Archive for February, 2004

Clay Shirky’s theme

Monday, February 2nd, 2004

“If I had to describe what I write about, it would be “Systems where vested interests lose out to innovation.”

Or maybe “Systems where having good participants produces better results than having good planners.”

I now recognize in my writings an interest in any systems undergoing an influx of new participants — the need to avoid mandated design standards on the web ;  the tremendous increase in internet use outside the US ;  the new voice of previously mute consumers .”

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