The commons is essential & skype has one. You can't see the skype commons but it's there ... it's the shared bandwidth, network & directory we all contribute to at skype - and it's this commons that has made the application so robust.
Social and Peer seem to be the right two camps to understand. I think of the social offerings as the "utilities" of web2.0 (flickr, del.icio.us, goog) - and the peer production sites as the "companies" (istockphoto, eBay)
Interestingly, like their analogs, they create value for consumers in very different ways, yet both can be well monetized by their owners.
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fascinating!
am waiting to hear about the other 9 Insight to come!
Yes, it is fascinating :) Any chance a podcast will be made available?
Unfortunately not, but I did take a couple of videos that you can find here:
http://www.castpost.com/search.php?t=usvsessions%20web2.0%20peerproduction%20technology%20conversation
The commons is essential & skype has one. You can't see the skype commons but it's there ... it's the shared bandwidth, network & directory we all contribute to at skype - and it's this commons that has made the application so robust.
Social and Peer seem to be the right two camps to understand. I think of the social offerings as the "utilities" of web2.0 (flickr, del.icio.us, goog) - and the peer production sites as the "companies" (istockphoto, eBay)
Interestingly, like their analogs, they create value for consumers in very different ways, yet both can be well monetized by their owners.
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