This is a default category that holds all the entries that I have failed to categorize properly! I hope to get this list down to zero over time.
The LA Times’ Megan Stack has written an excellent, anecdote-rich piece on the effect of technology- and social-norm-based censorship in the Middle East, with emphasis on Syria, Bahrain, and Egypt. At ONI, we’ve done an in-depth report on Bahrain. Ms. Stack’s piece is heavy on the youth and politics angle on the story, both of … Read more
The Association of Food Journalists just announced that MSNBC’s Jon Bonne won not just first place (for his piece on Rhubarb) but also second place (for his Beaujolais nouveau instant classic) in the Best Food Coverage on the Internet category for 2005. Next year, he ought to go for the trifecta.
“Forget the mayor’s race tomorrow,” they’re saying. Britt Blaser, Micah Sifry, and other good people have been working on an interesting campaign to get people to turn out in NYC for a downballot race. Their man is Andrew Rasiej; he calls himself the “Johnny Appleseed” of technology and politics, he and his team have been … Read more
Today we are releasing our Open ePolicy Report, covered in this morning’s New York Times by Steve Lohr. The webcast is streaming right now (Friday morning, from 9:30 a.m. EST) from here. We owe big thanks to project founder/director Jeff Kaplan, all the working group members, Prof. Charles Nesson who is presenting the report on … Read more
This piece by Nick Langley gives one (very partial, in multiple senses of that word) telling of the history of RSS. “There are different versions of the history of the product, and the following summary is bound to upset somebody.” Right, though interesting to call it a product. The part the author nails is at … Read more
Kaye Trammell’s special hurricane blog has a post on (pushing?) the limits of technology.
Urs Gasser has been back the past few days in the US, his first trip back since he left for his professorship at the Univ. of St. Gallen. (Prof. Dr. Gasser remains a faculty fellow with us at the Berkman Center.) Along with summer intern Gabriela Ruiz Begue, he has released a short, accessible paper … Read more
At the Berkman Center, we’re gearing up for a busy fall. Students return shortly, some as early as this week-end, and new fellows are honing research plans for the year. We hope to roll out new ways to expand our reach and to invite more people into our various initiatives through the use of technology … Read more
I subscribe to a feed of Kaye Trammell’s great blog. I met her at the Oxford Internet Institute a few summers ago, we invited her to a conference at Harvard Law School, and I’ve enjoyed following her work since then via her blog. I’ve noticed over the past few months much less updating from Kaye … Read more
Recently, adult publisher Perfect 10 sued Google for copyright infringement. (I posted a lightly redacted version of the complaint along with an early analysis of the lawsuit, here). Now, word is that Perfect 10 has asked the judge for a preliminary injunction against Google. Perfect 10 has also sued Amazon.com. These lawsuits, along with similar … Read more