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More Awesome Than Money

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by Jim Dwyer

Blackbox Mansion, 251

  Blankenhorn, Dana, 171

  blogs, 225, 324–26

  Bloomberg Businessweek, 332, 333

  Blue Coat Systems, 85–86

  Breaking Bad, 300

  Brooks, Fred, 97–98, 107

  browsers, 116–18, 124, 172

  Brunton, Finn, 68

  bullying, online, 243

  Burning Man, 130, 139, 146, 234–35, 245–47, 278–79, 340

  BuzzFeed, 136

  Bynamite, 63

  Cailliau, Robert, 114–15

  Canonical, 100

  Carrizo, Federico, 143

  Cayer, Andrew Charles, 143

  Celik, Tantek, 89, 90, 154–55

  cell phones, 20

  censorship, 81–82, 85, 180

  Censorship Research Center, 140

  Chan, Perry, 49–50

  Chicago Tribune, 59

  China, 81, 86, 180

  Chrome, 124

  Clark, Jim, 117

  Clark, Wesley, 237

  Clinton administration, 110

  Clipper chip, 110

  Coleman, Gabriella “Biella,” 28, 34, 52

  Collinson, Dennis, 315, 317–19, 321, 325–28, 329, 331, 333, 334

  Communida Judia de Murcia, 73

  Companys, Yosem E., 57–59, 104–7, 135, 156, 179–80, 186–89, 191–95, 197–98, 209–11, 218–20, 222–26, 227, 229, 230, 235–37, 241, 242, 247, 248–56, 257–65, 267–70, 272–73, 274–76, 280, 281, 285, 339

  appointed CEO of Diaspora, 265, 267–68, 270–72, 281–83, 285–86, 291–94

  departure from Diaspora, 288–89, 290–95, 301, 316, 332

  Salzberg and, 57–59, 271, 274, 281–83, 285–86, 288–89, 290–92, 294

  Zhitomirskiy’s funeral and, 317

  Computer Emergency Readiness Team, 122

  computers, 11, 21, 23, 46

  linked, 22–23

  power and cost of, 9, 46, 299

  Converto, 9

  Cook, Blaine, 89–90

  Couchsurfing.com, 159

  Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 32, 33, 36, 69, 152, 167, 176

  Craigslist, 236

  crowdfunding, 206, 235, 237

  Kickstarter, see Kickstarter

  data collection, 44, 64, 217, 219, 344

  see also surveillance

  dating websites, 295–96

  Dean, Howard, 156

  Diaspora:

  alpha release of, 158, 163–64, 172–73, 211, 248, 269

  angel investors and, 223, 224, 226, 237, 250–52, 264

  anonymity and, 242–45

  Arab Spring pod, 179–80

  aspects in, 162–63, 217–18, 322

  beta release of, 224, 248, 251, 256, 280, 281, 293, 295, 299, 301, 303, 305

  blog for, 142, 145, 146, 159, 187

  code revisions in, 341, 342, 345

  Companys appointed CEO of, 265, 267–68, 270–72, 281–83, 285–86, 291–94

  Companys’ departure from, 288–89, 290–95, 301, 316, 332

  copyright to code in, 341–42

  crowdfunding and, 206, 235, 237; see also Diaspora, Kickstarter campaign of

  data deletion in, 253, 303–4

  decision to create, 3–5, 12–13

  developer release of, 133–34, 136, 138–40, 142–49, 155, 159, 161–63, 172, 211, 339

  encryption in, 109, 111, 127, 149

  Facebook page for, 142–44, 147, 187

  as for-profit corporation, 241–42, 257, 341–42

  as for-profit corporation within not-for-profit corporation, 226, 242, 257–58

  as foundation, 210–12, 257–58, 339, 346

  Free Software Support Network and, 342–43

  gender box on profiles in, 172–73

  Google+ and, 217–20, 224, 235, 252

  hacker summit and, 87–90

  interest identification on, 249–50, 274, 275, 295

  Kickstarter campaign of, 51–56, 57–59, 64–69, 71–77, 87–89, 92–96, 99, 111–12, 133, 135, 136, 145, 151, 169, 170, 178, 185–86, 189, 200, 202–3, 209–10, 223, 236, 241, 248, 253, 259, 272, 276, 332, 341, 343

