I wrote this meditation and so far have shared it with no one.
Thoughts Following the Death of Aaron Swartz
I didn't know Aaron and I have no special knowledge of his life or death.
We were only fellow travelers, but I admired him a great deal and still do.
Like he surely was for many people, he
Let us honour Aaron by continuing his work, collectively.
Aaron Swartz: Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
(https://gist.github.com/4535453)
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep
it for themselves. The worlds entire scientific and cultural
Felix,
I find myself heartened to see your thoughts in my inbox, and that has
been the case for me for many years. But perhaps that is because I
friended you on nettime many years ago. And because I have developed
a respect for your capacities and your efforts, I actually do bother
to try to
Hi Ed,
Thanks for your thoughtful reply.
Generally, I don't think Facebook forces anything on people. It's
more subtle, and it's embedded in a general, let's say, neo-liberal
context. As both traditional communities and traditional hierarchies
are grumbling, people are pushed, and are
Software developer Bob outsources own job and whiles away shifts on cat
videos
Verizon's hunt for firm's mysterious hacker exposes 'top worker' at firm
who let Chinese consultants log on to do his daily work
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 January 2013 18.12 GMT
When a routine security
I'm not on Facebook in any real or active form, so I can't tell you
my impression. Perhaps Keith or Ted, those who do use it, can.
I am, many of us are I am sure, though I've been on since it was
college-only. Back then the rule was, more or less, that if you
hadn't met face-to-face, you
thought this might give some inside on FB users:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJeNUv_qbwUfeature=youtu.be
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