Evolution of Economics
Verna Alle Economic Theory free-fall – there are no good models of the knowledge economy. All our ideas are based on product and commodity If we create new ideas and share, all people come away
Meshforum – David Levinson
Transportation networks – networks (like railroads) can’t easily be reconfigured – you can’t turn a rail station to an airport. We have fast, empty trains – we don’t think about empty trains when no one
Broadband Mechanics
Marc Senasac of Broadband Mechanics – user generated content using open standards as much as possible. Examples – Structured Blogging, Our Media (as part of the Internet Archive). People Aggregator project – different ways to connect
Aaron Burcell, Podshow
Podshow, 18 months of growth, top 100 indie content creators, partnerships with Sirius and iTunes. Audience creates or co-creates the content movement will be driven not by tech but by consumer demand. The nature of the
Large scale social networks panel
Anil Dash: when typepad started most people had ratio of blog to readers – 40:1 now it is closer to 1000:1 at Typepad. LiveJournal – huge community – primarily or 2/3rd woman 18–24, very geographically and technologically
