I am currently attending the Oekonux 4 conference held at the University of Manchester by the P2P Foundation. The next few blog post will address some key issues discussed at the conference that maybe even shed some light on matters related to the subject matter of the conference: “Free Software and Beyond - The World of Peer Production”. What I am especially interested in still in anticipation of the first keynote is:

• The organization of peer production: Are we still going to have companies as we know them producing our assets, or will we see a completely different organization of production and labour?
• The limitations of peer production: We know peer production works on digital products such as open source software, music, and design, but where are the limits of when peer production is the most effective organization of production? Services? Cars? Food?
• Practical implications: How do you actually set up peer production?

I might find some further issues that are more relevant, but if these questions sound intriguing hang on for updates over the next few days. Thanks.