Multi-Purpose Librarian
Posted in Copyright, Digital Culture on Dec 1st, 2008
In last week’s Screens Issue of the New York Times Magazine, Kevin Kelly had a long article called “Becoming Screen Literate.” I first became aware of Kevin Kelly and his greatness when I read another of his NYT Magazine articles in May 2006, Scan This Book, about the impact of mass digitization on the future [...]
Posted in Digital Culture on Jul 7th, 2008
Before you read this post, go watch the music video for Weezer’s Pork and Beans, if you haven’t already. While you watch, you can play Count the Meme, or just check out the video’s Wikipedia entry, which catalogs every meme reference with links to the originals. Warning: You may lose several hours tracking down all [...]
Posted in Copyright, Creative Commons Evangelism, Digital Culture on Jul 1st, 2008
As a part of Ann Arbor Summer Fest, the Ann Arbor District Library hosted A Panel Discussion on Digital Culture and Internet Rights. The headliner, if panels can be said have headliners, was Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Minister of Culture, superstar musician, and Creative Commons evangelist extraordinaire.
The other panelists were local luminaries in the areas of [...]
