Comments on: Clay Shirky on Colbert http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: RichMan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158756 RichMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158756 Video Link WoW Machinima, Sesame Street like song ... The Internet if for ... Porn. .. second major character is called "Shreky" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo Totally PG except for the use of the P-word Video Link
WoW Machinima, Sesame Street like song …

The Internet if for … Porn.
.. second major character is called “Shreky”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo

Totally PG except for the use of the P-word

]]> By: Funklord http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-159279 Funklord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159279 A slightly less rosy view of Shirky's book can be found here: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=401300 A slightly less rosy view of Shirky’s book can be found here:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=401300

]]> By: Geektronica http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-159027 Geektronica Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159027 Saw this one when it aired, and I thought Shirky did manage to get some points in edgewise, which as Ridstowe said is hard to do. I did think it was odd, though, that he never looked at Stephen or at the camera when he was talking. Saw this one when it aired, and I thought Shirky did manage to get some points in edgewise, which as Ridstowe said is hard to do.

I did think it was odd, though, that he never looked at Stephen or at the camera when he was talking.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-159283 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159283 bah! "Older citizens, the poor, the illiterate and the socially excluded" is accused, then the author proceeds to the same old elitism with a crack about "the long tail of proliferating mediocrity". bah!

“Older citizens, the poor, the illiterate and the socially excluded” is accused, then the author proceeds to the same old elitism with a crack about “the long tail of proliferating mediocrity”.

]]> By: shoesaphone http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158516 shoesaphone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158516 Erm, that seems to be the video for the <i>You are the Best</i> theme song. The Clay Shirky video can be found here: http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164882 Erm, that seems to be the video for the You are the Best theme song.

The Clay Shirky video can be found here: http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164882

]]> By: Dead Robot http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158521 Dead Robot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158521 And Canadians are SOL. And Canadians are SOL.

]]> By: costik http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158539 costik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158539 But we alredy know what the Internet is for. It's for porn. http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html But we alredy know what the Internet is for. It’s for porn.
http://www.avenueq.com/videoclips.html

]]> By: mindysan33 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158550 mindysan33 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158550 That was good stuff last night. I so want to read his book... I guess I'll get around to it sometime. Anyone seen any of those stickers on doritos bags? Or anything else for that matter? Mindy That was good stuff last night. I so want to read his book… I guess I’ll get around to it sometime.

Anyone seen any of those stickers on doritos bags? Or anything else for that matter?

Mindy

]]> By: Frenetic http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158555 Frenetic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158555 Why must you torture your fellow Canadians, Cory? :( Why must you torture your fellow Canadians, Cory? :(

]]> By: David http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158561 David Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158561 Why does the link to his book point back to BoingBoing? Why does the link to his book point back to BoingBoing?

]]> By: joelt999 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158584 joelt999 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158584 Fellow Canadians: just use one of the thousands of sites that offer free proxy servers to mask your IP and you can play all of the videos that the CRTC worries will destroy our "Canadian culture"! Fellow Canadians: just use one of the thousands of sites that offer free proxy servers to mask your IP and you can play all of the videos that the CRTC worries will destroy our “Canadian culture”!

]]> By: beepy http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158604 beepy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158604 So did anything "interesting" happen the next day with the Doritos stickers as predicted by Shirky? So did anything “interesting” happen the next day with the Doritos stickers as predicted by Shirky?

]]> By: notatoad http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158610 notatoad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158610 canadian viewers - watch the clip on TCN's website here: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip43107 canadian viewers – watch the clip on TCN’s website here: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip43107

]]> By: mikesum32 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158631 mikesum32 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158631 Good video, but Linux has a lot of commercial support, at least 50 per cent if these numbers are true. http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/01/the-linux-lowdown-from-the-source/ Good video, but Linux has a lot of commercial support, at least 50 per cent if these numbers are true.

http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/01/the-linux-lowdown-from-the-source/

]]> By: yish http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-159145 yish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159145 and here's the MP3 from Clay's recent London gig at the RSA: http://www.thersa.org/audio/lecture180308a.mp3 (from http://www.thersa.org/audio/index.asp) and here’s the MP3 from Clay’s recent London gig at the RSA:
http://www.thersa.org/audio/lecture180308a.mp3

(from http://www.thersa.org/audio/index.asp)

]]> By: ridestowe http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158904 ridestowe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158904 that was awesome, he did a great job handling colbert which from what i've seen, can be a hard thing to do ;) that was awesome, he did a great job handling colbert which from what i’ve seen, can be a hard thing to do ;)

]]> By: Frenetic http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158660 Frenetic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158660 <blockquote>Good video, but Linux has a lot of commercial support</blockquote> It does <i>now</i>, but those companies would never have been interested (nor would there have been anything to be interested in) were it not for the global Internet-connected community of volunteers and enthusiasts that built up around that certain Finnish student and his hobby operating system.

Good video, but Linux has a lot of commercial support

It does now, but those companies would never have been interested (nor would there have been anything to be interested in) were it not for the global Internet-connected community of volunteers and enthusiasts that built up around that certain Finnish student and his hobby operating system.

]]> By: tikal2k http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-158672 tikal2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-158672 MSG infusion? No thanks. MSG infusion? No thanks.

]]> By: PygmyHippo http://boingboing.net/2008/04/04/clay-shirky-on-colbe.html#comment-159457 PygmyHippo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-159457 An interesting video from Nov 2005 of Shirky from one of the LongNow seminars can be found on YouTube at: http://tinyurl.com/578rzv Topic is " Making Digital Durable " Also can be found at Google videos. An interesting video from Nov 2005 of Shirky from one of the LongNow seminars can be found on YouTube at:

http://tinyurl.com/578rzv

Topic is ” Making Digital Durable ”
Also can be found at Google videos.

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