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Everything is Miscellaneous: What i got out of this book is that the world is jam packed with information. Everyone has information and is constantly labeling and organizing data how they feel is appropriate. He discusses all the different ways of organizing data and also some sites out there that people use for data. Key terms- digital order, metaknowledge, metadata.
Convergence Culture: In this book it tries to proves that new media will not simply replace old media, but rather will learn to interact with it in a complex relationship he calls "convergence culture." He talsk about how so many technologies are converging and how society is dealing with this and where he sees is going. He talks about technology not taking over but merely a cultural shift, technologically. Key terms - collective intelligence, convergence, digital revolution.
Remix: Lessig frames the problem as a war between an old read-only culture, in which media is being sold as copyrighted music and movies to passive consumers, and a new digital read-write culture, in which audiovisual products are freely downloaded and manipulated in an explosion of creativity. Both cultures can thrive in a hybrid economy, he contends, pioneered by Web entities like YouTube. He tries to argue that the world is changing so we must change with it. New arts, media, and everything are rising. Should peoples creativity be banned? Key terms - barter economies, collaboration, creative commons, fair use, hybrid economies, lego-ized innovation.

All these books deal with society and people having to cope with the way technology is changing the world. It bring so many new things to us that we must figure out how to use them. This causes many things to be harmed but also is helping society. The world is heading for a technological millennium and we must change along with it.

For the final project, we must take in all this knowledge inorder to better understand how people will be using this site and looking at it. We must build off of tags and organization while building this site to its highest potential.