Simon Willison’s Weblog

1st May 2008 - Link Blog

Consumption is also about choice. Tom Armitage’s thoughtful response to Clay Shirky’s Web 2.0 talk on television as “cognitive surplus”.

Posted 1st May 2008 at 1:01 pm

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