, 1997) In a ubiquitous computing environment the user has to be not only textually and visually literate, both also have corporal literacy, that is an awareness of extelligence and a working knowledge of all the senses. It is our claim in staking out a field of corporal literacy that in contemporary performance and theatrical practice we find an actualization of (and ways of dealing with) the bottleneck scenarios that are envisaged by information experts. At Big Consumer Electronics Show, the Buzz Is All About Connections January 13, 2003 By SAUL HANSELL, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/13/technology/13DIGI.html?ex=1043457162&ei=1… A workshop/panel in the Conference: MULTILITERACIES: THE CONTACT ZONE 2003 International AILA Conference on Literacy http://memling.rug.ac.be/aila Submit abstracts by email in an attachment to kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl and maaike.bleeker(a)hum.uva.nl. Remember to give the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, fax number and 50 word biodate. Location: Ghent, Belgium Date: 22-27 September 2003 Call Deadline: 28 March, 2003 Contact Persons: Rob van Kranenburg - Maaike Bleeker Contact Email: kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl - maaike.bleeker(a)hum.uva.nl IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 March, 2003. Notification of acceptance: 31 April, 2003. Program available: 15 August, 2003. Early bird registration: before 28 March, 2003 Details regarding the program, registration and hotel accommodation will be sent out in February 2003. If you submit an abstract, you will automatically receive this information -- web: http://simsim.rug.ac.be/staff/rob mail: kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl mobile: ++32 (0) 472 40 63 72 Call home first 0032 9 2333 853

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3 New Papers and 1 Book on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hello All, Some members of the list may be interested in these papers. Sorry for any X-posting. Best, Karim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [F/OSS-Community] 3 New Papers and 1 Book on opensource.mit.edu Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:40:25 -0500 From: Karim R. Lakhani <lakhani(a)MIT.EDU> Organization: MIT Sloan Spoudaios Paizen Research Project To: discuss <discuss(a)opensource.mit.edu>, community <community(a)opensource.mit.edu> Hello All, Happy New Year! The year is off to a great start. Over my holidays I recieved 3 papers and 1 book on free software and open source. Many thanks to the authors for their contributions. Here are the details: Paper 1 Author: Nuvolari, Alessandro Title Open Source Software Development: Some Historical Perspectives http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/nuvolari.pdf Abstract: In this paper we suggest that historical studies of technology can help us to account for some, perplexing (at least for traditional economic reasoning) features of open source software development. When looked in historical perspective, open source software seems to be a particular case of what Robert Allen has termed "collective invention". We explore the interpretive value of this historical parallel in detail, comparing open source software with two remarkable episodes of nineteenth century technical advances. Paper 2 Authors: Schmidt, Klaus & Monika Schnitzer Title Public Subsidies for Open Source? Some Economic Policy Issues of the Software Market http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/schmidtschnitzer.pdf This paper discusses the economic merits of direct or indirect governmental support for open source projects. Software markets differ from standard textbook markets in three important respects that may give rise to market failures: (i) large economies of scale, (ii) crucially important innovations, (iii) significant network effects and switching costs. We analyze the differences between proprietary software and open source software with respect to these market features and ask whether open source as an alternative to proprietary software can mitigate these problems. Then we discuss the implications of various forms of governmental support for open source. Paper 3 Authors: West, Joel & Jason Dedrick Title Open Source Standardization: The Rise of Linux in the Network Era http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/westdedrick.pdf Abstract: To attract complementary assets, firms that sponsor proprietary de facto compatibility standards must trade off control of the standard against the imperative for adoption. For example, Microsoft and Intel in turn gained pervasive adoption of their technologies by appropriating only a single layer of the standards architecture and encouraging competition in other layers. In reaction to such proprietary strategies, the open source movement relinquished control to maximize adoption. To illustrate this, we examine the rise of the Linux operating system from 1995-2001, particularly the motivations of organizational buyers and suppliers of complementary assets, and Microsoft’s reaction to its success. Book Editor: Hahn Robert Title Government Policy Towards Open Source Software (Edited Book) http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296&aei_bro Abstract: Can open source software?software that is usually available without charge and that individuals are free to modify?survive against the fierce competition of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Windows? Should the government intervene on its behalf? This book addresses a host of issues raised by the rapid growth of open source software, including government subsidies for research and development, government procurement policy, and patent and copyright policy. Contributors offer diverse perspectives on a phenomenon that has become a lightning rod for controversy in the field of information technology. Contributors: Chapter 1: Government Policy toward Open Source Software: An Overview; Robert W. Hahn Chapter 2: What Good is Free Software?; James Bessen Chapter 3: Politics and Programming: Government Preferences for Pomoting Open Source Software; David S. Evans Chapter 4: Open Source Baselines: Compared to What?; Lawrence Lessig Chapter 5: The Future of Software: Enabling the Marketplace to Decide; Bradford L. Smith Send me more of your papers!!! -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: lakhani(a)mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://opensource.mit.edu http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://mit.edu/lakhani/www ============================================== _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community(a)opensource.mit.edu http://opensource.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/community -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: lakhani(a)mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://opensource.mit.edu http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://mit.edu/lakhani/www ==============================================

