Linkpile (via Delicious)

• Andrew Keen: The Demise of Web 2.0: Entertaining video interview with Keen. I always enjoy this guy. Whether you agree with him or not, he’s a welcome antidote to the rah-rah gurus he opposes. Plus, unlike most of them, he actually has a sense of humor (albeit rough-edged).
• Spending Money: “It’s worth pointing out that the steep decline in American savings rates coincided with lots of financial innovations that make it much easier for us to spend money.” That’s right. And none of them will be rolled back. Worth consideration when talking about thrift etc. trends in the long run.
• Self-serve commercial licensing: Proposal for “a new kind of self-serve, lightweight “commercial commons” that would allow makers to do small-scale commercial manufacturing of goods that remix copyrights and trademarks, with no upfront payments, and a fixed royalty rate that lets the makerverse operate as a giant, well-compensated R&D lab.” While this could have been expressed a lot better, the underlying idea actually sounds pretty clever.
• Peeved at Auto-Warranty Calls, a Web Posse Strikes Back: “Dozens of activists who have peppered the warranty company with messages including elevator music, threats and offers of rude services.” Activists? Is that the right word?
• ‘Youth Magnet’ Cities Hit Midlife Crisis: “Few Jobs in Places Like Portland and Austin, but the Hipsters Just Keep on Coming”
• Mercketing: Pharma giant published its own “scientific” journals.