xkcd: Why (and How) I Blog
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008ROFLMAO. In case you didn't know about xkcd, prepare to waste a lot of time and go there now. (Non-hotlink here; credit to Lok)
Archive for the ‘Activism’ Category
ROFLMAO. In case you didn't know about xkcd, prepare to waste a lot of time and go there now. (Non-hotlink here; credit to Lok)
Supercapitalism Really Is Super
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Robert Reich's latest book, Supercapitalism, is a fantastic analysis of the current relationship between corporations, citizens, and politics. I put Supercapitalism on my wish list after Prof. Lawrence Lessig's glowing recommendation. While I make no pretense of being such a gifted writer as either of these scholars, here I attempt to ...
Mad Robot Confronts Bill Clinton: Apologize to Sista Souljah
Friday, December 21st, 2007Kembrew McLeod, dressed as a robot named Mr. Ifobca, confronted Bill Clinton and demanded he apologize for his deliberate racial smear against Sista Souljah. Read more about Mr. Ifobca's adventures here.
Google Policy Fellowship
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Do you or somebody you know have deep interest in new media policy and a summer to burn? Are you interested in a summer in San Francisco or DC with one of several groups, including EFF, CDT, or Public Knowledge? Would $7000 accelerate your decision-making? If so, you should apply for ...
Technical Study of the Internet Shutdown in Burma
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The Open Net Initiative has just produced a brief technical study of the Burmese government's internet censorship, including a complete shutdown from September 29 through October 4. Allow me to spoil the report's ending for you: While the [Burmese government] has exacerbated its legacy of massive human rights violations through this crackdown, ...
Taming Tigers: Will Lessig Be Eaten?
Friday, October 19th, 2007Lawrence Lessig's switch from copyfighting to fighting political corruption has made huge waves among copyright activists, many of whom were first driven to action by Lessig's writings. I instantly agreed with his premises and thus supported his switch (ditto Ed Baker's quieter, impending switch from focusing on media policy to ...
Creative Commons announces CCLearn
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Creative Commons has launched a new initiative, CCLearn, designed ""to break down the barriers - whether legal, technical or cultural - between different collections of open educational content." They're also seeking an executive director, if you're interested in such work.
Help pick the best of StayFree!
Friday, March 23rd, 2007If you've ever been a fan of StayFree! Magazine, you can help pick the best articles from the magazine's history. Sadly, Carrie McLaren & Co. are calling it quits on the published mag, but at least they'll keep the StayFree! blog up and running. Print pubs take a lot of time ...
Blogger sets journalist jail time record
Thursday, February 8th, 2007Minilinkfest: I'm wicked busy, but there were too many good stories this midweek to pass up. Here's #1: Josh Wolf, a blogger who's refused to cooperate with federal prosecutors who want to see the unedited footage of a protest he shot, has set the record for time spent in jail by ...
Net neutrality paper: Final version
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007The final version of my net neutrality paper, Opening Bottlenecks: On Behalf of Mandated Network Neutrality (pdf), is online at the Federal Comm Law Journal website. Any feedback is very welcome. I've also submitted it as a comment with the Federal Trade Commission's broadband connectivity workshop. They're taking comments on connectivity ...