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I came to Thorstein Veblen for his theories of systems economics; but I stayed for his theory of women’s fashion. It’s a kicker, and the short version goes something like this:

In “barbarian” societies, the difference between a “leisured” class and a “working” class whose labour supports it, came down along gender lines. What was classified […]

Saul suggested that we run a “Open Social Graph” session at next year’s Open Knowledge Foundation conference. Great! I thought. Hang on, what’s an open social graph?
Bread Fitzpatrick sets out some broad assumptions and goals about this open social graph effort. It’s a reaction to user annoyance at having to recreate a “social network” on […]