  Kleiner Perkins and, 58–59, 63, 68, 75, 94, 105, 107, 185–95, 196, 197, 210, 211, 236–38, 259, 262, 268

  launch of, 129, 133

  meetups for, 156–58, 232, 305, 307–8

  meme-generating project and, 334–35

  name of, 47

  news stream on, 275

  New York Times article on, 68–70, 71, 74, 128

  online meeting for, 337–40

  PayPal account of, 271–72, 274, 280–81

  pods of, 225, 242–45, 248, 250, 337

  profitability of, 197, 211, 212, 226, 250

  Reputation.com and, 216–17, 227–30

  reviews of, 171–72

  Salzberg as CEO of, 222–23, 259–61, 264–65, 267–68, 271, 272, 281, 286

  Schurman’s fund-raising campaign for, 237, 241, 250, 252–54, 268–73, 274

  security concerns about, 148–49, 151, 157–58, 163, 180

  servers for, 108–9, 163

  as social network of personal web pages, 324–28, 329, 332–33

  Sofaer’s departure from, 228, 237, 238, 251, 258, 251

  start of work on, 45–47

  stock shares in, 237, 242, 251, 258, 260, 262–64

  Twitter and, 58, 64, 65, 76, 96, 134, 142, 145–46, 187, 254, 280, 294, 296

  users of, 99–100, 108, 128, 171, 187, 197, 220, 248–50, 281, 337

  venture capitalists and, 196–98, 206, 210, 212, 216, 218, 220, 223–26, 229, 235, 236, 247, 259, 263, 320

  welcoming committees on, 249–50, 296

  Y Combinator and, 47–49, 51, 55, 329–35

  Zhitomirskiy’s departure from and return to, 164, 166, 169, 174, 176–79, 193

  Zuckerberg’s donation to, 77, 97, 130, 200

  DiasporaFoundation.org, 254, 257, 339

  Dicks, Ethan, 123

  Doctorow, Cory, 111

  Download Squad, 76

  Draper, Tim, 105, 219

  Dreaming in Code (Rosenberg), 97

  Dropbox, 254, 262, 276, 335

  drug trade, 299

  Dunbar, Robin, 102, 103

  Dwyer, Cathy, 68

  Dyson, George, 41

  Econsultancy, 173

  Egypt, 79, 82, 165–66, 179–80, 243

  ElBaradei, Mohamed, 165, 166

  Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 34, 90–91, 93, 119, 213, 236, 254

  Ellison, Larry, 266

  e-mail, 88, 232, 344

  encryption, 109–11, 127, 140, 141, 149, 276

  Engelbart, Douglas, 10–11

  Engray, Mike, 73

  environmental law, 344

  Esguerra, Richard, 90–91

  Facebook, 2, 4, 18, 19, 25, 26, 28, 43–44, 63, 69, 88, 93, 94, 101, 103, 105–9, 134, 141, 154, 162, 171, 173, 180, 197, 211, 212, 214, 216, 219, 254, 264, 275, 281, 283, 308, 322–24, 326, 330, 332, 333, 345

  anonymity prohibited on, 242, 243, 254

  and decision to create Diaspora, 3–5, 12–13, 43–45

  deleted material and, 304

  design elements of, 322, 328

  Diaspora Kickstarter video and, 54

  Diaspora page on, 142–44, 147, 187

  Farmville on, 232–33

  friends on, 103, 104, 162

  Grippi and, 2–3, 43, 44, 155, 210, 212

  growth of, 12

  Kullena Said page on, 79, 165–66

  launch of, 170–71, 249

  National Security Agency and, 344

  privacy and surveillance issues with, 4, 8, 9, 26, 43, 44, 62, 77,
99, 187, 189–90, 218–19, 244, 252

