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A Tip of My Hat to Generation %@!# You

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 12 June 2008

Dear Generation X,
I submit to you a simple question: Why Generation Y? We can fiddle with jejune puns — Generations Why, You, or YouTube — but, really, Y just comes after X, and are you really that uninspired that you couldn’t think of a better moniker? I suppose we can consider our options, for example [...]

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Digesting Intarwebs

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 7 June 2008

At Berkman@10 during the Language of Openness breakout session, someone in the audience complained about the too frequent use of the word “consumer” when discussing the Internet and media in general. Ever since, consumer has also irked me and yet I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps it’s the English major coming out in me. Clearly [...]

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Berkman@10: Age and the Future of the Internet

By Alex Leavitt | Published: 15 May 2008

“The Future of the Internet,” or so Berkman@10 advertises. The welcoming address and first session in the morning attempted to establish how to approach the future of the Internet, but I think that a key issue must be brought forward before any discussion commences: who is the future of the Internet? I’m sitting amongst a [...]

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