Category Archives: Net Culture

We Are Legion premiers at SXSW

Premiering to a packed house of more than 9000, (ok, a packed house of 600, but if you get that joke, see this film) “We are Legion: the story of the Hacktivists” rocked the socks off of SXSW last night. Ovations throughout. Masked spokespersons nailing their thoughts to the door. Courage, crazy creativity, and rock …

March 12, 2012 – 3:56 pm | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Activism, Net Culture | Comments (0)

Cyborg Anthropology

Amber Case is the original Cyborg Anthropologist. These are my somewhat disjointed notes from a great talk. Ambient location and the future of the interface. The future of the interface is that it will disappear — reducing our unnatural actions #AmberCase #sxlb #sxswi about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPad @Swankins Nicola Swankie

March 12, 2012 – 12:08 am | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Creativity, Digital Culture, Net Culture, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Patterns, moustaches, games

SXSW began with a disappointment. My all-time favorite SXSW presenter, Kathy Sierra, was ill and unable to present on “Gamification and the battle for the user’s soul,” which I dearly would have loved to have seen. Kathy was influential in making me think deeply how Greenpeace could move from an engagement offer of “Join us …

March 10, 2012 – 5:56 pm | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Digital Culture, Net Culture, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

SXSW: Digital Gummy Bears, Zotz, and Jolly Ranchers

It’s the best candy store you can imagine, if you have a sweet tooth for big ideas, new apps, the subversive nature of technology, and the human and social implications of the Digiscene Era. It’s SXSW in Austin, Texas. I’ll be doing my best to consume as much of the intellectual energy here as I …

March 9, 2012 – 2:09 pm | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Digital Culture, Net Culture | Comments (0)

Privacy: Dead or Just Confused?

I really enjoyed “Is Privacy Dead, or Just Confused,” a panel chaired by Danah Boyd. A super set of panelists, but judging from what I was spurred to write down, the superstar was Judith Donath, of MIT Media Laboratory. Some extremely sharp and useful observations about the spectrum of privacy. Here’s a taste of what …

March 14, 2009 – 5:14 pm | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Net Culture, sxsw | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

My application to work for Steve Jobs…

When Greenpeace protesters convened outside last year’s Macworld Expo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs dismissed the environmentalists by suggesting they “get out of the computer business [and] go save some whales.“ […] And while the back-and-forth between Apple and Greenpeace is ostensibly about responsible environmental policies, it’s also important to remember that it’s also a battle …

January 17, 2008 – 9:15 am | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Digital Issues, Environmental Issues, Green Design, Greenpeace, Net Culture | Comments (1)

User Generated Discontent

photo by Heather Powazek Champ Podnosh spotted this: from twitter comment to T-Shirt to Flickr photo. Virtual to physical and back to virtual. What Bruce Sterling called a part of the “internet of things” at SXSW two years ago. I sooooooo want to use this as a Greenpeace.org strap line. –b technorati tags:UGC, UGD, meme Blogged with …

August 3, 2007 – 4:24 am | By Brian Fitzgerald | Posted in Net Culture, sxsw | Comments (1)