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Art Mobs in Slate

Art Mobs in Slate 07/21/2004 07:44 PM

Slate is running a piece today entitled "Art Mobs" that takes a look at how collaboration between artists has changed as things move online. It covers graphical, film, and text pieces, but the best example is a song.

We've profiled MacJams before, the site built around sharing tracks for Apple's Garageband users. They've got Creative Commons licenses built in and this slate article highlights the final track "Please Eat." It is the fourth version of an earlier cut, and in the end four different musicians contributed 36 separate tracks to the final song.

I did some digging around and here is the original track, which is licensed under an Attribution license. If you'd like to further mash the track, the final track mentioned is under an Attribution-Noncommercial license.

Snowball Mobs!

Snowball Mobs! 12/05/2003 04:14 PM
With a potential blizzard blanketing the northeast, it looks like flashmobs are out and snowball fights are in. What do you think, are we gonna see a lot more of this kind of thing now that online invitations are setting the standard? This invite seems to be flying around NYC pretty fast indeed. The question is: How big will the battle be?

Smart Mobs -

Smart Mobs - 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Third, civility, reason, and evidence are what distinguish the public sphere — the free and open discourse among citizens that provides the foundation for democracy — from the emotion-charged, ignorant, slogan-slinging online combat that sometimes drowns

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Mobs, Webl0gs, Multimedia

Mobs, Webl0gs, Multimedia 12/08/2002 03:48 AM
Moblogging is different than Blogwalking, but it doesn't have to be.

Flash mobs is official

Flash mobs is official 07/09/2004 08:00 PM
"Flash Mobs" has made it into the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, according to Smart Mobs. Maybe it'll be able to get its smarter cousin inducted soon......

Smart Mobs: City of Memory

Smart Mobs: City of Memory 08/05/2004 04:23 PM
Via Smart Mobs: "Jake Barton's City of Memory uses a map structure to locate stories about life in New York City."

Smart Mobs: To the class of 2004

Smart Mobs: To the class of 2004 06/14/2004 06:51 AM
this commencement speech .. a speech to graduates

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My Own Building System (MOBS) 2.1
(Default branch)

My Own Building System (MOBS) 2.1
(Default branch) 06/05/2005 11:23 PM
MOBS is a building system a la autoconf, but a lot easier for both developers and users. It's very easy to use and tune, even for medium-sized projects. If you want your project to be configurable and accept most "./configure" options but without the hassle and burden autoconf and friends impose, this is for you. It has good documentation and a low steep learning curve, and even has a bit of application framework in order to ease development.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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Changes:
Due to a design flaw, "Makefile" must be called "Makefile.in" now. This prevents a nasty situation where the end user could do "make" before configuring the project with "0".

How Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs

How Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs 06/02/2004 02:41 AM
Both the wisdom and stupidity of crowds is a fascinating subject. I once took an entire course that focused on the problems of "groupthink," which is more commonly referred to as the "echo chamber" these days. However, at the same time, disparate groups of people, all making decisions (say, in a market) can lead to some very intelligent solutions. Salon is now reviewing a book called < i>The Wisdom of Crowds, which is obviously a play on the old favorite, < i>Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds. However, I think that the title to Salon's article gets it wrong. They call it: Sm art Mobs Beat Dumb CEOs, when what the book is really talking about is that Dumb Mobs Beat Smart CEOs. That's the real point to drive home. The power of well organized markets that present information (where the errors cancel out and the real info remains) is a testament to the power of "dumb" crowds. They're not being intelligent - but it's the collective actions that reveal the pieces of intelligence. That network of supposedly "dumb" devices at the ends, is likely to beat out the centralized "smart" CEO in the middle. In fact, the book supposedly discusses companies that are experimenting with such distributed decision making processes, where the decisions of many can better forecast where the company is going than the top-down view of the CEO. Of course, if this book catches on, expect a number of companies to try to implement such bottom-up decision making in a way that misses the point and does more damage than harm (followed by the inevitable anecdotal evidence of why such things will never work) such as making everyone "vote" on certain pointless decisions that will just waste time.

Smart mobs beat dumb CEOs

Smart mobs beat dumb CEOs 06/02/2004 07:19 AM
James Surowiecki's new book, "The Wisdom of Crowds," argues that diverse groups predict the future better than solo prima donnas.

Mobs Attack Indian Theaters Over Lesbian
Film (Reuters)

Mobs Attack Indian Theaters Over Lesbian
Film (Reuters) 06/14/2004 01:05 PM
Reuters - Hard-line Hindus hurled stones and damaged movie theaters in India Monday to stop the screening of a film about a relationship between two women, saying it violated Indian culture.

"Smart Mobs: Rumsfeld bans camera phones
in Iraq"

"Smart Mobs: Rumsfeld bans camera phones
in Iraq" 05/24/2004 08:36 PM

UK to review cybercrime law

UK to review cybercrime law 04/27/2004 11:46 AM
CNN Apr 27 2004 3:48PM GMT

The new face of cybercrime

The new face of cybercrime 07/20/2004 06:23 AM
Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn lessons from the old era of hacker vandalism.

