Tag: Techno utopians
-
Creativity now dependent on machinery, says New Age Judge
by
Andrew Orlowski
–
-
Anti-war slogan coined, repurposed and Googlewashed … in 42 days
by
Andrew Orlowski
–
In early 2003, the phrase “Second Superpower” became a popular way to refer to the street protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. The metaphor had been used by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and on the cover of The Nation magazine. A small number of techno utopian webloggers hijacked the phrase. The narrower sense…
-
Fon: a billionaire Wi-Fi Utopian and his Blog Chorus
by
Andrew Orlowski
–
Few start-ups encapsulate the desperate utopianism of the times so much as Fon Technology. Created by the Argentinian dot.com billionaire Martin Varsavsky, who built and sold the Spanish portal Ya.com and ISP Jazztel before the bubble burst, at the heart of Fon is a soulful of hope.… Read More
-
Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems
by
Andrew Orlowski
–
Encouraging signs from the Wikipedia project, where co-founder and überpedian Jimmy Wales has acknowledged there are real quality problems with the online work. Criticism of the project from within the inner sanctum has been very rare so far, although fellow co-founder Larry Sanger, who is no longer associated with the project, pleaded with the management…
-
A Million Nation States of One fears Google Balkanization
by
Andrew Orlowski
–
Some stories just take forever to come true. 30 months ago, we revealed Google was going to introduce a weblog search engine – and this week, it finally did. The story, so obvious in retrospect, barely merits the term ‘scoop’. But now, as then, it has been eclipsed by a raging debate about the implications for…