Ghazal, Matt, Diana

Ghazal, Matt, Diana

What is Social media?

Social media is the social interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange

information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.

Where do good ideas come from?

(Steven Johnson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

Hands on Project

Sharing Nicely: On Shareable Goods and the Emergence of Sharing as a Modality of

Economic Productionby: Yochai Benkler

Sharing!• Social Relations and ethic

of sharing (instead of price system)

• Underappreciated • Sharing goods saves more

money• Shareable goods are

‘lumpy’ and of ‘midgrained granularity’

Other Types of Sharing- Individuals sharing

information- Discussions become

widespread through technological advancements

- Technology doesn't determine the level of sharing but does set a threshold.

Sharing is good, right?

WRONG!

Open Letter to Hackers :

• “One thing you do […] is prevent good software from being written. Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free?”

• Bill Gates•

OPEN SOURCE

•“RADICAL”

• “IDEALISTIC”

• “DANGEROUS”

OPEN SOURCE = COMMUNISM

OPEN SOURCE ≠ COMMUNISM

• volunteer-based ≠ forced sharing• software (abundant) ≠ food & shelter (scarce)• intrinsically motivated to create and share ≠• creativity was censored and killed• open source can be profitable

How can open source can be profitable?

• Linux - free operating system • Red Hat Enterprise Linux – pay for support

WordPress.com

• free platform

• pay for customization

WordPress.org

• Enterprise

• Creating a high-profile website on a tight deadline? Get the simplicity of

WordPress.com with powerful customizations for Enterprise sites.• $500.00/per month

Best of both worlds

OPEN HIGH SCHOOL

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sovve-j3xGk