• DOI:10.1177/0961463X04040750
• Corpus ID: 61327593

Articulating the Speed(s) of the Internet

@article{Holtgrewe2004ArticulatingTS,
  title={Articulating the Speed(s) of the Internet},
  author={Ursula Holtgrewe},
  journal={Time \& Society},
  year={2004},
  volume={13},
  pages={129 - 146}
}

• Ursula Holtgrewe
• Published 1 March 2004
• Computer Science
• Time & Society

The Internet is widely considered as a key factor of speeding up social and cultural change. It represents the merging of information and communication technologies and enables flows of information and capital, and communication and cooperation regardless of space and, possibly, time. This article explores the example of Open Source/Free Softwaredevelopment, i.e. software development in self-organized projects based on a considerable share of voluntary work. Here, we find complex articulations of speeding up and slowing down technological development. Open Source/Free Softwareprojects complement the logic of speeding up technological progress and of obsolescence with a reflexive logic of optionality, variety and sustainability which addresses the accessibility of technology and knowledge as a precondition for future creativity beyond markets and organizations.