Nov 6 2009
Internet
Mar 17 2009
Who’s Rulin’ Who?
see more Lolcats and funny pictures With all the discussion lately about the rights and wrongs of online speech and conduct, I recently discovered a 2003 piece by Clay Shirky, appropriately titled “A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy” (someone posted it in reference to the ginormous Brockmann brouhaha). Shirky’s insightful analysis of online communities [...]
Nov 10 2008
MGM to Put Movies Out on YouTube
I was listening to the radio this morning on the way to work and Brook Shields was talking to Valentine (I know, my radio station selection sucks, but in my defense, I had just switched over from Mike and Mike where they were talking about college football and I am still sad about JoePaw losing [...]
Oct 16 2007
House Approves Extension on Internet Tax Abatement
In a 405-2 vote, the House approved a bill extending the time in which web services remain tax free. The bill restricts state and local governments from taxing Internet connections including DSL, cable and Blackberry-type wireless transmissions. There was a push toward making the ban permanent but it wasn’t part of the existing bill. The [...]
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