The Shape of Blogging's Future
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Anarchist in the Library: deliberation
should shape the future
Anarchist in the Library: deliberation
should shape the future
05/18/2004 04:11 PMI've just finished reading Siva Vaidhyanathan's
excellent new
book The Anarchist in the Library, a discourse on the
real
culture war: the fight between open systems for exchanging knowledge
and closed systems that see knowledge as a marketable commodity. The
best part of this book is that it repudiates technology as a tool for
making policy, calling for deliberation instead: in other words,
copyright strictures should be created by courts and lawmakers, not
DRM.
Both visions of the perfect library -- utopian [all knowledge
available for free, organized by volunteers] and dystopian
[child-porn, spoilers and amateurish information supplanting
high-quality research] -- are overstated. We are not close to
constructing the perfect library, but we can imagine how it might look
and act. Many of our communal efforts since the early 1990s seem to be
moving our information ecosystem toward that vision. Yet long before
we ge there, many are sounding alarms about the ways people might
abuse their freedoms to use and move information. Even though the
perfect library is not imminent, many are acting as if it is. The
strong reactions of those who would squelch these freedoms might
render our information systems unable to perform the positive
functions of the perfect library because of the unexamined -- often
merely assumed -- threats to the status quo. The closer we get to the
perfect library the more the oligarchs undermine it.
LinkArguments Before the Supreme Court to
Shape the Future of Internet Speech
Arguments Before the Supreme Court to
Shape the Future of Internet Speech
04/02/2005 04:12 PMNYC Independent Media Center Apr 2 2005 7:54PM GMT
Blogging's Furture (and Journalism's?)
Blogging's Furture (and Journalism's?)
04/19/2004 11:06 AMNico Macdonald: .
But this isn’t the mid-nineteenth century, when the radical
Chartists in Britain took advantage of developments in printing and
the postal service to publish a newspaper for newly literate and
radicalised masses. In that case the government of the time really did
try to suppress their activity, by requiring newspapers to be licensed
by the Post Office. Today, by contrast, New Labour actively solicits
our participation in the ‘Big
Conversation’.
Mozilla: Blogging's Killer App
Mozilla: Blogging's Killer App
03/13/2003 10:14 AMMatthew Haughey has written an essay called Mozilla: Blogging's Killer
App, showcasing Mozilla's useful features for bloggers who are not yet
Mozilla converts....
Creating a timeline of Blogging's
influence on mainstream media
Creating a timeline of Blogging's
influence on mainstream media
09/20/2004 04:51 AM
I was recently asked by a reporter for resources on real, concrete
events where blogging had a significant effect on political events,
and while a number of events came to the top of my head (Trent Lott,
Salam Pax, Ed Schrock, Bush's National Guard memos fisking) I was
thinking it would be great to have a timeline for all of us - so I started
one. It is pretty bare-bones for now, with entries for the
aforementioned Lott, Schrock, and Rathergate. Please drop by and
add/edit the page to fill out the
timeline.
Shape Up Your Data!
Shape Up Your Data!
03/08/2004 11:20 PMOfferings make finding content for compliance easier.
The Shape of Song
The Shape of Song
07/15/2004 08:29 AM
The Shape
of Song from
Turbulence.
Google Gets in Shape
Google Gets in Shape
07/02/2004 09:52 AMSearch Engine Lowdown Jul 2 2004 2:28PM GMT
The shape of the Internet
The shape of the Internet
09/16/2004 08:40 PMHanan Cohen points us to DIMES (Distributed IUnternet Measurements and
Simulations), a distributed project similar to SETI@home that runs on
your machine during slow times, pinging sites and reporting what it
finds back to a central server: "What we ask is not so much your CPU
or bandwidth (which we hardly consume), but rather, your location."
It's a project of Evergrow, a consortium of 20 universities. The
management is not responsible for any problems you may encounter...
— The Management...
Taking shape
Taking shape
06/08/2004 07:29 AMUSA Today Jun 8 2004 11:53AM GMT
The Shape of Pharrots to Come
The Shape of Pharrots to Come
10/28/2003 11:08 PMJohn Coggeshall mentions that the PHP on Parrot project has been
named "Pharrot" by the php-con conference attendees.
Here's my take on things. Now I don't have any inside info, so the
following is entirely guesswork, and any resemblence to reality is
entirely your imagination:
Although Sterling and Thies are very modest, given the fact that they
were given the closing keynote and the amazing performance
improvements - Pharrot will probably be PHP 6.
The speed of the JIT means that PHP will become a general programming
language. A high performance application server written 100% in PHP
becomes practical. A high performance anything becomes practical in
PHP.
The tribes using Parrot will probably include Python, PHP and Perl.
Code sharing between different programming tribes will become a
reality. This does not mean that there will be full interoperatability
between all languages, because (a) there is no common runtime library
(yet), (b) and no consensus on what will be the default PMC's
(Parrot's language extensions) installed.
