March 2008
40 posts
Public safety spectrum, here we go again
Better late than never, here are my thoughts on the FCC’s auction for the D Block public safety band. There was only one bid for the block, Frontline Wireless to shut down, and some are even suggesting improprieties. Sadly, we’ve got a long way to go before we have an operating public safety network. Why did the D Block auction fail? I think at root the problem is that the FCC simply...
Mar 31st
WatchWatch
Kite Festival
Mar 30th
Macworld | New AirPort, old network →
How to configure to networks - an N and a G
Mar 28th
WatchWatch
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Mar 28th
NTIA Spectrum reform information: reports & other... →
Mar 27th
WatchWatch
CoS Retreat & CC California
Mar 26th
The right to know : transparency for an open world... →
Mar 21st
The Transparency of Political Instituions - The... →
Mar 21st
What matters most : how a small group of pioneers... →
Mar 21st
The Welch Way - Four rules for managers in an age... →
Mar 21st
The transparent society : will technology force us... →
Mar 21st
Government-spending transparency laws... →
Mar 21st
Transparency [WorldCat.org] →
Mar 21st
Why Orwell matters [WorldCat.org] →
Mar 21st
Corporate truth : the limits to transparency... →
Mar 21st
The perils and promise of global transparency :... →
Mar 21st
Governmental transparency in the path of... →
Mar 21st
Finance - What Price Transparency? Bad for CFOs,... →
Mar 21st
Transparency : the key to better governance?... →
Mar 21st
The economics of transparency in politics... →
Mar 21st
What is transparency? [WorldCat.org] →
Mar 21st
So You Want to Be a Blogging Star? →
Tips from A-listers with full-time jobs.
Mar 21st
Congress fights transparency [WorldCat.org] →
Mar 21st
More Twitter talk
I’m seeing more and more people joining Twitter and I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it. My initial reaction to Twitter was skepticism, but I became a convert after I subscribed to Clay Shirky’s feed and received a tweet from him a couple hours later about his talk in D.C. that I would have never known about. That was useful, and since then I’ve found Twitter more...
Mar 18th
Socialthing! →
A lot like friend feed, but cooler.
Mar 18th
Yes, Wikipedia should take the money
Over at Techdirt (and here on TLF), Tim Lee takes issue with my post suggesting that Wikipedia should consider selling ads instead of asking for donations. He has a good point, which is that right now the only reason to volunteer to work for Wikipedia is because you’re passionate about it, but that might change if money became involved. But I think Tim overstates his case: Being a member of...
Mar 18th
Client 9 Radio →
“For those who can’t get enough of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Sirius Satellite Radio has launched what it is calling “Client 9 Radio,” a special channel dedicated…
Mar 17th
ASCII - HTML - Unicode Character Entities Chart →
Mar 17th
The internet and government | Leaks and lawsuits |... →
Story of Wikileaks plus account of how internet and social media are posing threat to repressive governments.
Mar 12th
White House E-Mail Gone Missing - New York Times →
Historians eager to search through the daily minutiae of the Bush administration can expect scandalously little help from the White House’s shoddy and suspiciously gap-ridden e-mail archives.
Mar 12th
Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales →
What was Jimmy Wales keeping from foundation and public? How is he being held accountable?
Mar 12th
Skype for Interviews - A How-To Video →
Mar 12th
The latest episode of my podcast with Cord Blomquist, In Conversation, is now up. Check it out: http://www.inconversation.net
Mar 12th
Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh by Mark... →
Mar 8th
Video: Twitter in Plain English →
Mar 7th
Google Reader Subscribers Count – Userscripts.org →
This script checks if the html contains alternate links to a feed on every page you visit. When an unknown feed found, it sends a request to google reader using your account for the number of…
Mar 7th
Notes from Clay Shirky on social media
I’ve started to force myself to use Twitter to see if I can discover why people find it so compelling. Well, yesterday, after UPS delivered Clay Shirky’s new book, “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations,” I decided to subscribe to Shirky’s tweets. Lo and behold, a few hours later I get this tweet from Shirky: “Getting ready for a talk tomorrow at New...
Mar 6th
Lifestreaming with Friend Feed →
Mar 5th
I have Democratic primary fatigue.
Mar 5th
Election Night Special From November, 1970. Not... →
Election Night Special From November, 1970. Not much has changed. Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel: 12,441 more: Election Night Special…
Mar 3rd