Remixing and Collaborative Value

As I sat down to work on the WordPress theme that I hope to release soon, I came across a relevant comment that I made on an old Rhizome thread back in February ‘06 in response to the question, …[Should Artists be] required to expose their code in order to receive financial support? The question was originally posted by new-media artist Jason Van Anden. I thought my comment was a nice to dig back up and re-post since it makes relevant points about the nature of creation, and collaborative value. (more…)

A Better Twitter Directory

A number of people have been asking for a good twitter directory of journalists. Now there is one. Muckrack is a basic site that has created a growing directory of journalists organized by media outlet. Don’t get me wrong, this is no Facebook for journalists, but this is a great way to reach out to old colleagues, connect with other newsrooms, and collaborate on breaking news. Be warned, it does require that you commit to using Twitter.