When I was in Boston this weekend, I kept getting asked how school was. This made me realize I haven’t really said much about this here, except for Friday’s primal scream. So, Luis’s first-month-of-school FAQ:
The exam inducing the scream was pass-fail, and I’m pretty sure I passed. Thanks for asking. :)
I’m stressed and challenged, but [...]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Tonight I drink in Boston.
That is all.
I’ve been a part of many lame organizations, but I’ve never been a member of a lame organization that used Ben Mako Hill as part of their membership ad campaign.
Until now.
I’m so conflicted… drop ACM like a stinky, rotten, hot potato, or click on Mako’s smiling face? I’m sure I’m going to lose sleep over [...]
Just got back from a talk by Gregory Heller of Defective by Design (FSF’s anti-DRM organization) at Cardozo. Some quick thoughts:
turnout was great- 55 people. I hope that at SLST can get similar or better turnout for events we do in the future. [Tangent: I'm on the SLST board as of last week; this is [...]
Berkman is hiring for a whole slew of jobs right now- sr. developers, sr. admins, community organizers, etc. Go check out my old boss’s post on the subject. Berkman is a great place to work- great atmosphere, great people, great academia-style work benefits (holidays, insurance, etc.), and the most interesting lunch speakers anywhere. :) As [...]
On the same day he spoke with Chris Anderson about the implications of Long Tail for alternative means of producing IP, Lessig blogged ‘on the economies of culture‘. The fine folks over at Tech Liberation Front have posted recently on how markets don’t need money, and more recently on the gift economy.
I’d love to have [...]
The first one is for everyone, the second one just for GNOME-rs…
37 Signals on why allowing fear to irrationally infect your thinking and planning is terrible. Really good article. I’m trying to be less fearful and more optimistic myself, so this was powerful stuff to me.
Nigel Tao has an interesting mockup up, based on throwing [...]
Markos Moulitsas* has a really interesting piece on why ‘libertarian Democrat’ is not a contradiction in terms. Definitely recommended reading for anyone interested in politics. He makes one interesting point, one obvious point, and one totally broken assumption:
Interesting: the argument that in our modern economy, even doctrinal libertarians should be as afraid, or perhaps even [...]
I’ve somehow managed to make it through something like a month of class without really getting called on in any of my classes. (For those not familiar with how American law schools operate, they lie and call it the ‘Socratic’ method; it is really closer to state-sanctioned mental abuse. ;) Anyway… I’d escaped. Until today. [...]