  Rogers on, 76–77

  Salzberg and, 44, 154, 210, 332

  self-censorship on, 10

  Sofaer and, 44, 210

  Zhitomirskiy and, 35–37, 44, 45, 136–37, 176, 210, 235, 304

  Zuckerberg and, 4, 8, 12, 17–19, 59–62, 77, 93, 107, 200, 217, 300, 344

  Faris, Rob, 81, 86

  Farmville, 232–33

  Fashion Institute of Technology, 153

  Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 10, 64

  Federated Social Web, 88

  Fenton, Cory, 159

  Fertik, Michael, 216–17, 227–30

  filtering systems, 81–82

  Finette, Pascal, 207

  Firefox, 93, 94, 108, 114, 119, 120, 122–26, 162, 172, 186, 207, 211, 323

  Fishkin, Bobby, 221–22, 226–27, 238, 246, 255, 265, 266, 299, 310

  Visionaries and Revolutionaries association of, 222, 297–98

  Flipboard, 181

  Food Not Bombs, 151

  Fortune, 75

  Foursquare, 341

  Fraser, Janice, 98–101, 307

  Freaks, 49

  Free Culture, 200, 232–34

  free-culture movement, 200, 213, 215

  Freedom Box, 44, 178–79

  Freeh, Louis, 110

  free software, 18, 20–22, 27, 28, 44, 46, 100, 123, 133, 134, 147, 211, 215

  Free Software Foundation, 20, 21, 66

  Free Software Support Network (FSSN), 342–43

  French, Barry, 84–85

  Friendster, 107, 170

  Gates, Bill, 17, 20, 21, 93, 117, 262

  Geekosystem, 74

  Gershom, Rabbeinu, 7

  Ghonim, Wael, 165–66

  Gibbon, Edward, 345

  Gibson, William, 11

  GitHub, 133, 144, 145, 155, 187, 232

  Gmail, 26

  GNU/Linux, see Linux

  Godwin, Mike, 119

  Godwin’s Law, 119

  Golbeck, Jennifer, 10

  Goldberg, Ari, 306

  Goldberg, David, 306

  Goldenberg, Dan, 76, 112, 177

  Goodger, Ben, 122

  Google, 5, 21, 26, 58, 79, 80, 83, 89, 99, 101, 110–11, 123, 124, 134, 179, 211, 217–19, 224, 244, 254, 281, 299, 322–24, 326

  Google+, 217–20, 224, 235, 252, 322

  anonymity prohibited on, 242, 243

  Google Alarm, 135

  Gore, Bill, 102

  Graham, Paul, 46, 47, 188, 228, 333–34

  Grassia, Joey, 254

  Greenberg, Emily, 257–58, 283, 293

  Grippi, Carolyn, 59, 72, 148, 312, 321

  Grippi, Casey, 59, 96, 98, 177, 211, 271–73, 281, 282, 285, 294, 312, 316, 321, 340

  Grippi, Dan, 1–2, 37–39, 58, 59, 63, 66–67, 71, 76, 90, 92, 96–99, 101, 107, 108, 113, 130, 131, 134–35, 150, 151, 153–55, 164, 165, 172–74, 177–78, 180, 181, 192, 198, 211–12, 126, 222, 226, 237, 245, 257–65, 267, 270, 271, 275, 276, 280, 291, 294–96, 300–3, 305, 315–17, 319, 320–28, 329–37, 339, 340, 341, 343, 346

