http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tagweb Posts tagged with 'tagweb' at MetaFilter. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:16:54 -0800 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:16:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/41503/Open%2DSource%2DCulture <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture">Culture by the people, for the people.</a> We all know that there are a gazillion blogs out there, with people talking about anything and everything, frequently to an audience of one. Those same text based blogs are incorporating <a href="http://www.vidblogs.com/">video as well</a>. People are beginning to organize <em>their </em>internet not through search engine algorithims, but by their own <a href="http://www.blumpy.org/tagwebs/">tags</a>. There's also a dedicated cadrey of partisan and non-partisan <a href="http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/">"amateur journalism"</a> <a href="http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/04/lex_report.html">sites</a>. Then you have <a href="http://www.big-boards.com/">full fledged communities </a>focused to specific subjects, holding an unbelievable depth of knowledge and opinions. With entire <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">encyclopedias </a>available online, and with smaller topic-centric wiki's available, can the creation and dissemination of audience authored content be far behind? Witness the growth of <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a>, the probable success of <a href="http://www.vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>, people programming their own <a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">radio stations </a>and/or <a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141/">shows</a>, the <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=FOIA&cof=GIMP%3A%23FF9D00%3BT%3A%23FFFFFF%3BLW%3A600%3BBIMG%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesmokinggun.com%2Fgraphics%2Fimg%2Fgoogleback.gif%3BALC%3A%23ffffff%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesmokinggun.com%2Fgraphics%2Fimg%2Farchivetopgoogle.gif%3BGFNT%3A%23ffffff%3BLC%3A%23FF9D00%3BLH%3A136%3BBGC%3A%23000000%3BAH%3Aleft%3BVLC%3A%23FF9D00%3BGL%3A2%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesmokinggun.com%3BGALT%3A%23ffffff%3BAWFID%3Adfe4f3f790029d37%3B&domains=www.thesmokinggun.com&sitesearch=www.thesmokinggun.com">increasing </a>awareness and <a href="http://interactive.pfaw.org/ketchum/">use </a>of the <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/foia.html">Freedom of Information Act </a>(<a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/">FOIA</a>) by <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~mgpowell/archive.html">plain </a>ol' citizens, the courting of <a href="http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2005/04/18/cnet_tivo_wooing_google_yahoo/">TiVo by Google and Yahoo </a>(to share homemovies and pictures, perhaps?), open source news sites like <a href="http://www.takebackthenews.net/">Take Bake the News</a>, <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/developing">NowPublic</a> (for royalty free images to accompany content), <a href="http://www.downhillbattle.org/">Downhill Battle</a>, <a href="http://www.ourmedia.org/">Our Media</a> ( a place to store your content), and open-source <a href="http://www.openjay.org/">sounds </a>and <a href="http://openphoto.net/">sights</a>. Could there eventually be enough worthwhile content to break us free of a corporate-delivered culture? tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.41503 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:16:54 -0800 audio culture entertainment media open source tagweb video rzklkng