My dominant response to clay shirkys sharing anchors community is to apply the notion of sharing to the social media sites facebook, twitter and youtube. The author considers examples such as wikipedia, myspace, and other social media in his analysis. Fearnley describes the coalescence of a disparate collection of vagabonds living in the squats of londons kings cross, with. Here comes clay shirky one of the digital ages great thinkers talks to pw about his new book, cognitive surplus, web values, and the changing world of publishing. The power of organizing without organizations clay shirky 304 pages penguin communications tools dont get socially. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is its.
Clay shirky and the cognitive surplus clay shirky is writer, consultant and a professor. The summary of here comes everybody by amir h karbalaei. The power of organizing without organizations speaking at harvard law schools austin hall on feb. Clay shirky on new book here comes everybody youtube. Complete webibliography for here comes everybody by. I found myself constantly recognising personal experience of web use in what he described. He says that even though large social groups are different from small ones we are still understanding all the ways in. He explains that this is because people social connectedness follows a power curve. Clay shirky, author of the interesting read, here comes everybody, has commented on how technologies that seemed trivial and pointless have shown their mettle outside the u. When the barrier to returning something is high, we make peace with finders, keepers.
Fitting our tools to a small world shirky discusses the fact that you are likely to find a connection with a random individual that you might meet on a plane. Here comes everybody blog with this transcript of shirkys speech on cognitive surplus from the web 2. Clay shirky, author of here comes everybody, isnt surprised. Summary and commentary of clay shirkys here comes everybody. Here comes everybody catholic diversity by robert p. Clay shirky, author of the just released here comes everybody. Here comes everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. Managing crises and disasters with emerging technologies. He knows what works online, what doesnt, and why and he just might know whats next.
One of the cultures wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of techenabled social interaction is clay shirky, and here comes everybody is his marvelous reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are. But clay shirky in this book does for the contemporary webuser what a thermometer does for the frog in gradually boiling water. Download citation on jan 1, 2008, clay shirky and others published here comes everybody. Shirky is interested in how social software can help humanrights protesters in. Clay shirkys here comes everybody chapter 3 everyone. Here comes everybody is a memoir written by founding member and accordion player james fearnley, drawn from his personal experiences and the series of journals and correspondence he kept throughout the bands career. When clay shirky was a young boy he thought that the main technologies for the 21st century would be the atomic energy and the spaceships to travel throughout the milky way.
The technology that made it possible to almost instantaneously and without a clear organization, assemble a. The spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing how people come together and get things doneand sparking a revolution that, as clay shirky. Clay spent the majority of the discussion outlining the book. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology. He makes some interesting observations about professionals and the link between professionalization and scarcity. Our social tools remove older obstacles to public expression. The result is the mass amateurization of efforts previously reserved for media professionals 55 not only is the. Rental copies must be returned at the end of the designated period, and may involve a deposit.
The power of organizing without organizations is a book by clay shirky published by penguin press in 2008 on the effect of the internet on modern group dynamics and organization. Clay shirkys here comes everybody chapter 3 everyone is a media outlet april, 2011 kellie powell the headline of clay shirkys chapter stated everyone is a media outlet, in his last few paragraphs he stated if everyone can do something, it is no longer rare enough to pay for it, even if it is vital. In this chapter, shirky gives an excellent reason why open source software beats marketed software, cost. Hi my name is lauren parr, and i chose to read here comes everybody. The power of organizing without organizations clay shirky, author. This is an odd title but it is fitting given the contents of the chapter. In the developed world, the experience of the average twentyfiveyearold is one of substantial overlap between online and offline friends and colleagues. In a digital world, it no longer takes a senior figure like mark felt to leak. Widespread dissent, often rooted in appalling ignorance.
The increased value of digital data comes almost entirely from its improved shareability, and if data is more shareable, there is a greater risk that it will be shared. Everyone is a media outlet shirky discusses the development of publishing and news distribution from scribes to printing to the internet. Here comes everybody publish then filter masscommons. Like lawrence lessig on the effect of new technology on regimes of cultural creation, shirky. The purpose of this short text is to summarize and. A presentation for libr 287the hyperlinked library.
Clay shirkys writings about the internet, including open source software, web economics and social computing. The power of organizing without organizations kindle edition by shirky, clay. A woman named ivanna left her cell phone, a sidekick, in a new york city cab like hundreds of people do each year. Shipping the price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used. I had the good fortune to hear clay shirky speak last night at harvard law school. Clay shirkys here comes everyone the idea of publish than filter is different from filter than publish in that the internet has allowed people to publish anything in real time. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is its brilliant chronicler. Here comes everybody has a refreshing interest in activism, rather than yet more digital pabulum for worried ceos. Clay shirky is very knowledgeable when it comes to anything new and innovative changing the way we communicate. The power of organizing without organization by clay shirky.
Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. Here comes everybody by clay shirky linkedin slideshare. On the most basic level here comes everybody is about the impact new digital media technologies have had on the organization, maintenance, and power of groups. A well respected figure, author of one of the most enlightening book on that very topic. Clay shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the internet revolution, but here comes everybody is more than just a technology book. Shirky makes the slightly obvious point that there are three things any. Has here comes everybody by clay shirky been sitting on your reading list. The power of organizing without organizations by shirky, clay isbn. The power of organizing without organizations by oset babur here comes everybody clay shirky 2009 shirkys book discusses how social tools support group organization and communication in an entirely new way, one that was previously impossible.
The power of organizing without organizations find, read and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The event was hosted by harvards berkman center as a leadup to their 10 year anniversary celebration. The power of organizing without organisations, the book has enjoyed commercial and critical success. The event also coincided with the release of clays new book, here comes everybody. Penguin, 2008 the notes below are direct transcriptions, except for what appears in square brackets. Those of us who are catholics have had a rough few years.
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