October 2006
Blogs for Learning
"provide information and resources surrounding the technical, legal, and pedagogical aspects of blogging in the classroom"
The mathematics of Web 2.0: Why don’t ALL social networking sites experience phenomenal growth?
growth of site use seen from a math theory perspective, as well as a social one
Virtual Society? Projects
"the social science of electronic technologies"; links to major projects on Internet research
Cultural Studies Central
last updated, 2002; a plan and partial execution of a clearinghouse, discussion formum, journal
Networked Public Culture
theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.
Welcome to convergence culture Henry Jenkins
opening chapter of Jenkins' new book, "Convergence Culture"
Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics
expanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink
Dada: Distributed Aesthetics Workshop - Institute of Network Cultures
wiki from the workshop, see also essay by Munster and Lovink
July 2006
Caterina.net: Metrics, registered users and social ecosystems
good discussion of the difference in user expectations of various social software sites