  Association for Computing Machinery and, 31, 37–39, 43, 46–47, 52–53

  Collinson and, 319

  and Companys’ appointment as Diaspora CEO, 281–83, 285–86

  and Company’s departure from Diaspora, 288–89, 290–94

  conference appearances of, 231–35

  in decision to create Diaspora, 3–5, 12–13, 43–45

  developer release and, 134, 138, 139, 143–49

  Dwyer’s interview with, 68–69

  Facebook and, 2–3, 43, 44, 155, 210, 212

  Fertik and, 228, 229

  Kickstarter and, 52, 54–56, 72

  Kleiner Perkins and, 189–91

  MakerBot and, 41–42

  Moglen’s talk and, 18, 19, 26, 43, 263, 268

  NYU talk of, 300, 302, 306–7, 311–12, 320

  in starting work on Diaspora, 45–47

  therapy sessions of, 320–21

  and Zhitomirskiy’s departure from and return to Diaspora, 178, 179

  at Zhitomirskiy’s funeral, 317, 340

  Zhitomirskiy’s suicide and, 311

  Grippi, Laura, 321

  Guardian, 83, 140–41

  Gutenberg, Johannes, 78, 225

  Haas, Johann, 342

  Hacker News, 146

  hackers, 40, 89, 111, 118, 122, 148, 149, 151, 215, 225, 266, 299

  HackNY, 40, 50–51

  NYC Resistor, 40, 64

  Portland summit of, 87–90

  Haystack, 140–42, 149

  Heap, Austin, 140–42, 149

  Heiferman, Scott, 156

  Henshaw, John, 218

  Hiltzik, Michael, 44

  Hive, 5–7, 158–59, 201, 202, 204, 205, 213–14, 231, 238, 245–46, 255, 275, 277, 279, 284–85, 287, 288, 298, 308–9, 311–13, 317–18

  Houston, Drew, 262

  Huffington Post, 136

  human networks, 102–3

  IBM, 98

  Identi.ca, 65

  inDinero.com, 329

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 97, 342

  Internet, 11, 17–19, 23, 24, 79, 86, 114, 116

  Internet bubble, 188, 194

  Internet Explorer, 108, 117–18, 121, 122, 124

  Internet Society, 17, 28, 42, 53

  iPad, 66–67

  iPhone, 151

  Iran, 81, 83–85, 140–41, 149

  Isaacson, Walter, 323

  Jejune Institute, 203–4

  Jobs, Steve, 20, 108, 262, 323

  Johns, Andy, 12

  Johnson, Katie, 199–200, 205, 226, 247, 277–79, 308–9

  Joy, Bill, 75, 94, 98, 189

  jQuery, 211

  Kamdar, Adi, 213–14, 226

  Kapor, Mitch, 93–94, 98, 120, 124, 188, 194, 196–99

  Karp, David, 324

  Kaste, Martin, 254

  Kelley, David, 224

  Kerckhoffs, Auguste, 141

  Kettler, David, 200–202, 309–10, 313

  Kickstarter, 50, 87, 178–79, 335

  creation of, 50

  Diaspora’s campaign on, 51–56, 57–59, 64–69, 71–77, 87–89, 92–96, 99, 111–12, 133, 135, 136, 145, 151, 169, 170, 178, 185–86, 189, 200, 202–3, 209–10, 223, 236, 241, 248, 253, 259, 272, 276, 332, 341, 343

  HackNY and, 50–51

  King, Peter, 175

  Klein, Samuel J. “SJ,” 283–85, 313–14

  Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, 58–59, 63, 68, 75, 94, 105, 107, 185–95, 196, 197, 210, 211, 216, 236–38, 259, 262, 268

  Kleinman, Kevin, 326, 337

  Klokosch, Thomas, 72

  Komisar, Randy, 58, 62–64, 67, 75, 94–98, 104–6, 185, 187, 189, 190, 192, 194, 197, 216, 261

