I’m attending the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, a first-time conference about technology issues that is drawing a crowd of heavy hitters — most of the 150 or so people in the audience could well be on stage. Some of the speakers include Deborah Platt Majoras, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, […]
Guggenheim wins for ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Congratulations to Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, which won the best documentary Oscar tonight. Davis is not only a cool dude — he’s on the board of Creative Commons — but he’s also the nicest, most down-to-earth guy I’ve ever met from Hollywood. (By contrast, Al Gore, whom I ran into three times […]
A conversation with Doc Searls
A few days ago I was down in Santa Barbara at Doc Searls‘ place with Dan Gillmor to discuss the local media situation. While there, I did a video interview with Doc about some of the principles of blogging and citizen journalism, including independence and fairness. Doc, naturally, had some wise things to say. (I […]
‘should i stay or should i go?’
With British Prime Minister Tony Blair set to hightail it out of office in a few months and the news that the Brits are pulling part of its contingent out of Iraq, it’s a good time for an encore of Rx’s should i stay or should i go?
Net neutrality in Ninja speak
>From Amber MacArthur at Amber Mac: Net neutrality in Ninja speak. Excerpt: If you’ve been following recent news about Canadian government docs suggesting that the Tories are not nervous about ISPs interfering with the net, you’re probably all over promoting net neutrality to save the Internet. If you don’t know what net neutrality is all […]