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Internet exceptionalism

September 26th, 2010

Telephones were invented for speaking, and cars were invented for driving, but the Internet was not invented for any single use. That is the source of its value, and certainly of its economic value. It’s why we need to preserve Net neutrality. David Weinberger

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Real people

April 1st, 2010

It’s too overwhelming to remember that at the end of every computer is a real person, a lot like you, whose birthday was last week, who has three best friends but nobody to spoon at night, and is personally affected by what you say. Even if we remember it right now, is it even possible to remember it […]

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Print on demand and hyperlocal data

February 16th, 2010

I received my invite to the beta of Newspaper Club the other day and ever since have been trying to work out exactly which of the many stupid ideas I’ve had are feasible (not many it seems). As luck would have it Brian Suda’s always excellent optional.is has a great post today ruminating on print on demand […]

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The opposite of open is theirs

January 20th, 2010

The Net as a medium is not for anything in particular — not for making calls, sending videos, etc. It also works at every scale, from one to one to many to many. This makes it highly unusual as a medium. In fact, we generally don’t treat it as a medium but as a world, rich with connections, persistent, […]

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The internet is one big machine

March 5th, 2009

The internet is one big machine. We started by linking machines Then we started linking pages Now we’re linking data Next linking things (like your fridge) Dries’ Drupalcon DC Keynote

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