"David Bollier will discuss the rise of the commons paradigm in the digital environment, the subject of his new book, Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (New Press). The book traces the origins of free software, the Creative Commons licenses and the online “sharing economy” ..."

"...David Bollier will speak about the themes of his new book, Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (New Press)..."

"In the beginning, there was Stallman.Richard Stallman, Biblical in appearance with long beard, could be mistaken for a long-ago prophet.Self-righteous, obstreperous and outspoken Stallman and his rebellion against the centralized world of computer software, is the jumping-off point for Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own, by David Bollier, one of the co-founders

"It's no secret that everything’s up for grabs in this brave new and rapidly unfurling world, but journalist/media critic/activist David Bollier has found himself ahead of the curve by going back to basics.In his new book 'Viral Spiral: How The Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own', Bollier expounds on the virtues of the "free culture" movement of the commons, which can best be descri

"...Having originated from the Free Software movement in the 1980s, the digital commons has meanwhile found widespread support in arts, culture, scientific publishing and research. It will neither bring 'cyber-communism' nor is it an alternative version of the public sphere.

For comic book addicts, here's a Linux application that you should get. Its name is Comix, and it’s an easy-to-use and intuitive image viewer that is specially designed to view digital comic books.

"Viral marketing is one of the most creative ways of promoting a business..."

I don't usually write book reviews, but this one is special. My friend and colleague Daniel James has written an introduction to the world of media production with Linux, or as the subtitle describes it, "A manual for creative media on a modest budget". I'll put the spoiler right up front: This book is wonderful and is an essential read for all artistically-inclined Linux users.

Novell markets Microsoft software along with its own and Novell's CMO talks about experimentation with viral marketing