Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

(Note: This is a revised, and shortened, version of a piece I originally posted here. A response from a trusted colleague who was in court prompts me to rethink a few things. I’ll be updating in this space.) Napster looks … Continue reading →

Above is a peaceful room in a Kyoto temple, a long, long way from the frenzy of today’s Internet. Next to it is the famous Golden Pavilion, also in Kyoto at another temple. The Internet Society’s meeting ended on Friday. … Continue reading →

The Register: Microsoft becomes cookie defender, privacy hero. Wasn’t it just Wednesday that Microsoft was the slipshod, careless perpetrator of practically every security hole and privacy infringement enabler in the Galaxy? Yes. Let’s hold the applause pending more data, shall … Continue reading →

It’s Friday noon in Japan, and I’m heading to Kyoto for the weekend. We’ll be staying at a traditional inn, with no phone in the room, so I don’t expect to update this page until Sunday. Check my regular columns … Continue reading →

Just finished my panel at the Internet Society’s conference, INET 2000. We were holding forth on “Fringes of the Internet” — and the conversation was fascinating. The fringes are where you find the most interesting action in any community. Today’s … Continue reading →

It’s Friday noon in Japan, and I’m heading to Kyoto for the weekend. We’ll be staying at a traditional inn, with no phone in the room, so I don’t expect to update this page until Sunday. Check my regular columns … Continue reading →

Above is a peaceful room in a Kyoto temple, a long, long way from the frenzy of today’s Internet. Next to it is the famous Golden Pavilion, also in Kyoto at another temple. The Internet Society’s meeting ended on Friday. … Continue reading →

Above is Junichi Rekimoto in his Interaction Laboratory at the the Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo. They’re doing fascinating work. Rekimoto’s focus is the user interface in a world where computers are everywhere and part of everything. When the … Continue reading →

I mentioned yesterday that I’d been at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo. Here’s the full column I wrote after my visit. Comments

I’m in Tokyo for couple of days following the ICANN meeting, and thinking about what happened. Most of the news was positive. But I came away from the event with some questions. More in my special Monday column. Earth to … Continue reading →