Howard Rheingold
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“The WELL [online community founded in 1985], because of its open nature and desire to experiment, opened up chunks of the operating system for programmers to actually play with and make little utilities for the people as a way of practicing. There was this maker culture going on at the same time. As @hrheingold put it once, it was where the tool makers meet the tool users. ...
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“The WELL [online community founded in 1985], because of its open nature and desire to experiment, opened up chunks of the operating system for programmers to actually play with and make little utilities for the people as a way of practicing. There was this maker culture going on at the same time. As @hrheingold put it once, it was where the tool makers meet the tool users. ...
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Sean Tilley
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Michael Foster
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Cast your vote to bring @mike and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection.
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Richard MacManus
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In a January 1999 interview with The Guardian, Bowie tried to explain his approach to the internet as an artist.
"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It's not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
https://cybercultural.com/p/online-identity-bowieworld-1999/
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In a January 1999 interview with The Guardian, Bowie tried to explain his approach to the internet as an artist.
"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It's not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
https://cybercultural.com/p/online-identity-bowieworld-1999/
#internet#TheWeb #cyberculture#OnlineIdentity#OnlineCommunities