Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

New York Times: Software Pioneer Quits Board of Groove. Mitchell D. Kapor, a personal computer industry software pioneer and a civil liberties activist, has resigned from the board of Groove Networks after learning that the company’s software was being used … Continue reading →

Dave Winer: Like MacArthur. And today I’m heading east, and in many ways it feels like a return to home. We have had our agreements, differences and everything in between. Through it all, my respect for Dave’s achievements and intellectual … Continue reading →

Economist: Terrorism and civil liberties. Far from establishing new checks and balances, the government has moved repeatedly to quash those that exist. Comments

Is there a more arrogant corporate chief in American than SBC Communication’s Ed Whitacre? Not if this interview in today’s San Francisco Chronicle is any indication. Example: Whitacre says SBC’s shareholders paid for the copper-line infrastructure. Bull. The customers paid … Continue reading →

This modem bug appears to have hit my TiBook with the installation of OS 10.2.4, but the alleged workaround doesn’t work for me. I called AppleCare this morning to see if there was anything else I could do. The guy … Continue reading →

The prospect of the phone and cable companies owning broadband to our homes is pretty depressing, given their anticompetitive histories. That’s why wireless looks like the last, best hope for real competition and choice. Last week I visited a Motorola … Continue reading →

Joho the Blog author David Weinberger is holding forth in a semi-keynote at SXSW, and (as he told me earlier today) he’s put some new material in his always entertaining riff. Key thought: The analog world is messy and imprecise. … Continue reading →

Zoe Lofgren, who represents the heart of Silicon Valley in Congress, has introduced legislation designed to restore some balance in the copyright arena. Good luck. She’ll need it. Naturally, the entertainment cartel hates this. Less naturally, but more depressingly, the … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times: Gary Hart Moves Closer to Making Presidential Bid. Hart spent much of the (last) decade out of the public eye before reemerging as the co-chairman, with former Republican Sen. Warren B. Rudman of New Hampshire, of a … Continue reading →

I’m heading down to Austin later today for the SXSW gathering. It’s my first time there, amazingly, given the widespread praise the event gets every year from people I trust. I’m on Sunday panel about weblogs and journalism. I’m confident … Continue reading →