Here Comes Everybody

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• Can the Internet save the book?

  (With additional questions from James Mustich, editor in chief of the Barnes & Noble Review). According to media columnist Michael Wolff, the name Clay Shirky is "now uttered in technology circles with the kind of reverence with which left-wingers us ... (read full critics)

  salon published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

6 Reviews

• Digital networks change the way we connect and organize.

  Digital networks change the way we connect and organize. I ran into this one at the local library (computer section??), so I read it in Dutch. There were many parts I liked, but I did not make notes this time. For instance:
  every professional, …, has a tendency to believe that what started as a so ... (continue)

  Digital networks change the way we connect and organize. I ran into this one at the local library (computer section??), so I read it in Dutch. There were many parts I liked, but I did not make notes this time. For instance:
  every professional, …, has a tendency to believe that what started as a solution to a temporal problem is equal to a law of nature; Where our communication changes, society changes; There is no recipe for the successful use of social technologies. Each system is a mix of social and technological factors.

  Read this book, e.g. if you want an insight on why your group is (not) working: the fact that you can easily create a group (e.g. Linkedin) does not make it a group which will last. Common purpose, mix of roles, a quantity of at least one 1,000, … and give it a year to try out. Interesting publication. Find Shirky on Ted as well.

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  Jw van Eck said on Aug 18, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  A beautiful mind

  Clay Shirky gets the Internet. He gets it better than pretty much any other commentator out there. This may be his best book, explaining the hows and the whys of humans suddenly getting way better at group behaviour.

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  Alberto Cottica said on May 23, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  An interesting overview of how the online world has been changed by social tools like wikipedia. It offers also many examples of how those tools interact with the "real world", dispelling -if it were necessary- the media-induced idea that "cyberspace" and everyday life don't mix.
  It is a good r ... (continue)

  An interesting overview of how the online world has been changed by social tools like wikipedia. It offers also many examples of how those tools interact with the "real world", dispelling -if it were necessary- the media-induced idea that "cyberspace" and everyday life don't mix.
  It is a good read for those that want to discover the realities of social tools and social software and also interesting for those that are already familiar with these things as it offers a way of thinking about those from different perspectives.

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  Carlo said on Aug 19, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  The best book about the internet. Must read for anybody active in this field.

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  alper said on Mar 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  This book is one of the first attempts at a comprehensive look at the new forms of social interaction both on and off line.
  Don't think Facebook, think "How a bunch of unknown people managed to get a stranger's stolen cell phone back".

  Clay Shirky is not an original writer, but he has a g ... (continue)

  This book is one of the first attempts at a comprehensive look at the new forms of social interaction both on and off line.
  Don't think Facebook, think "How a bunch of unknown people managed to get a stranger's stolen cell phone back".

  Clay Shirky is not an original writer, but he has a gift for clear explanation.

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  Halfadrop said on Jul 7, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  A very good overview of the incredible transformation that social interaction is undergoing. Discussing many technological tools for social interaction (mainly web and mobile phone-based), the author explains how the amateurization of many professions, together with the low transaction costs of co-o ... (continue)

  A very good overview of the incredible transformation that social interaction is undergoing. Discussing many technological tools for social interaction (mainly web and mobile phone-based), the author explains how the amateurization of many professions, together with the low transaction costs of co-operation are changing our lives.

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  Alegarg said on May 5, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 336 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141030623
• ISBN-13: 9780141030623
• Pub date: Feb 05, 2009
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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