The case against Aaron Swartz
Max Kennerly has posted the best legal overview I’ve seen of the Aaron Swartz indictment. He analyzes whether there’s actually […]
Copright, Copyleft, IP, Democratization of Knowledge, Future of the Internet
Events
Future of the Internet talk tonight
Tonight I’ll be giving my “future of the Internet” talk at Bootstrap Interactive. I’ll cover a bit of history and
Future of the Internet, Social Media, Technology
Post-Internet Google+ Beta Madness
I’ve been researching, thinking about, and presenting on the future of the Internet, and this week I’m preparing to propose
Uncategorized
Uncle Vanya vs Transformers near the 4th of July
It’s a weird culture that mashes Chekhov into the same week with Optimus Prime, but we followed an experience of
Business, Networks, Politics, Technology
More on bandwidth: light and darkness
My friend Robert Steele emailed me in response to my last post, saying there’s more to consider, and I agree.
Freedom to Connect, Future of the Internet, Networks, Technology
Increase bandwidth exponentially
Internet prime mover Vint Cerf echoes what I’ve been hearing from other architects of the TCP/IP network: we should focus
Politics, Social Media, Technology
Technology: tipping the balance
Roger Cohen in the New York Times: Something immense is happening as the world transitions to a hyperconnected state where,
Cinema, Environment/Climate
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life may be the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (or not); in his film
Community, Democracy, Government, Media, Participatory Medicine, Politics, Teaching and Learning
Collaboration, cooperation, democracy
Everybody’s head is a strange universe filled with echos of voices they’ve heard over and over again. Against this, we
Business, Community, Democracy
Doc Searls on user-driven democracy
Speaking at the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum, Doc talks about how power relationships work in markets vs how they should
Democracy, Politics
Busted for dancing at Jefferson Memorial
This is a hell of a thing to see on Memorial Day. This would be a real nightmare for some
Community, Consciousness
Gil Scot Heron, 1949-2011: “The revolution will be live.”
In my years of drinking beer and talking trash with the late Bill Morton, he seldom wrote letters to me
Global, Politics
Ratko Mladic’s arrest
Jasmina Tesanovic posts about the arrest of Ratko Mladic here. As a further financial twist, the state still owes the
Surf’s Up!
Here’s another older piece, my zany editorrant incroducing from Fringe Ware Review #5, the “Stay Awake” issue. This issue of