http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:13:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/clay-shirky-psfk-conference-nyc-2012.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:57:03 +0000 Shirky teaches at NYU's ITP course which is widely recognized as one of the key drivers of the city's creativity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/clay-shirky-sopa-would-create-a-consumption-only-internet.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:49:28 +0000 Internet thought leader says that people need to care about the US bills aimed at censoring the net – which could stop them participating online again.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/clay-shirky-wants-a-chaotic-news-environment.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:30:00 +0000 The American thought leader discusses why a more frenetic environment would be more beneficial in news reporting.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/cognitive-surplus-by-clay-shirky-review.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:33:24 +0000 There's much to take note of in Shirky's thoughtful portrait of a world in which everybody shares information.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/new-book-ponders-future-for-us-journalism.html Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:03:23 +0000 Book of essays edited by luminary Bob McChesney explores the crisis in US journalism through submissions from bloggers, scholars, activists, and politicians.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/information-overload-time-to-relax-then.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:39:01 +0000 Why not take the attitude that if we miss something on Twitter or Facebook then it's fine as it'll be re-posted soon if it's important?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/how-web-video-encourages-innovation.html Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:00:23 +0000 Chris Anderon discusses how online video has done more than just entertain - it has tapped into the cognitive surplus, facilitated Global sharing and inspired innovation.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/grant-mccracken-will-digital-culture-ever-invent-a-homer-simpson.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:00 +0000 Will Clay Shirky's surplus ever create a character that will appear on the Entertainment Weekly "100 greatest characters of the last 20 years" list?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/csr-done-right-pepsis-oil-spill-activity.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:22:30 +0000 How to implement a corporate social responsibility initiative: with honesty, sincerity, and modesty.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/be-a-biographer-raising-awareness-of-human-trafficking.html Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:35:29 +0000 A crowdsourced clothing line relies on cognitive surplus among the creative community to benefit survivors.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/clay-shirky-on-cognitive-surplus-and-how-it-will-change-the-world.html Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:25:14 +0000 The author speaks on the power of collective intelligence, and how to channel it towards design for good, and how to encourage it.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/seth-godin-the-wrapper-matters.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:43:24 +0000 When you have a big idea, the question is, how to spread it?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/clay-shirky-on-the-complexity-and-collapse-of-business-models.html Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:07:34 +0000 Clay Shirky investigates the institutions of industry and the role complexity plays in a digital age.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/attempting-to-erase-our-online-lives.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:03:36 +0000 Clay Shirky highlights one of the true conundrums of our digital lives; the realization that internet isn’t as impermanent as we’d like to think, particularly when it comes to our social media profiles. To that end, Shirky’s cursory Google search uncovers numerous users’ last ditch efforts to rid themselves of their pesky LinkedIn accounts, changing their login names to telling pseudonyms like Mr. Delete This Account and  delete delete delete delete delete delete, along with”two users named Delete My Profile, four named Delete This Profile, and no fewer than ten named Unsubscribe Unsubscribe.” Establishing these online presences can certainly open up new opportunities, but asRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/newspapers-are-dead-long-live-the-news.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:36:14 +0000 While many entrenched in the media industry are trying to find ways to prop up the traditional model of print – micropayments, subscription models, media cartels – in the face of economic turmoil, some thinkers – Steven Berlin Johnson and Clay Shirky among them – believe that this attempt at life support is only delaying their inevitable demise or perhaps, reorder. Even as the newspapers continue to sound the rallying cry of, “You’ll miss us when we’re gone,” Johnson and Shirky seem to be of the mindset that despite the rocky times we’re sure to face, new models will developRead more...]]>