Category Archives: good code

openDemocracy, an independent online magainze for debate about global politics, has adopted CC licensing. From the press release: “Past contributors include Todd Gitlin, Mary Kaldor, Kofi Annan, Anne-Marie Slaughter, John le Carré, Ian McEwan, and Siva Vaidhyanathan.” Continue reading →

Michael Geist is a professor at University of Ottowa. He’s certainly one the most prolific and effective advocates for all things good. Among the million things he does is write a weekly column for the Toronto Star. That writing, along with his other work, has angered those with whom he disagrees.
Of course, I know well what it’s like to be, let’s say, not liked. But I’ve been astonished by the means deployed by our friends in the North for dealing with people they don’t like. So too have I been amazed at the rhetoric. Check out Michael’s post, Groundhog Day to get a flavor. I guess this is as good a measure as any of effectiveness. Bravo, Michael. Continue reading →

I’ve been a fan of the OECD’s “Working Party on the Information Economy” reports. Though I don’t agree with everything they’ve said, they’ve been extraordinarily balanced and informative. This is the latest — a report on “Digital Broadband Content: Music.” It promises to be interesting and valuable weekend reading. Continue reading →

Princeton Professor Ed Felten has launched a book club review of Code, towards helping along its wiki rewrite. Continue reading →

Jesse Kriss has a fantastic visualization of the History of Sampling. Does it mean what I think it means? Is (above the board) sampling dying? Continue reading →

The OECD “Working Party on the Information Economy” has gotten very good at being insightful about network issues. Their latest report about “Digital Broadband Content: The online computer and video gaming industry” is here. Continue reading →

So there’s this pattern of maturity in a technology — from proprietary to “open” — as players in the industry resolve they can’t bet their future on trusting one particular player. And so it is happening in the digital camera industry, as users and developers demand an OpenRAW standard. Continue reading →

So at 11,000 meters, on a Lufthansa A340, just over Godthab, I am posting this entry, using airplane wide WiFi. It is fantastic. Not terribly fast (about 300 kbs), and not terribly cheap ($30 for a 12 hour flight). But I guess this is the future: yet another space where IP runs. Continue reading →

Campus Progress has a report including some audio from the event I did (first time I’ve ever been embarrassed to use the word “gig”) with Tweedy and Johnson at the NYPL. Continue reading →

MetaBrainz, a nonprofit foundation, was launched today to support the user maintained music database project MusicBrainz. Yet another reason for Joi to be in California. Continue reading →