Monthly Archives: May 2003

We’ve had a DNS problem today, the result of which was that this site was unvailable for some hours. If you see this, it’s probably been repaired. Sorry about that. Comments

Bruce Perens: SCO’s 10K. SCO officers have loudly and repeatedly stated that they own the Unix intellectual property. Those statements were prevarications. Comments

Bill Moyers: On Candor in Journalism. Every Memorial Day I think about what these men did and what we owe them. They didn’t go through hell so Kenny Boy Lay could betray his investors and workers at Enron, or for … Continue reading →

Back at BlogTalk in Vienna. The wireless network was flaky yesterday afternoon. We’ll see how things work today. David Weinberger lists lotsa other BlogTalk blogs here. Running notes to follow: Rebecca Blood launches the second day keynote. She’s been doing … Continue reading →

I’m on my way to Vienna for the BlogTalk conference, where I’m speaking (and hope to do a lot of interviews for my book). The hotel may be flaky for connections, so I may not update much for a day … Continue reading →

So, whoopie, WorldCom Agrees to Pay $500 Million, the Washington Post reports. But the company still gets big federal contracts. It gets to use the bankruptcy courts to slide out of fraud-caused debts that should have put it into liquidation, … Continue reading →

A new brand of journalism is taking shape in South Korea, and it may be the killer app for a new age. It’s called OhmyNews, and after a visit I’m just dazzled. More in my Sunday column. Comments

I got a some hate mail over last Sunday’s column on the FTC’s suit against Rambus and Unocal. I’m posting some of the letters on this page, and plan to add more later. Some people didn’t leave their names, others … Continue reading →

Jim Fruchterman: Throwing down the gauntlet to Silicon Valley. But now is not the time to lower our aspirations. We can and must do more with less. That’s why it’s especially important that technologists and philanthropists refocus on using technology … Continue reading →

The ever-amazing Dave Sifry just announced a Technorati API 0.9. Technorati is rapidly becoming the early-warning system for the blogosphere’s most interesting news. This can add to the wealth of possibilities. Comments