Entries tagged with: Internet

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The Internet is a Brittle Weapon

The Daily Beast/Newsweek has just posted a short essay of mine on the disruptive nature of the Internet. It's a bit "Digital World 101," but they really wanted something straightforward. Still, I think it's a decent articulation of the basic...

Posted on June 26, 2012 11:03 AM

Knock and Drag

I learned a new term in conversation last night with a former GBN'er now involved in voting access work: knock and drag. ...if volunteers find a [registered voter] who hasn't voted, the volunteer is not to leave the doorstep until...

Posted on December 12, 2008 2:15 PM

This May Not Be the Droid You're Looking For

So, through a series of unlikely events, I have a T-Mobile G1 "Google phone" on my desk right now. It arrived yesterday; beyond the jump are my 24-hours-later observations. (More pictures can be found here.) Short version: it's not even...

Posted on October 23, 2008 1:56 PM

Mozilla Scenarios

Last year, I mentioned obliquely that I had been asked to work on something very, very cool, but couldn't talk about it. Finally, I can: I joined with Adaptive Path to create a set of scenarios of the future...

Posted on August 6, 2008 12:54 PM

Tuesday Topsight, July 29, 2008

(Especially terse edition) • Feel the Power of the Dark Side: New term of the week: "Dark Liquidity." This is the practice of trading large quantities of stocks with as little public notice as possible, in order to avoid having...

Posted on July 29, 2008 6:58 PM

Misinformation, Identity, and Power in the Internet Age

In a world of networked transparency, misinformation is increasingly more powerful than privacy. During my presentation at the Metaverse Meetup last night (video available soon), I got into a discussion about what happens to control over one's own information in...

Posted on November 30, 2007 3:54 PM

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