Just finished reading the new Clay Shirky book - Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. Unlike some of the other books that have been written on the subject, this takes the higher road and explores the impact of the Internet on community, organization and activism. This book is an excellent analysis of the major trends of the last decade and how the development of the Internet has dramatically shaped our vision of what is possible. Here is a video of a talk about the book given at Harvard’s Berkman Center. Clay Shirky is that odd mixture of geek (participant of the early Internet), academic (NYU) and consultant to the “Real World” (whatever that is…). He has a lot to say that I think is very relevant to those of us wanting to understand how to participate in the Internet “ecosystem” - today and into the future. Highly recommended!

Randale