There will be battles fought over the run-time. In PHP4/5, after
execution, we throw away the opcodes together with the bath water, or
store them in shared memory. Parrot gives you more choices. See the
end of Dan Sugalski's Parrot internals presentation (ppt).
The Zend API is dead - big deal. Parrot is a big opportunity for
companies with skill and resolve. The tools market for open source
programming languages suddenly becomes much larger because you are
able to support so many more languages effectively.
My prediction: the first beta of Pharrot will be out in 2006.
PS: Selkirk was prescient about parrot. Smart chap.
3G to take shape in 2005, says GSA
3G to take shape in 2005, says GSA
01/02/2005 11:12 AMINQ7.net Jan 2 2005 3:35PM GMT
The Ship Shape
The Ship Shape
10/29/2003 01:15 AMUp on The New Yorker site, you can find Our Perfect Summer,
a new
story by David Sedaris.
We actually heard Sedaris read this story back in April when he
made a stop at the San Francisco Opera House during his last book
tour. Then, the story was called "The Ship Shape," (I think this is a
better name) and immediately after hearing it, it rose to the very top
of my Sedaris personal favorites lists. I, of course, have been
anxiously awaited the print version since then.
It was especially great to hear him read this story live since it's
so terribly bittersweet and he does an incredible job delivering it.
It's moving without being over-the-top sentimentality (this is still
Sedaris, after all) and the amount of humor in the piece is just
right. No one plays the fool; instead it's a story about hope and
disappointment amidst the sort experiences we all have as a kids.
It's a great piece and definitely worth the read.
We also met Sedaris at the signing he was doing before the event.
He was sitting at a table, alone, sort of behind a pillar. Us being
us, we made some horrible small talk and I embarrassed myself fully.
As we were leaving, I put my hand out to offer a handshake and then
quickly pulled it back, not knowing if he even likes to be touched.
(Based on his books, who'd think he'd like strangers touching him?)
After I asked if it was alright to shake, he laughed and probably
thought I was a nutcase.
This is why you should never meet the people you admire.
Link via Kottke.
Easy Shape 0.1
Easy Shape 0.1
05/30/2004 09:12 AMA Web-based bandwidth manager and traffic grapher.
Shape Shifter 1.0
Shape Shifter 1.0
05/18/2004 09:03 PMDrag shapes into matching shape cutouts. Clear the screen before time
runs out.
The shape of the two-man race
The shape of the two-man race
02/18/2004 04:08 PMWhat shape will the next iMac take?
What shape will the next iMac take?
07/30/2004 10:30 AMreader feedback Apple's mum on what its next-generation desktop will
look like, but News.com readers offer their suggestions.
The Shape of Information
The Shape of Information
07/23/2002 05:54 AMPlastic that changes shape with light
Plastic that changes shape with light
04/14/2005 03:48 PMDavid Pescovitz:
Shape memory alloy, materials that change shape based on a temperature
increase, are old news for roboticists. But MIT scientists have
developed a new plastic that shapeshifts in response to light. From
the MIT News Office:
These programmed materials change shape when struck by light at
certain wavelengths and return to their original shapes when exposed
to light of specific different wavelengths.
The discovery, to be reported in the April 14 issue of Nature, could have potential
applications in a variety of fields, including minimally invasive
surgery. Imagine, for example, a "string" of plastic that a doctor
could thread into the body through a tiny incision. When activated by
light via a fiber-optic probe, that slender string might change into a
corkscrew-shaped stent for keeping blood vessels open.
LinkAnimating with Shape Tweens
Animating with Shape Tweens
03/14/2005 06:17 PMMorph the shape or color of one graphic into another with this
fun-to-use Flash feature.
New Robot Shifts Shape
New Robot Shifts Shape
04/13/2005 01:43 AMSpace.com Apr 13 2005 5:53AM GMT
Plastic That Changes Shape In Light
Plastic That Changes Shape In Light
04/15/2005 06:16 PMThe Shape of Things to Come: 5 Cents
The Shape of Things to Come: 5 Cents
03/22/2005 04:43 PMThis last Saturday, I was on a panel at the SXSW Music Festival entitled The Shape of Things to Come. On the panel were some industry
legends including Sandy Pearlman and Peter Jenner (former manager of Pink Floyd).
The panel somehow converged around the idea of a 5 cent download, and
how it would be a better model both economically, and socially. I
wonder if anyone has drawn the demand curves to see where there's more
money. If marginal cost is close to zero, then you could have 1
million people buying songs for 1 dollar, versus 25 million people
buying songs for 5 cents - maybe the lower price wins?
It did get me thinking that maybe we (or someone) should build a
Creative Commons 5 cent download site. It could be a good test case,
and it would also help artists get compensated. Of course, since all
the works would be CC licensed, tracks could probably be legally
traded noncommercially. However, if there was one central place with a
good recommendation engine and user interface (not to mention good
musicians), I bet people would go for it. Any takers?
