Imitation PollockOriginally uploaded by ampersmith.
Today I can do this.
Today I can be told about a cool web site, that lets you create your very own Jackson Pollock styled web painting. The site was made by Miltos Manetas, a contemporary artist, so I learn from his website. (And incidentally, the site is a great [...]
Yesterday many people were unable to reach me via my Asterisk-based unified number system.  They could call, but all they would get was dead air. It’s back up now, but it was certainly inconvenient. I called tech support at my VoIP provider (Broadvoice), and was told that there was an “issue” with a “third party [...]
Tonight I went to OneWebDay’s Boston meeting, where founder Susan Crawford, board member David Isenberg, and others talked about OneWebDay and helped the group brainstorm about things we might do in Boston. It’s late, so all I’ll say is stay tuned, I’ll be helping with and writing more about OneWebDay in the future. But, go [...]
Couldn’t make it to Freedom to Connect this year? Bummed because you’re not listening to Tim Wu talk right now?
Go ahead and tune in: live audio is here; live chat session is here, login as a guest. I’m Steve S. Be careful though, the chat session is live in [...]
I had a lot of fun at VON yesterday, and took a few notes on things I found interesting:
Larry Lessig started the day off at 8:30 with an excellent, well-rehearsed talk on commons, property rights, history, network neutrality etc. He talks about networks other than the internet … “unowned networks”, like the [...]
Now we see where Ed Whitaker (CEO SBC) and Bill Smith (CTO Bell South) talking up premium-tiered internet has led (here, here, and what Billy Joel might have to say ).
A merger of bullies, who see the internet as their toll road. I fear bad times are a’comin, at least [...]