Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Ask a question, and you folks are fast to answer. Case in point: I asked how to move my OS X network locations to a new computer, and got several great answers. Here’s how to do it. Comments

Washington Post: House Approves Bush’s $726 Billion Tax Cut. Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (S.C.), the Budget Committee’s ranking Democrat, said President Bush’s tax cut plan was imperiling programs such as Medicare. “This is self-inflicted pain,” he said of the … Continue reading →

Question for OS X mavens: How do I move my network locations from one Mac to another. Both are running OS X 10.2.x, though one is at .4 and the other is at .3 at the moment. I’m looking in … Continue reading →

In a city where joyful excess is standard, the mood today is somber. Everyone expects America will be at war in a day or two, and that tends to put parochial concerns in their place. I’m at the CTIA Wireless … Continue reading →

The nearly total question mark surrounding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is starting to get more than a little alarming. The world’s top medical people have a scary mystery on their hands. May they solve it, fast. UPDATE: The Washington Post … Continue reading →

Bruce Chizen, the chief executive of Adobe, and several of his top folks stopped by the Mercury News last week for a lunch with the publisher and some editors and reporters. He gave a good account of Adobe’s marketplace and … Continue reading →

Steve Kirsch: The five lessons of 911. The terrorists have won. They have successfully convinced America to attack itself. Comments

I didn’t blog the event yesterday, but Derek Slater did in “A Copyfighter’s Musings: Harvard JOLT Copyright and Fair Use Symposium”. Comments

I’m in Cambridge, Mass., today to visit various folks at MIT’s Media Lab. More on this later… Tomorrow I’m speaking on a panel at Harvard Law School, at a symposium on Copyright and Fair Use sponsored by the Harvard Journal … Continue reading →

New York Observer: Bush Eats the Press. The press corps seemed mainly to serve as a prop, providing Mr. Bush with an opportunity to deliver another pro-war speech while appearing to bravely face the music. The White House sprung it … Continue reading →