Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> Discuss. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132538 Open Source Urban Space: Cases Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:03 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132538 [...] Amrica [...] [...] Amrica [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-132524 Open Source Urban Space: Open Source Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:10 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-132524 [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...] [...] object is conjured into being in order to enable the very discourse that gives it existence. 3. http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16 para45 page tags: opensource page_revision: 32, last_edited: 1252915846|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-21327 Heather Wiltse Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-21327 I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as 'Web 2.0' or 'social media', except that the level of expertise required to 'build new things' is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison? I like the description of geeks as people who create new forms of political order that are bound up with sociotechnical systems. This seems to have some similarities to recent developments in the space generally referred to as ‘Web 2.0′ or ’social media’, except that the level of expertise required to ‘build new things’ is now much lower. Anyone can create a blog and open up a space for social interaction, for example. And even though starting a blog is a much humbler enterprise than building an operating system, the proliferation of social media, when viewed on a larger scale, seems to collectively represent in some sense a new type of social space. Is this a fair and/or worthwhile comparison?

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4557 Christopher Kelty Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:04:44 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4557 I don't know why this comment isn't showing up. I don’t know why this comment isn’t showing up.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-4464 Tijs Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-4464 The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work. The use of religious narratives in the geek community to express its own role in relationship to the state and large corporations is interesting on many levels, but I was surprised that there was no mention of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Based on Weber’s description of the ties between Calvinism and capitalism, the notion that geeks seek to “save capitalism from the capitalists” becomes even more powerful. When understood in Weber’s terms, the pride and sense of morality geeks might derive from mundane work such as debugging and editing wikipedia entries correlates with the Calvinist respect for work.

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-509 Offline Thinking » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-509 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

]]> http://twobits.net/discuss/chapter2/16/comment-page-1#comment-240 Mike Caulfield » Blog Archive » Recursive Publics, Martin Luther, and Copyright Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:05:15 +0000 http://twobits.net/discuss/?p=16#comment-240 [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...] [...] Christopher Kelty’s Two Bits, an anthropological study of open source culture (emphasis mine, and the term “geek” [...]

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