Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, (Paperback)

from slothman

A good summary of new trends in our world made possible by lowering the cost of collaboration using Internet technologies. Shirky points out successes and failures in venues ranging from justice to politics to open source software, and does a good job of explaining why they succeeded and failed. ...

from mdreid

A very readable survey of social networks such as Wikipedia and why collaboration on this sort of scale will have significant effects on business, culture and science. As well as a number of clear examples of these networks and their power, Shirkey also gives some plausible theories as to when th...

from red_dianthus

It isn't very often I get a book for a termpaper and end up keeping it after the paper is done so I can read the other chapters. Most of the ideas really were not new, but he uses very good examples to make his points and there is some really interesting little bits of computer and social network...

from dsheise

Great read about the impact of social media in society. He illustrates his case very well with real world examples and everyday stuff that is going on. I didn't find it very deep or thought provoking but a very realistic well written overview. It is a must read for anyone involved with social med...

from scroall

I was looking forward to reading this book, as I generally find Clay Shirky's ideas very relevant and compelling; I wasn't disappointed. The many different examples he offers of collaboration, and in in many different contexts, definitely got me thinking about the future of many of the organizati...