Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. API widget economy provide a platform for Amazon to empower Twitterers to sell books to each other via API. One, should we monetize other people’s activity? Two, how can Twitter make money? 20 million? MORE >>

Gower Publishing, 2010. We will return to this important book on a further occasion with further thematic excerpts, but today, we conclude the week’s treatment with the conclusions of the author. “Finally, a fundamental question concerns how change in the direction sketched in this book can be brought about. Table 9.1 MORE >>

ISBN 978-0745648026, published by Polity Press, 2010 (£13.66 So when a review copy of Halpern’s latest book found its way into my mailbox, I could only look forward to Christmas for some quiet reading time. The final theme covered in the book deals with power and governance. The hidden wealth of nations. By David Halpern. MORE >>

Book: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. The Penguin Press, 2010. In the Boston Review, Evgeny Morozov has a rather devastating review of Shirky’s new book. Class, gender, and race make a few appearances, but not as venues of systemic oppression. Clay Shirky. And television watching? MORE >>

* Book: From Nations to Networks. very important book, that I strongly urge the P2P community to read!! In the first part of this book, we will try to understand nations, as well as the tools and symbols from which they were imagined and experienced. Tags: P2P Books P2P Governance P2P Hierarchy Theory P2P Theory MORE >>