A brief treatise on the despair of meaning Or The Pointlessness of Everything

latelyontime — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:30:44 +0000

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.”

“The question is”, said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – that’s all.”

Whose finger points at the (open source) moon?

Mia Jankowicz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:09:39 +0000

Mia Jankowicz

One of the most notable and essential aspects of open-source cultural values (as informed by FLOSS) is the variety of authorship positions offered in place of the singular author figure that supports the formulation of classical intellectual property discourse. Here I’m speaking particularly in reference to the adoption of open source values and methodologies by the cultural realm; from critical media to contemporary art practice and their dissemination.