Links and bibliography

Links

• Arduino

  An open platform for physical computing based on a simple printed circuit board. A free hardware and software project that belongs to nobody and is supported by many.

• Art Futura
• Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme

  APDIP seeks to assist national and regional institutions in Asia-Pacific to improve access, knowledge-sharing, networking, management and application of ICTs for social and economic development.

• Coin-operated

  Blog of the digital artist Jonah Brucker-Cohen, whose projects challenge the architecture of communications networks.

• Creative Commons

  Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright ?all rights reserved? and the public domain ?no rights reserved. The Creative Commons licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work ? a “some rights reserved” copyright.

• Dan Gillmor

  E-book: We the Media: Grassroots Journalism, By the People, For the People

• Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace

  Written in February 1996 by John Perry Barlow, it has been distributed worldwide and can be found on 20,000 websites. It declares the independence of cyberspace as a global social space.

• Eric S. Raymond

  Also known as ESR, he is the author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and currently responsible for the New Hacker’s Dictionary. A historian of hacker culture and a leading figure in the Free Software and Open Code Movement.

• Eric S. Raymond

  E-book: The Cathedral and the Bazaar

• Fon

  Martin Varsavsky, the famous Argentinean and not-so-trusted businessman that lives in Madrid, who founded Ya.com and Jazztel, is also the founder of this initiative, that can be considered either revolutionary or an absolut con, depending on who you ask to.

• Free Geek

  A non-profit, democratic and voluntary organisation that accepts donations of throwaway computers, repairing them, setting them up with free open-code programmes and giving them away.

• Global Voices

  Global Voices is a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring you translations and reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.

• Gnu

  The Gnu Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software.

• Hamaca
• Howard Rheingold

  The website of Howard Rheingold, a thinker on the cultural, social and political implications of the new communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephones and virtual communities.

• i2cat

  Fundación privada sin ánimo de lucro que tiene como objeto impulsar la innovación y la investigación en el ámbito de internet de segunda generación en Cataluña.
  http://www.i2cat.net/

• iCrea
• International Network for Social Network Analysis

  INSNA is the professional association for researchers interested in social network analysis. The association is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Delaware and founded by Barry Wellman in 1978.

• ISEA Foundation

  Founded in Holland in 1990, ISEA’s objective is to establish and facilitate interdisciplinary communication in the area of art, technology, science, education and industry. ISEA seeks a culturally diverse community that stimulates the promotion and global development of electronic art practices.

• La Radio Libre

  La Radio Libre is a weekly magazine on Radio Círculo where you can listen music or news related to cinema, art, computer science, law, and applied sciences… Its main goal is to spread the word on news, people and controversies related to what it is commonly known as “free culture”.

• Lawrence Lessig

  Professor of Law and founder of the school’s Center for Internet and Society, he is the author of several books, a columnist for Wired Magazine and CEO of the Creative Commons project.

• Lliurex

  This is an initiative of the Conselleria d'Educació (Education Department) of the Generalitat Valenciana, that aims to introduce the new information and communication technologies based on free programming into the educational system of the Valencian Community.

• Mark Shuttleworth

  A space traveler, in 2005 he founded the Ubuntu Project, which aims to produce a high quality desktop and server operating system and make it freely available all over the world.

• Michael Bauwens

  Philosopher and Peer-to-Peer theorist.

• Morfeo

  Open-source software community that works towards the following goals: Speed up the development of service oriented architectures-related software standarts, which are key for both systems integration and the evolution of the network as an ecosystem of proliferating services; create business opportunities in the field and integrate solutions targeting enterprises and the Administration based on standard platforms and applications developed within the community; improve the productivity and assure the quality of open-source software-related developments; act as a catalyst for R+D+I projects in the software field that naturally integrate a range of scientific and technological agents, helping to boost R+D+I activities and the development of a strong industrial fabric in countries where the consortium members operate.

• Piksel

  Annual festival for artists and developers working with open source audiovisual software.

• Prix Europa

  An annual European competition that awards prizes for the best radio, television and internet programs.

• Richard Stallman

  Web site of the most relevant figure of the Free Software Movement.

• Runme

  A software art repository created by one of the foremost net art artists, Alexei Shulgin.

• Smart Mobs

  A website and blog on Smart Mobs, the intelligent multitudes who, according to Howard Rheingold’s theory, emerge when communication and technologies amplify human talents for cooperation.

• Social Network Sites

  Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research.

• Sourcepyme

  This is a project that promotes and facilitates the use of free software in small- and medium-sized enterprises, so they can improve their technological capacity and reduce costs. This initiative works on the development and use of based on free software applications, and makes them available for different companies within the Valencian Community. It aims to be considered as a regional referent in the free software exchange.

• The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School

  The mission of the Berkman Center is to explore and understand cyberspace, its development, dynamics, norms and standards.

• Upgrade!

  An emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology and the commitment to create bridges between cultures.

• Waves

  The artists of the Waves exhibition are challenging conventional knowledge about and perception of waves. Electronic media such as radio, TV and the internet are of defining influence on today's societies. Subsequently the information sphere is tightly controlled and subject to various artificially imposed political limitations. Yet artists with their electronic and digital DIY kits are exploring numerous ways of thinking outside the box, making their own waves, creating alternative networks and engaging with strange scientific phenomena -- which points at actually existing utopian potential.

• William J. Mitchell

  Web page of the MIT Professor of Architecture, William J. Mitchell.