links for 2008-06-19

• Philosophy Now
  Alan Kirby says postmodernism is dead and buried. In its place comes a new paradigm of authority and knowledge formed under the pressure of new technologies and contemporary social forces.
  (tags: theory technology research philosophy literature future history culture postmodernism criticism alankirby)
• Tim Berners-Lee talks cranberry sauce and Linked Data in New York City | The Semantic Web | ZDNet.com
  He challenged the notion that “the market for data” is most important, arguing that there is far more opportunity in “markets enabled by data”–markets that require raw data itself to be commoditised. Free the data; run the market.
  (tags: data semanticweb timbernerslee rdf markets commodity information)
• On The Media: Transcript of “Oh No They Didn’t!” (April 25, 2008)
  Eight of Ohio’s top newspapers are sharing content in a cooperative effort called the Ohio News Organization, or OHNO. The arrangement will allow the papers to sidestep the AP. Could this system be a lifeline for struggling news organizations?
  (tags: idea journalism newspapers online ap OhioNewsOrganization OnTheMedia news ohio PlainDealier)
• Vermont OKs the Creation of Virtual Corporations – GigaOM
  Gov. Jim Douglas signed Miscellaneous Tax Document, which could revolutionize the way startup companies are formed and run. The law no longer requires physical headquarters, in-person board meetings, or other regulations irrelevant in the digital age.
  (tags: law legal corporation vermont startup business tax dotank)
• Do Tank and the Democracy Design Workshop
  By helping entity founders to create robust online organizations, and by helping participants to find and play roles that maximize productivity and effectiveness, the Virtual Company Project hopes to enable new types of economic and social productivity.
  (tags: business collaboration community corporation democracy entrepreneur governance cooperation management law legal vermont tax distributed)