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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) One person had brought up the idea of open source as a model for egalitarian participatory economics, and I made a brief comment that it wasn’t all that egalitarian, really.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. What About You?

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Game Friday: Spore, Self-Expression, and the Pitfalls of Creating Your Own Universe

Museum 2.0

Games are already highly participatory, but over the last few years game designers have been giving players more control over the gameworld and experience. Spore was released in September of 2008 to huge sales expectations. What does "game 2.0" Last week, Wright spoke at the Web 2.0

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 1: Overview and Statistics

Museum 2.0

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Next week, part 2 will focus on participants' experiences.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) Its success can distort understanding of what makes a wiki work. After all, if Wikipedia could succeed as a collaborative documentation of well, everything, isn't your specific wiki bound to thrive as well? But wikis are a very specific tool.

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