Creative Communities

Report on Youth and New Media Pokes at Educational Institutions — Peer into the networked world of teenagers and young adults and you’ll see intense, creative communities of young people who want to learn. That’s the conclusion of Living and Learning with New Media, a report on a three-year study called the Digital Youth Project at the University of California at Berkeley. It was financed by the MacArthur Foundation. The report, released yesterday, focuses on teen life with a few examples from young adults in their 20s. It combines results from interviews, observations and ethnographic studies by 28 researchers exploring interactions with personal technology like video cameras and cell phones as... [Tags: california at berkeley, creative communities, educational institutions, ethnographic studies, facebook]

Guest blogger: Dale Dougherty — Please give a warm welcome to our next guest blogger, Dale Dougherty! Dale is General Manager of the Maker Media, a division of O'Reilly Media. He is the founding editor and publisher of Make and Craft magazines, both of which focus on DIY projects, and the creator of Maker Faire, which showcases creative communities. Dale has been instrumental in many of O'Reilly's most important efforts, working closely with Tim O'Reilly to establish O'Reilly as a leading technical publisher. An early Web pioneer, Dale was the developer and publisher of Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial Web site launched... [Tags: commercial web site, craft magazines, creative communities, dale dougherty, diy projects]

Anti-Piracy Supergroup formed, will filter the internet, oops, make the Internet “safe” — AT&T, Microsoft, Cisco, Viacom, NBC Universal and The Songwriters Guild of America have joined together to form a new advocacy group called Arts& Labs (artsandlabs.com).  On the surface, the group’s goals seem so benevolent: Arts+Labs is a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today’s rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products and services to consumers. A key element of the Arts+Labs mission is to inform and educate consumers about the availability and vast array of legal, safe, affordable and innovative entertainment content on the Internet. The group will also raise awareness of the... [Tags: added benefit, advocacy group, anti piracy, congestion problem, consortium]