Comments on: If Money and Resources Follow Attention….. http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/04/20/if-money-and-resources-follow-attention/ The Future, Science, and Science Fiction: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:34:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brenda http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/04/20/if-money-and-resources-follow-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2392 brenda Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:40:07 +0000 http://www.brenda-cooper.com/?p=549#comment-2392 Hey - that's a nice post - I agree with you. Hey – that’s a nice post – I agree with you.

]]> By: brenda http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/04/20/if-money-and-resources-follow-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 brenda Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:38:42 +0000 http://www.brenda-cooper.com/?p=549#comment-2391 Thanks, Jack! Thanks, Jack!

]]> By: Jack William Bell http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/04/20/if-money-and-resources-follow-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Jack William Bell Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:58:56 +0000 http://www.brenda-cooper.com/?p=549#comment-2295 Also, <a href="http://jackwilliambell.livejournal.com/tag/attention" rel="nofollow">apropos essay from 2006</a>, by moi of course, which speaks of the 'attention economy' of the web... Also, apropos essay from 2006, by moi of course, which speaks of the ‘attention economy’ of the web…

]]> By: Jack William Bell http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/04/20/if-money-and-resources-follow-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Jack William Bell Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:54:05 +0000 http://www.brenda-cooper.com/?p=549#comment-2294 That obscurity quote is a favorite of Cory Doctorow's and may have originated with him. He uses it often when discussing why it is better to have many people reading your work for free than a few people paying for the privilege. (AKA why DRM does nothing positive for the creative worker.) It's funny how many things the early bloggers spent a lot of time bloviating about in 1998/99 (such as how pay walls would destroy any chances of print journalism moving onto the web in a serious way) have come to pass. And now the second generation blogosphere is re-iterating the same arguments dismissed as conceited nonsense ten years ago. Maybe the whatever is left of journalism and print publishing will pay attention this time. Or not... That obscurity quote is a favorite of Cory Doctorow’s and may have originated with him. He uses it often when discussing why it is better to have many people reading your work for free than a few people paying for the privilege. (AKA why DRM does nothing positive for the creative worker.)

It’s funny how many things the early bloggers spent a lot of time bloviating about in 1998/99 (such as how pay walls would destroy any chances of print journalism moving onto the web in a serious way) have come to pass. And now the second generation blogosphere is re-iterating the same arguments dismissed as conceited nonsense ten years ago. Maybe the whatever is left of journalism and print publishing will pay attention this time.

Or not…

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