I just sent this letter to New Scientist magazine; no idea if they’ll print it or not, so I’m posting
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The default category for posts on this site; the equivalent of “Uncategorized” in a fresh WordPress installation :-).
Open Government Data Principles
Rather than duplicate what I’ve written elsewhere, I’ll just point to it: http://www.questioncopyright.org/open_government_data_principles ‘Nuff said.
Continue readingAnecdotage.
If you haven’t read The Feud in this Tuesday’s New York Times “Science Times” section, do have a look. It’s
Continue readingWant to help fix the roof?
Last July, at OSCON in Portland, Oregon, I put a whiteboard in the main conference hallway (with help from the
Continue readingThanks for clarifying, Orbitz.
“This flight starts and ends at different airports.” Well, that’s reassuring…
Continue readingWeirdest spearphishing attack ever?
I received the oddest spearphishing attack the other day. At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what it was, though can’t
Continue readingBanjovial.
I like this photograph because the light and image somehow seem to capture the sound of the bluegrass jam at
Continue readingLee Bollinger Muffs It
Lee Bollinger has gotten a lot of criticism for his extremely harsh introduction of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran,
Continue readingWikipudiate?
Surprisingly, the verb “wikipudiate” does not seem to exist yet. At least, a Google search turns up no hits. I
Continue readingResponsible Archiving
This Friday I attended a productive and unexpectedly fascinating workshop at UC Berkeley, aimed at developing a model policy for
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