This is a little ridiculous. Flattering, but ridiculous. :) (Seriously, a good example of the rationale behind the deletionist position- some articles just don’t get enough ‘eyes’ to fix their errors. I think I’m still an inclusionist, on balance, but I can see the rationale.)
In other ‘me’ news, the guys at Deep Fried Bytes have [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
hello CPS 82!
19-Oct-08(planet readers, please ignore….)
Durham, higher education, and me
17-Oct-08I’ll be in Durham this weekend; I’m not sure how much time I have free, but drop me a note if you’d like to grab a meal or beverage of choice.
The formal reason I’ll be in Durham is to give a guest appearance at CompSci 82, Technical and Social Foundations of the Internet. I have [...]
Not quite as Deep and Serious as my other pieces over there, this is a fun one on whether or not you should be able to legally hack the Self Driving Car Of The Future. Turns out it is a slightly more complicated question than it seems on the surface, and one we’ve got very [...]
why yes
16-Oct-08that is my little sister. Thanks for asking.
FTK: clouds, hype, and freedom
14-Oct-08I’ve written another post (really micro-essay) at Freedom To Tinker. This one is about ‘the cloud’, partially in response to Richard’s mini-interview, but really mostly in response to my continued frustration at the terribly meaningless phrase ‘the cloud’, and how it tends to confuse and obfuscate discussion of critical issues. Go forth and read!
quick Boston Summit report
13-Oct-08Because of schoolwork and showing my sister around schools, I ended up not attending any sessions at the summit. But it was still great to see everyone- I got a sense of a lot of positive interest and momentum coming out of the hackfest, and of course it is always great to hang out with [...]
what I have been up to
13-Oct-08Lots of people I saw in Boston were asking ‘what have you been up to’ instead of the usual ’sounds like things are good from your blog’ :) I guess I’ve been a little quiet here about me, personally. So some updates:
School is generally good; the first two years ended up being very successful (low [...]
A long post on (very liberal) firedoglake about Obama’s local-level organizing techniques. Very long piece but worth reading regardless of your political orientation, as it seems likely to define how campaigning will be done in the future, and doesn’t delve (much) into the politics behind the candidates/movements themselves.
Key take-away: the campaign is trusting volunteers to [...]
I was recently invited to guest-post at Freedom to Tinker, formerly Ed Felten’s group blog and now officially hosted by Ed’s Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton. Ed’s been a hero for ages (dating back to at least his voting machine work, if not to his Microsoft work) and so the invite was very [...]