Google, Distorting the Shape of the Web
Google, Distorting the Shape of the Web
03/11/2003 01:22 AM"I had a reciprocal link exchange that I requested of a complementary
site turned down because my Google page rank was not high enough
according to an e-mail reply from the other site. "
Web of Ideas: The Shape of Knowledge
Web of Ideas: The Shape of Knowledge
02/01/2005 09:09 PM On Wednesday I'm going to lead the postponed session in the
semi-regular series at the Berkman Center. This time, I'm going to try
out a presentation I'm giving in a couple of weeks at a conference.
The topic has something to do with taxonomies and tagging. (Yes, it
will repeat some material in the dinner talk I gave last week, and a
bunch of stuff from the Library of Congress speech. But it will have
new stuff on tagging.) It's 6-7:30pm at the Baker House (map). It's
open to the public and pizza will be served....
Hobbit bones in bad shape
Hobbit bones in bad shape
03/23/2005 01:19 PMDavid Pescovitz:
Sadly, the bones of BB mascot Homo floresiensis were apparently
terribly damaged by Indonesian scientist Teuku Jacob who
"borrowed" the bones for quite some time and was extremely
reluctant to return them. Jacob was not convinced that Homo
floresiensis is a
new
species of "little people" at all, but rather a deformed pygmy.
The scientists who discovered the bones claim that the remains were
trashed when Jacob's team tried to make rubber molds of the delicate
bones. From USA Today:
"The equivalent in the world of art would be somebody slashing the
Mona Lisa and then trying to fix it with chewing gum," says
paleontologist Tim White of the University of California-Berkeley, who
was not on the discovery team.... (Pesco's profile of White here.)
"If some breakage took place on any bone, it must be during the
transport in Yogyakarta or from Yogyakarta to Jakarta," Jacob says.
"Both mandibles were intact until the last minute in our lab, as
proven by photographs taken on the last days." He did not respond to a
request for the photos...
Discovery team member (Richard) Roberts scoffs at the notion that
travel caused all the damage: "Like the addition of a glued-on
chin?"
LinkNext Xbox Starts to Take Shape
Next Xbox Starts to Take Shape
03/14/2005 06:17 PMMicrosoft gives scant details on its next-gen console, but alpha
development kits hint at more.
Soon, robots will be able to change
their shape!
Soon, robots will be able to change
their shape!
09/19/2004 11:18 AM123Bharath.com Sep 19 2004 2:41PM GMT
US economy still in fragile shape
US economy still in fragile shape
04/30/2004 02:49 PMFactory output is bouncing, but consumer sentiment remains gloomy, as
investors speculate on next week's interest-rate decision.
Security 2004: How it will shape up
Security 2004: How it will shape up
01/07/2004 01:54 PMSecurity watcher Jon Oltsik says customers will face myriad new
challenges in the next 12 months.
GDP Data May Shape Trading of Stocks
(AP)
GDP Data May Shape Trading of Stocks
(AP)
05/27/2004 07:34 AMAP - Stocks are set to open slightly higher Thursday, but the release
of first-quarter gross domestic product data likely will be the
measure that ultimately shapes early trading.
Sony's TV Plans Take Shape (PC World)
Sony's TV Plans Take Shape (PC World)
08/20/2004 10:48 AMPC World - New 46-inch LCD is just one of eight flat-panel models
launched this week.
User-friendly BI takes shape
User-friendly BI takes shape
06/21/2004 07:35 AMActuate and MicroStrategy continue to battle over an enterprise market
increasingly demanding more user-friendly business intelligence from a
single BI platform.
The Shape (and Cost) of Visual Studio to
Come
The Shape (and Cost) of Visual Studio to
Come
03/22/2005 03:45 PMFirst US cyberstalking case taking shape
First US cyberstalking case taking shape
04/24/2004 05:10 PMRobert James Murphy is the first person in the United States to be
charged with what many are calling "cyberstalking." Technically,
Murphy has been charged with violating Title 47 of the US Code,
section 223.
Newsweek: Why Intel's in such great
shape
Newsweek: Why Intel's in such great
shape
05/09/2004 03:34 PMMSNBC May 9 2004 7:23PM GMT
MIT makes plastic that changes shape in
light
MIT makes plastic that changes shape in
light
04/14/2005 01:51 PMMaterial could one day lead to cartilage replacements that build
inside a patient's body or door latches that open with flashlights.
Google Back in Game Shape?
Google Back in Game Shape?
06/30/2004 02:31 PM"Even though I really dislike the fact that Google seems to have taken
a different approach with seo's and webmasters lately, I must say the
results are finally starting to come around and be pretty relevant."
Now, robots that split and change shape!
Now, robots that split and change shape!
09/18/2004 04:51 PM123Bharath.com Sep 18 2004 8:37PM GMT
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