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breaking the rules
by Ulla Bunz 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

I've been collecting some literature on online norms, especially in group interaction. I want to look specifically at a group's reaction to such violation. I have a lot of the "flaming" literature, especially that which comes out of communication research. I also have a few "interactional norms" pieces (i.e., Postmes 2000) that are related to impression making. I'm aware of a couple of famous cases (such as the guy deleting all his email in the WELL, or the LambdaMoo "rape" case). I'm looking for additional work that examines specifically how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms in the long term. I'm sure there must be a lot of research out there on this topic, especially in the "community" research field, and hopefully in disciplines other than communication. I'd also love to hear about non-US incidents (I read German and French), and though the research I'm aware of is all about email, the web, and usenet, I'd love to hear about other interactional media in which norm violation took place. To many of you this might seem like an obvious question and you're pulling your hair, thinking, "how come she doesn't know about this stuff," but I would really appreciate some help to add to my current literature review. Any pointers as to how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms would be much appreciated. Please send your advice Off List to me personally at bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu, and I will make sure I compile a summary to be posted here (rather than clogging up everyone's mailbox with lots of messages). Thanks so much in advance! Ulla ********************** Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu **********************

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Informal programming learning?
by David Wiley 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

<lurk mode=off> Everyone, I'm looking for references to the informal (trans. extracurricular) learning of programming. We all know (or may be) geeks of great prowess who never took a CS course. These people frequently relied on the Internet to receive help, get feedback, etc. Anyone know of any research pieces that detail (or at least reference) this phenomenon? Thanks in advance. /me recedes into shadow... <lurk mode=on> -- http://wiley.ed.usu.edu/ "I'm much more interested in being right today than I am in maintaining that I was right yesterday."

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Re: [Air-l] Informal programming learning?
by Irene Berkowitz 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Jeremy, Not a reference to specifically learning programming, but the "Social Life of Information" by John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid is about the phenomenon of the "practice of learning." IB >>> jhuns(a)vt.edu 01/27/2003 7:38:30 PM >>> there is, as i recall, at least one such work at opensource.mit.edu, i'd be interested in hearing of others. <lurk mode= on> ! error mode not present On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 06:23 PM, David Wiley wrote: > <lurk mode=off> > > Everyone, > > I'm looking for references to the informal (trans. extracurricular) > learning of programming. We all know (or may be) geeks of great > prowess who never took a CS course. These people frequently relied on > the Internet to receive help, get feedback, etc. Anyone know of any > research pieces that detail (or at least reference) this phenomenon? jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l Irene Berkowitz Program Director, Curricular Publications and Systems Office of the Vice Provost Temple University tel. 215-204-7596 fax. 215-204 3175 berkowitz(a)mail.temple.edu

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