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Web 3.0 – A New Hope

07/07/201929/08/2018 di Stefano Tombolini

The previous article of the series was very gloomy about the current state of the Web, but we promised that we were going to be much more optimistic about the future in this issue of the Blockchain for Books series.
In fact, a new generation of distributed P2P and blockchain-based technologies for file sharing and storage, called IPFS and Filecoin, have the potential to shake up the status quo, correct the pitfalls of Web 2.0 and let us enter into the “Web 3.0” era.
A comprehensive analysis by Stefano Tombolini, blockchain analyst and WordPress implementer at Tombolini & Ascciati.

The Paradise Lost of Web 2.0

07/07/201907/08/2018 di Stefano Tombolini

In the previous article of this series, we stated that the Web 2.0 revolution actually led us to the centralization of Internet services and questioned whether blockchain technology could enable a Web 3.0 evolution.
In his book Who Owns the Future?, the computer philosophy writer Jaron Lanier explains how the big tech companies that survived the dot-com bubble and consequently thrived are “stealing” and monetizing users’ data, without any respect for privacy and the economic rights of content owners.
What went wrong with the Web 2.0 movement?
A comprehensive analysis by Stefano Tombolini, blockchain analyst and WordPress implementer at Tombolini & Associati.

Il dito, la luna e il libro

24/07/2018 di Nane Cantatore

Un celebre detto afferma che, quando il dito indica la luna, il saggio guarda la luna e lo stolto il dito. Con tutto il rispetto per i detti tradizionali, a volte è comunque interessante guardare il dito, specie se indica nella direzione sbagliata.

Il dito in questione è un lapidario editoriale di Francesco Giubilei su cultora, dal titolo definitivo: Una pietra tombale sugli ebook, il futuro del libro è di carta. Prima di entrare nello specifico di questo pezzo, vediamo i dati dell’ultimo rapporto dell’Associazione italiana editori (si trovano qui, pagina 12). Bene, dopo anni di crescita tumultuosa a due cifre, il 2017 ha visto il valore del mercato ebook crescere solo del 2 per cento.

Do digital books dream of digital readers?

20/07/2018 di Nane Cantatore

Books, like any other human artifact, aren’t static objects. They evolve, change and adapt themselves, according to the needs and habits of people who use them: they fit into our lives and our worlds. As with any other human-made object, this is not a straightforward process, but one of action and response, where the emergence of a new technology to satisfy existent needs is always producing new needs and new adaptations, which in turn make room for new technological innovation. The printed book is a typical example of this feedback cycle: probably, when Gutenberg perfected the invention, he thought that he was just going to be able to churn out more books at a lower price, and that they would be very similar to the old ones. He couldn’t know that the printing press would be the engine that powered the Protestant Reformation and ultimately produced the eras of Rationalism, Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution.

ALLi foresees a more author-centered industry thanks to the blockchain

07/07/201912/07/2018 di Stefano Tombolini

In its white paper Authors and the Blockchain, the Alliance of Independent Authors is hoping a “Self-Publishing 3.0” revolution will bring an author-centered financial model for the first time in publishing history.
Is it an informed and realistic assessment of the possible impact of blockchain technology?
A critical review by Stefano Tombolini, blockchain analyst and WordPress implementer at Tombolini & Associati.