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Gilbert Center Programs

Over the last four years, The Gilbert Center has grown organically, with new web sites sprouting up for new projects here and there, several evolutionary deadends, and one mass extinction (Social Ecology). We spent some time helping the process of natural selection on a bit, and now you can find all the Gilbert Center Programs in one place! Take a look at our workshops, for example. Did you even know we offered those? Posted: 2/15/04; 3:47:34 PM #

Oppose unreasonable database protection
	Public Knowledge is asking people to oppose unreasonable database protection. There is yet another public landgrab happening, where companies that package publicly available facts want to own the facts themselves. Are you in the U.S. and do you rely on public information for your work in any way? If so, please enage with this one. Posted: 2/15/04; 3:47:19 PM #

Impersonal Sociotechnical Capital

Here is another excellent piece by Paul Resnick, a 16 page chapter from Transforming Enterprise entitled Impersonal Sociotechnical Capital, ICTs, and Collective Action Among Strangers (PDF). I'll admit I prefer less academic titles, but he absolutely nails the key issues here. He touches on areas that are ripe for transformation, including grassroots politics and news and opinion formation. Posted: 2/15/04; 3:46:04 PM #

Real World Semantics
	I've been pretty excited about the vision of a Semantic Web for some years now. But I have learned that it's the small steps that my sector is most likely to embrace. So, it's with great pleasure that I point you to Real World Semantics, a copy of the (very readable) slides from the eTech conference presentation by Tantek Celik and Kevin Marks. Posted: 2/15/04; 3:45:49 PM #