Archive for August, 2009



Just bumped into Cory Doctorow’s review of Chris Anderson’s Free book (I know it was published on The Guardian netaaaages ago i.e. July 28). The core of his review…
There’s plenty in our world that lives outside of the marketplace: it’s a rare family that uses spot-auctions to determine the dinner menu or where to go [...]

The Free Model of UK Museums

Yesterday, I went to the BBC Proms. Walking back home with my partner and her brother we passed the British Natural History Museum. A big orange banner said in big letters “ADMISSION FREE”. I’ve seen this banner in another museum, Tate Modern perhaps? In the morning I had been listening to the free audiobook of [...]