Brian was criticized at the start of this thread for suggesting not enough
thinking went into the critiques of Facebook's IPO. I would add not enough
knowledge. For a valuation of $100 billion, at the normal rate accepted by the
stockmarket in the US, that means Facebook needs to earn profits
Art traditionally ends up in the wrong hands, there is no inherent
problem with this.
Thinking ahead, it will be so much more amusing if Dow or Mattel
snatch .art (barbie.art is worth $200K by itself), than some 'body'
composed of pompous internationally-recognized benevolent and
independent
IMHO one should never call oneself an artist, .art is .kitsch
Only onthers may call one an artist. Well, it could be a space of
art-dealers (behind bars!), but that would give it some drive into
.art and not.art, which could ne the most important domainname, that I
claim here and now as a
I don't think the domain name system is the place to be fighting for
the small, independent artist. Leave it to go to the enormous
corporations, and create stuff whereever; in the cracks, the unseen
places, darknets etc, as well as wherever in the public. Names are
as valuable as what they
If Desiree's idea takes shape, and if a bid is successful, there is
scope for a successful registry with a balanced model :)
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Morlock Elloi morlockel...@yahoo.comwrote:
Art traditionally ends up in the wrong hands, there is no inherent
problem with this.
So, according to Michael's numbers, to live up to its valuation, Facebook will
need to quintuple its profits fast -- without alienating users. That will
likely be challenging, especially at a time when its aggressive tactics have
drawn a lot more attention to its legally suspect strategies (at
On 03/07/2012 12:57 AM, Mark Andrejevic wrote:
If you boil it down, the valuation of Facebook is based on the promise of
the power of the social graph and detailed forms of targeting and
data-mining to do what? To serve the needs of advertisers. What needs? To
move products and sell services.
I apologize to go into the discussion so late but I am moderating this
month's discussion at -empyre and it feels the time and the writing skills
have indeed a limit :)
I was a user of Second Life and remember the discussions about the virtual
sweatshops where young Mexicans and Koreans worked for
Seminar on Political Organization Essex March 12th
Essex Centre for Work, Organization and Society Seminar
Lessons of 2011: Three Theses on Political Organization
Rodrigo Nunes, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande Do Sul
March 12th, 4PM-6PM @ University of Essex Room 5N.7.23
With the
I absolutely agree. .art is simply ridiculous, who wants to be called .art?
Only those who are trying hard, or amateurs without real passion. From
the other side, .art is a perfect package for a meta-conceptual artist to
acquire and do yet another one of those pseudo-dada art operations. In
Just a line to thank all the above for a great thread that could run
and run. When combined with the other threads, Nettime has really hit
a purple patch in the last week, a genuine symposium of intellectual
politics or political intellectualism. And now Ana has served up three
of my favourite
Haha, join -empyre if you want to have another cup!
I enjoy Nettime and Empyre both, it's a great intellectual exchange!
Ana
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Keith Hart ke...@thememorybank.co.ukwrote:
Just a line to thank all the above for a great thread that could run and
run. When combined
Dear John I am not sure if we are talking in parallell ways. When I am
talking potlach I am talking from an anthropologist view (I am a trained
anthropologist) and we are definitely talking about exchanges both in the
symbolical view and in the physical form.
The most gifts exchanged were not
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