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Cuba Report
May 17, 2004Hooray for unilateralism! (he says, in his most sarcastic tone!) But there’s no oil in Cuba so why overthrow Castro? Oh yeah, it’s election season. Report to the President: Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba CHAPTER 1: HASTENING CUBAÕS TRANSITION As an essential part of AmericaÕs commitment to stand with the Cuban people against [...]
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Explain RSS in 10 words or less
May 17, 2004An exercise in clarity: RSS (Signal vs. Noise) A collection of responses to this challenge: “Explain RSS in 10 words or less to someone who reads news online (and a possibly few blogs although they may not necessarily know them as ÒblogsÓ), but doesnÕt know what a newsreader or aggregator is.”
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Information, Silence, and Sanctuary
May 17, 2004Information & the Quality of Life. Professor David Levy of the Information School at the University of Washington organized a two-day, invitation-only “Conference on Information, Silence, and Sanctuary.” Speakers included Bill McKibben, John Seely Brown, and Geof Bowker. Too much information and too little time to digest it. Attention pulled in a thousand directions, and [...]
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Global Forum on Internet Governance
May 15, 2004Internet governance debate heats up. by Stephen Bell, Wellington. Computerworld Friday, 16 April, 2004. Focus on how internet is used and abused says Vint Cerf. This isn’t getting much coverage in the U.S. (this article is from Computerworld, New Zealand), but very important decisions are at stake. The UN Global Forum on Internet Governance was [...]
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Study: Many Federal Sites Not Terror Risks
May 15, 2004RAND Study: Many Federal Sites Not Terror Risks (registration required). The Rand Corp. said the overwhelming majority of federal Web sites that reveal information about airports, power plants, military bases and other potential terrorist targets need not be censored because similar or better information is easily available elsewhere. The study, conducted between mid-2002 and mid-2003, [...]
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Representative says “We went way overboard” with DMCA
May 15, 2004Show Business Pleads to Keep Digital Law. By Jonathan Krim. Washington Post Thursday, May 13, 2004; Page E04. House Bill Could Loosen Restrictions on Copying CDs, DVDs for Personal Use. At a hearing on a House bill that would loosen some of the restriction on copying imposed by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) representatives [...]
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Born with the chip
May 14, 2004Here’s an interesting article from Library Journal called, Born with the Chip. The article describes how the library will need to adapt in order to deal with those “born with the chip” — the current generation who view computers not as technology, but as “part of their cultural DNA.” These nine impact factors provide insights [...]
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Non-sensitive information surpressed by Justice Dept. in ACLU case
May 13, 2004ACLU Was Forced to Revise Release on Patriot Act Suit. By Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Thursday, May 13, 2004; Page A27. When a federal judge ruled two weeks ago that the American Civil Liberties Union could finally reveal the existence of a lawsuit challenging the USA Patriot Act, the group issued a news release. But [...]
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Will the election be hacked?
May 12, 2004Here’s a good overview article on e-voting from Salon.com Technology | Will the election be hacked? (sorry, you’ll have to watch an ad from Salon or pay for premium service. There’s a rant for another time ;-] ) Even a self-described Christian arch-conservative, former Diebold systems manager Rob Behler, says the company failed to adequately [...]
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PIPA study on Iraq and the pres. election
May 11, 2004A new study by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) has just come out. US Public Beliefs on Iraq and the Presidential Election A PIPA/Knowledge Networks Study [April 22, 2004] See their homepage to see the questionnaire and press release.