EDCMOOC discussion

This isn't a spoiler at all. In the digital version that I downloaded for free, the author talks about his philosophy of "open source." He says, "If you're not making art with the intention of having it copied, you're not really making art for the twenty-first century."

What do you think?

From reading the book so far, the ideas behind it seem better written and more interesting than the book itself. That quote above is quite profound as it touches on so many issues to do with data, copyright, information, collaboration, privacy, individuality etc etc, as well as how we make art. It reminded me of the project, "Everything is a Remix". Have humans always been "open source", as it were, in the way we come up with ideas?

There is a quote in "Little Brother" where the main character is describing how he made his own computer out of parts, "The best part of all this was how it made me feel - in control. This is why I loved technology: if you used it right it could give you power and privacy".
But how does that sit with the philosophy of open source? And, say, something like wikileaks or Edward Snowdon? Who really has the power & control? What power and whose privacy are we talking about? And who defines that?

I really enjoyed this book. I also agree the ideas kind of surpass the book, but it's youth-focus will widen the audience which is a good thing. Reading this while the Snowden revelations are big news was doubly interesting. Made me think..

How about a question about the continuous monitoring of students and the ethics of analytics and big data in education? Analytics (learning analytics particularly) are starting to trend following the US. Where can the line be drawn between privacy and legitimate service improvement? (or perhaps there is no definitive line)

Just wanted to ask what people will be using to read the tweet chat on Saturday? I've used these two before. Anyone use anything different?
1. http://tweetchat.com/
2. http://twubs.com/

I'll use Tweet Deck - works for me! www.tweetdeck.com

Lots of questions up there!

In response to Rick's question:
Art, education, technology, the Internet, or any thing/thought created for that matter: open source / the commons / for the common good / philanthropic - or/vs private property / walled / closed / exclusive / for-profit? And in-betweens of tracking/filters?

Following Chris's thought on power & control: is it double-edged / a two-way tug-of-war continuum?

As Chris and Kirstie brought up: where can the line be drawn between privacy and legitimations of .../___?
eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S...
eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sw...
eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley...
eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_...
~ resonances with main character / idea holder/personification Marcus.

Will probably use Tweetdeck &/or Tweetchat if latter's back on.

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I will be using tweetchat. I like how it automatically puts the # in for me.

For tomorrow, I have another question for those of you not in the USA.

Where do you see similarities to the "police state" described in the book in your own context? Where do you see differences?

Chat with you tomorrow!

...and a RT from the author. Perhaps they'll be a few more online tomorrow!

I listened to a couple of good interview with Cory Doctorow yesterday. They cover loads of interesting topics to do with writing, copywrite, publishing, crowd funding, privacy, and lots of other things I didn't really understand on first listen! Well worth a listen if you have a moment
http://www.muleradio.net/newdisruptor...
http://craphound.com/?p=2773

I will use tweetchat. Looking forward to the discussion, as I've enjoyed a lot of Cory Doctorow's fiction.