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22: Working in Public
Working In Public, despite being a superlative book-length tour of the open source movement, isn’t really about collaborative software development. It’s really about how a virtualized, digital world decoupled from the physical constraints of manufacturing and meatspace politics manages to both pay for and govern itself despite no official legal fra... See more
Antonio Garcia Martinez • The Glory of Achievement
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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
Nadia Asparouhova • 7 highlights
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Working in Public opens by challenging a common perception about open source today: the idea that it’s collaborative.
Alex Danco • Making is Show Business now
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It recently occurred to me that the really obvious comparison for what’s going on here is the open source software community back in the 90s. Eric S Raymond’s essay Homesteading the Noosphere, a reference text on the social norms and incentive structure of the free software movement, explains exactly what’s going on. We’re no longer dealing with a ... See more
Alex Danco • Homesteading the Twittersphere
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the world doesn’t look like the utopian vision, embraced by early internet pioneers, of large-scale collaboration among strangers.
Nadia Eghbal • Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
Success here will come down to implementation details. The incentive structure, funding sources, size, goals, moderation approach, and community management philosophy of these networks will determine their long term viability as both businesses and communities. Whether coming at it from the angle of social media, brand, or content creator, building... See more