Weinberger Summary:

Weinberger’s main points are the three orders. The first order talks about physical order, for example, books on a bookshelf. In this order there is no catalog so you just have to look through and find what you want which may take a long time. The second order is cataloging or indexing. This is a tool for the first order to make it more organized and easier to find. The third order is everything being miscellaneous. The third order is the internet. On the internet nothing is organized everything is stored on disks that no one quite knows where on. When you type in a keyword the information is pulled out of the randomness. Weinberger also talked a lot about tags because they tie randomness on the web together.


Jenkins Summary:

Jenkins says "We are in a culture of convergence". Convergence is when there are multiple media systems that work together so media content can flow freely between them. Something on TV can be live stream to the internet and someone can take that and email it to their friends phone. Old media dies out like 8-track and new media replaces it like MP3. Our culture loves multitasking and the more things the device can do the more we love it (iPone). Jenkins talks about how we take in media. How we socialize on the internet about reality TV shows like survivor and American Idol. Jenkins also discusses how convergence culture is enabling new forms of participation and collaboration.


Key Terms:

Metadata- are all those files on the internet. Metadata is very important in Weinberger's book because he tries to explain the organization of data. In his third order, he talks about the messy randomness of metadata on the internet. Metadata is extremely important because it is replacing much of the old forms of data like newspapers and DVD's.

Tagging- Weinberger discusses how files are tagged with names that are associated with it so if you search that word that file can be pulled out of the randomness. Tags are an easy was of organization on the internet that allows something to pop up when we type in the search bar; and is a major means of organization on the web today.

Filtering- Weinberger talks about how the internet filters on its way out. No longer do you need to go through editors before you publish something. The internet lets people put up anything they want from there it is filtered by people tagging it, commenting, rating, and sharing it.

web 2.0- is the collaboration of the web. The internet is ran by users. Weinberger and Jenkins talk about user generated content being filtered by users for users. Without users working and sharing together the web would not exist as we know it today.

Convergence- Convergence is when there are multiple media systems that work together so media content can flow freely between them. This is now how our culture communicates.

Remix- This is a very important term because it is what Lessig is all about. A remix is created out of already made product. For example a song made out of five already recorded songs.

Participatory culture- is the user generated content of the internet. Most of the internet's content is user generated and consumed by users. Websites like Wikipedia and YouTube count on participating users to generate the content for users to view. Users produce, filter, and consume all by themselves.


Connections:

Jenkins is related to Lessig because he talks about fans writing their own Harry Potter Stories and Photoshoped Politicians which are both what I would consider Remixes. Jenkins talks about "Evil Bert" which is a Photoshoped Bert from Sesame street in with Bin Laden. I think Lessig would think this is a creative remix that should be allowed by copyright laws. Both Jenkins and lessig talk about how the internet or convergence culture has allowed new ways to collaborate.

All three books talk about how the culture is changing because of Web 2.0. Weinberger talks about how this new way of communicating is randomly organized and is fed by users. Jenkins talks about this new way of culture is replacing much of the old form of media; for example, CD to MP3. Lessig talks about how this new culture wants to be free. All this metadata on the internet wants to be free. No longer are people going to a store to buy music they are downloading it from the internet. You can find almost anything on the internet for free.


Conclusion:

All three of these books will help in building a website for the community actions center. Weinberger showed the importance of organization in a random world or the internet. If the site has a search option there will need to be tags in place to find the content you are looking for. After reading Jenkins the site needs to incorporate the new ways of culture. These site needs room for users to communicate in a message board, Facebook , or twitter page. Finally, Lessig will help with the final project because he discusses copyright law. I'll remember that the laws aren't how Lessig wished they were yet so if I use a picture from the internet on the site I need permission to use it. Don't want to get sued :)