Eli Pariser discusses why and how online gatekeepers like Google and Facebook filter content, often giving users local, feel-good "information junkfood" that doesn't expand their world or challenge their point of view.

Most museums rely on donations for their collections, but this new museum takes a radical social media-inspired approach.

And a fan creates an open-source prop for 3D printing: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3193

Visuals, layers of information, all about us and them.

With commentary on the notion of an "American" ancestry, containing lots of interesting "us" and "them" constructions within the citizenry of the US.

"It was a lark, to begin with. A Dinosaur Comic, a few messageboard posts, and all of a sudden so many people had so many good ideas that it seemed natural to put a book together."

They made #1, and accidentally knocked Glenn Beck's book to #3 on its first day of sales. http://machineofdeath.net/a/gb-audio

Blakley, director of a media-focused think tank, discusses the open-source model of the fashion world and how permitting copying spurs innovation and strengthens the public expression/high art cycle.

The Chillout Song project was discussed at the end of Ze's 2010 Ted Talk. He enlisted some of his audience to help him create a supportive song requested by a fan. This page discusses the development of the project, provides some raw user-submitted clips, and a streaming version of the finished product.

Ze Frank's more serious 2010 TED Talk, in which he discusses a number of past and recent projects and talks about the "life" lived in technological interactions, and the great potential for creating real social and emotional connections through online networks.

Ze Frank's 2004 TED Talk is a discussion of online networking, social toys, and digital audience interaction in standup comedy format. It starts in a humorous, disjointed format similar to The Show, the vlog-a-day project which he created 2 years later. For a shorter, more serious discussion of the potential of online social spaces to give people novel opportunities to creatively express themselves, start at 14:00.

A serious blog on Ze's process, which unfortunately did not become a steady feature. The comments are also very insightful, including an extensive response to the "Digital Natives" post from one Howard Rheingold. See especially the posts on "Setting Expectations for Contribution-Based Projects."