  Korea, 243

  Korth, Evan, 28, 40–42, 50–51, 53, 55, 56, 66, 94, 146–47, 165, 281–82, 286, 317

  Kreutner, Helmut, 143

  Lai, Tony, 201–2, 205, 215, 226, 238, 298, 308–11

  Lanier, Jaron, 298–99

  Larson, Chris, 143

  Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 297–98

  Leigh, Eloise, 203–4

  Leno, Jay, 39

  Lewkiewicz, Stephanie, 36–37, 166–70, 176–77, 302

  Liberation Technology, 179, 209

  Lieberman, Joseph, 175

  Lilly, John, 122, 124

  Linux, 20–21, 27, 100, 118, 120, 162, 211, 318

  Lopez Abello, Antonio, 255–56

  Los Angeles Times, 44

  Lotus, 58, 93, 120

  Lucas, George, 58

  LucasArts Entertainment, 58

  Luther
, Martin, 78

  Madrigal, Alexis C., 11

  Mah, Jessica, 329–30

  MakerBot, 39–42, 169, 215, 322

  Makezine, 200

  Makr.Io, 334–37

  Manso-Salinas, Emilio, 255–56

  Marillion, 49

  Markoff, John, 110

  Marshall, Philip, 172

  Marshall, Thurgood, 25

  Mashable, 171

  Mason, Hilary, 40, 51

  McDonald’s, 97

  McKenzie, Patrick, 148, 149

  Mee, Rob, 95, 98

  Meetup.Com, 156

  Mei, Sarah, 155–57, 172–73, 223–25, 237, 251–52, 255–56, 258–64, 267, 290–91

  Messina, Chris, 89, 123

  microformats, 89, 154

  Microsoft, 8, 17, 21, 22, 67, 100, 117, 120, 123, 186

  Internet Explorer, 108, 117–18, 121, 122, 124

  Middle East, 242

  Egypt, 79, 82, 165–66, 179–80, 243

  Iran, 81, 83–85, 140–41, 149

  Milgram, Stanley, 102–3

  mobile phones, 20

  Moglen, Eben, 8, 10, 66, 77, 101, 105, 108, 109, 123, 139, 140, 147–48, 211, 218, 342–45

  Freedom Box project of, 44, 178–79

  NYU talk of, 17–31, 42, 43, 53, 68, 99, 170, 263, 268

  Monk and the Riddle, The (Komisar), 58

  Moore, Gordon, 9

  Moore’s law, 9, 299

  Morley, David, 337

  Morozov, Evgeny, 141

  Morrill, Danielle, 336–37

  Morrow, Avery, 172

  Mosaic, 115–17

  MoveOn.org, 237

  Mozilla, 94, 113–14, 118–26, 150, 153, 207–8, 210, 211, 236, 336

  Firefox, 93, 94, 108, 114, 119, 120, 122–26, 162, 172, 186, 207, 211, 323

  WebFWD, 207–8

  Mubarak, Hosni, 165, 179, 180, 243

  Mullenweg, Matt, 225

  MySpace, 101, 107, 134

  Mythical Man-Month, The (Brooks), 97–98, 107

  Napster, 77

  National Public Radio (NPR), 254, 258, 264

  National Security Agency (NSA), 11, 20, 82–83, 110, 244, 344

  Negroponte, Nicholas, 283–84

  Netflix, 29

  Netscape, 117–21, 124–25, 186, 194, 211, 323

  network effect, 249, 324

  networks, human, 102–3

  networks, social, 4, 44, 60, 78, 89–91, 101–3, 106, 108, 127, 128, 162, 173, 232, 295–96, 325–26, 344

  Neuromancer (Gibson), 11

  Newsweek, 140

  New York, 94, 139, 153

  New York, N.Y., 97, 150, 153

  New York Times, 4, 30, 87, 89, 110, 114, 123, 142, 181, 332

  Dwyer’s article on Diaspora in, 68–70, 71, 74, 128

  Nguyen, T. H., 283, 301, 302, 305, 307–9, 312

  Nike, 136

  Nikkanen, Hanna, 84

 

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