The category covers many of the posts I made while I worked at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. It subsequently changed its name to the Berkman Klein Center.
The Berkman Center today, unlike the rest of the world, is very quiet. Students are on Spring Break. Most of the staff and faculty are in Rio at iLaw, our week-long extravaganza for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. (BTW, one session of iLaw per day will be Webcast. No special access needed to watch it. Thanks to … Read more
Things in international law are often incredibly hard to divine. It’s a fair and open question — “colorable”, as a lawyer might say — whether the US military action in Iraq is legal or illegal under international law. Jon Bonne of MSNBC — not a lawyer, but one of the smartest and most insightful people I’ve ever met and … Read more
Christopher Lydon’s new radio series debuted on WGBH in Boston this weekend and hit lots of other media markets across the country through PRI distribution. It’s a fantastic, globally-focused, wide-ranging series. He and his crack team, led by Mary McGrath, have also taken to the Net with real commitment to understanding and using the tech. … Read more
Is there a good definition out there of The Commons?
The Globe story on the tough job of the college CIOs has some of the key issues outlined: e.g., how do you ensure the free expression of ideas over the university network while complying with the DMCA?
The Boston Herald ran a nice piece this morning on Dave Winer’s fellowship to the Berkman Center and on our blogging initiative that he’s heading up. I liked that Tom Walsh, the reporter, focused on the extent to which we’re aiming to help break down barriers at the university between the schools and the research … Read more
I was lucky enough to meet up with Halley Suitt for lunch today to talk about blogging and Harvard and knowledge management. She’s local to Cambridge, MA. It confirmed for me, yet again, the importance of the face-to-face complement to working with people online. It’s increasingly clear to me that online interaction has both huge … Read more