Wikinomics

Sharing of Information

Based on 4 powerful new ideas:
- Openness
- Peering
- Sharing
- Acting Globally


Traditionally, Heireachy type companies with management levels are the opposite of Peer sharing. Peer sharing is the idea of a horizontal community with no sublevels of importance in its users.

An unofficial term for this is "Cyber-hippy"

File Sharing (p.2.p peer to peer file sharing)
Collaboration of Products, Ideas.
Acting Globally and Development of Information
Interacting/Communicating of knowledge
By Everyone
SNS (social networking sites) - pictures and information
Wikipedia - Knowledge
Music/TV/Film/Programmes/Knowledge/Development/Contact/Ideas
Openness
News/Fact or Opinions

Linux - Contribution to growth of a new operating system by thousands of Volunteers, BETA testers, etc. to rival Microsoft Windows without money. Entirely run by contribution by code sharers

Book: Wikinomics by Anthony D. Williams and Don Tapscott

Creative commons license agreements. "You can use this, but you cannot make money out of it". E.g. Beyonce sharing her music free for fans to make remixes.
Posted by Liam at 11/03/2009 09:26:00 AM 0 comments
20 Oct 2009
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Freeview via Broadband!
The main incentive behind this idea is a cross between watching TV online (which is a very underdemanding market at the moment), and watching traditional television. The answer is to simply watch normal television but entirely through your broadband stream, offering (HD, etc) services for free.