The New Transparency

By Kristina Loring - March 15, 2011

A new type of public intimacy exists in an era of the New Transparency, where the sharing of our identities online is said to be our most valuable social currency. But what is the backlash to expressing intimate details in a social forum? How does that shape or prohibit the control you have over your favorite brand: yourself? Read on for notes on authenticity, free expression, and the ability to “fail” in open communities.

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The Long Game of Social Change

By Kristina Loring - March 12, 2011

“We have greatly overestimated value of access to info and greatly underestimated value of access to each other — Clay Shirky at #sxsw

The highlights of my SXSW ’11 experience, thus far, have been found in the sessions that underscore the creative commons culture of documenting, sharing, and remixing that hacktivists, journalists, and members of civil society as a whole are embracing.

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