Johannes Kleske - tautoko weblog

steve emergent downunder: “The group of teens were gathered. The one holding the video camera crouched below a 10 feet concrete drop. Three friends walked across the street, calling out for incoming cars. The ’star’ waited, waited. ‘All clear’ was the call and the skater pushed off. Ripped down the hill, pushed the board across the gap and jumped down the drop.

Loud whoops as friends picked up the board, stopping it from hitting nearby parked cars and high-5ing the successful home video shoot.

It reminded me again of the democratisation of technology. Film used to be the preserve of the elite. Now any group of friends can create - video, music, web-pages.

Sure its still not fully democratised - its still not the easily the preserve of the poor. But current technologies open up the potential for a much more democratic existence than at any other time in our history.”