Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

The Edge Foundation’s latest annual question and answers are online. This year, the question is (theoretically) asked by George W. Bush: “What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your advice on how … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal: FCC Plans to Erase Key Rule On Local Phone Competition. The move would essentially undo the FCC’s key rules intended to make it easier for new providers of local service, including long-distance companies, to compete with the … Continue reading →

Tom Friedman (NYT): A War for Oil? I have no problem with a war for oil

If anyone can explain to me why my e-mail is telling me that it’s receiving messages dated tomorrow (and yes, my time and time zone are correct), I’d love to understand this. New messages are coming in now at the … Continue reading →

Open source advocate Bruce Perens has a new deal with the Prentice Hall publishing company. He’s editing a series of books about, guess what, open source technology. That’s only part of the story. The books themselves are being published under … Continue reading →

You never appreciate your big toe’s contribution to mobility until you break it in two places (and no, this had nothing to do with New Year’s Eve…). Looks like I’ll be in slow motion mode for a few weeks. It’s … Continue reading →

I was one of many people to e-mail a photo to Joi Ito’s New Year’s Moblog page. There were glitches, as Joi notes here, but it was a cool experiment. The major value in this format is its potential, not … Continue reading →

AP: Tyco’s Kozlowski took hard line against embezzling crimes. In the same year he allegedly began stealing up to $600 million from Tyco International, former Chief Executive Dennis Kozlowski urged a judge to throw the book at an employee who … Continue reading →

It’s January 1 here in Japan. May we all have a happy new year. As usual, my final newspaper column of last year looked back, and was headlined “2002 was a rough year for liberty and trust”. My first column … Continue reading →

I’ll be posting infrequently during the next few days. Hope your holiday season is a happy one… Comments