Communicating in a networked world
Silence is... well, it's just amazing that a modern industrialized, developing and supposedly participatory country could jail hundreds (or thousands) of dissidents in order to keep them from speaking in public. And in contravention of principles of … [Continue reading]
I got there through several levels of indirection, but a post in LINUX JOURNAL by Doc Searls entitled What's Next for Open Source and Public Media? got me thinking about the impending doom of analog "terrestrial" television in the US and how it may … [Continue reading]
I boarded a plane at a small regional airport two weeks ago. And noticed some new and unusual behavior by the TSA screener at the security checkpoint. After I walked thru the metal detector, he took a small penlike device and scanned it across the … [Continue reading]
...and I'm not talking about a hacking cough here. Twice this week, clients or friends of mine have had their web sites hacked. One was hacked for the second time in a couple of weeks. I can tell a lot from the forensic analysis as I clean up a … [Continue reading]
I'm going to start a series of articles (and references) on how our governments are watching us. I'll start with China, which is of course very much in the news right now for repressive measures it takes against its citizens. Many of you will know … [Continue reading]