U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime
Treaty

U.S. Considering Ratifying Cybercrime
Treaty 04/25/2004 07:25 PM

US defends cybercrime treaty

US defends cybercrime treaty 04/24/2004 06:17 AM
Your secrets are safe with us

Cybercrime hitting the UK hard

Cybercrime hitting the UK hard 04/05/2005 12:11 PM
ZDNet UK Apr 5 2005 2:41PM GMT

Punishment fails to fit the cybercrime

Punishment fails to fit the cybercrime 08/19/2004 05:33 AM
ZDNet UK Aug 19 2004 10:13AM GMT

150 arrested as US clamps down on
cybercrime

150 arrested as US clamps down on
cybercrime 08/27/2004 05:47 PM
Personal Computer World Aug 27 2004 9:51PM GMT

Is password-lending a cybercrime?

Is password-lending a cybercrime? 03/08/2004 11:14 PM

Cybercrime Spins Out Of Control

Cybercrime Spins Out Of Control 09/22/2004 02:20 PM

Official: Cybercrime is growing

Official: Cybercrime is growing 04/01/2005 11:21 AM

Cybercrime 'must be taken seriously'

Cybercrime 'must be taken seriously' 03/23/2005 08:01 AM
ZDNet UK Mar 23 2005 10:38AM GMT

Cybercrime A Worldwide Headache

Cybercrime A Worldwide Headache 09/19/2004 11:09 PM
CBS News Sep 20 2004 3:02AM GMT

U.S. defends cybercrime treaty

U.S. defends cybercrime treaty 04/25/2004 09:54 PM

Microsoft to help police on cybercrime

Microsoft to help police on cybercrime 03/31/2005 07:21 AM
ZDNet UK Mar 31 2005 10:55AM GMT

Cops get cybercrime help from Microsoft

Cops get cybercrime help from Microsoft 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
Program will develop analytical tools to help international police forces fight phishing and other crimes.

UK Wants To Update Cybercrime Laws

UK Wants To Update Cybercrime Laws 06/30/2004 01:07 PM
Over in the UK, they've realized that it's about time they updated some of their cybercrime laws. This makes sense, since most computer crime laws are pretty much out of date, but since so few politicians seem to really understand technology, the fear is that any update may make things worse. Already, the report mentioned in the article recommends increasing jail time for "hackers." That may be good or it may not be, but just using the generic term "hackers" is a bad sign. The problem isn't with hackers, but it should be focused on what crime (if any) they've really committed. The report does note that the police do need to be better trained in how to deal with computer crimes, and that certainly makes sense. Still, politicians and computer crime laws seem to have a very bad history together, and it's unlikely this time will be any different. The problem is usually that the politicians don't understand cybercrime, and thus, they over-react to it. Until a new generation of tech savvy individuals gets elected to office, this is going to be an ongoing problem.

Cybercrime-fighting MP to step down

Cybercrime-fighting MP to step down 04/11/2005 01:58 PM
ZDNet UK Apr 11 2005 4:51PM GMT

UK to Review Pre-Web Era Cybercrime Law
(Reuters)

UK to Review Pre-Web Era Cybercrime Law
(Reuters) 04/27/2004 04:41 AM
Reuters - Britain is to update its lone cybercrime law, a 1990 pre-Web relic widely regarded as inadequate to deal with growing computer criminality.

UK to update cybercrime laws

UK to update cybercrime laws 04/27/2004 11:00 PM
The UK's lone cybercrime law is antiquated, pre-dating the rise of the Internet. Parliament is looking at revising the legislation and toughening sentences.

Enforcement is key to fighting
cybercrime

Enforcement is key to fighting
cybercrime 07/02/2004 11:26 AM
Analysis Leave law alone and feel more collars, MPs' report concludes

Police to become masters of cybercrime

Police to become masters of cybercrime 06/03/2004 03:26 PM
ZDNet UK Jun 3 2004 6:04PM GMT

Putting teeth into U.S. cybercrime
policy

Putting teeth into U.S. cybercrime
policy 04/14/2005 07:02 AM
Paul Kurtz leads a CEO group pressing for more-effective cybersecurity laws. Will it succeed where others have failed?

Cybercrime - it's the outsiders wot's to
blame

Cybercrime - it's the outsiders wot's to
blame 11/10/2003 11:09 PM
Checking out the finances

International Conference Tackles
Cybercrime

International Conference Tackles
Cybercrime 09/17/2004 10:38 AM

Cybercrime training to turn PCs into PC
pros

Cybercrime training to turn PCs into PC
pros 06/04/2004 08:51 AM
Silicon.com Jun 4 2004 1:13PM GMT

US urges Philippines to implement
cybercrime law

US urges Philippines to implement
cybercrime law 01/29/2004 10:03 PM
IDGNet New Zealand Jan 29 2004 3:47PM GMT

Police given new training to tackle
cybercrime

Police given new training to tackle
cybercrime 06/04/2004 03:30 PM
Netimperative Jun 4 2004 6:40PM GMT
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