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Can the web help fight corruption?

Posted on October 21, 2007 by ian

Lessig turns his keen insight and trademark presentation style towards the analysis of corruption as he steps away from 10 years of focusing on intellectual property issues and their impacts on culture, creativity and innovation. I wish him luck as … Continue reading →

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Owning the rainbow: why spectrum can and should be freed

Posted on February 28, 2007 by ian

Lessig’s presentation on the control of US airwaves is brilliantly clear, as usual:

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Going Down the Tubes: The Illegal-ization of Culture

Posted on January 3, 2007 by ian

We’ve all heard the platitude before: today’s culture is going down the tubes. In recent history, major conduits for cultural influence have been “talking machines” (radio) and “boob tubes” (TV). More recently we have the rapid increase in influence of … Continue reading →

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We are the internet – so take back the internet!

Posted on December 22, 2006 by ian

Bob Frankston hits the “network neutrality” nail squarely on the head in his article “Our Internet!” We are the Internet…We don’t need be given “Internet” by a central authority because the defining principle is that we can and must connect … Continue reading →

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There is hope for progressive Canadian governance, perhaps even the environment

Posted on December 4, 2006 by ian

Stéphane Dion, former Canadian environment minister, was elected leader of the Liberal Party at a dramatic convention in Montreal. A darkhorse candidate, Mr. Dion does not come off as a typical politician rather he retains much of the style and … Continue reading →

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Intelligence 2.0

Posted on December 4, 2006 by ian

The NYTimes has an interesting article (login required) about efforts in the US intelligence community to harness the power of “web 2.0″ blogs, wikis and social networking in the interest of more efficient collaboration: Something had gone horribly awry, Burton … Continue reading →

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Freeconomics and the copybot: consequences for intellectual property

Posted on November 28, 2006 by ian

Chris Anderson of Long Tail fame “cheekily” coins freeconomics as shorthand for his more recent thesis on “economics of abundance“. (I should mention that he does so with apologies to Freakonomics) Anderson points out how technology that was once scarce … Continue reading →

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Visualize This!

Posted on November 28, 2006 by ian

Visualization can be a powerful tool, not only for education but also for exploring information and generating new ideas. Hans Rosling from the impressive Gapminder project gives an excellent presentation exposing how powerful visualization tools combined with public domain data … Continue reading →

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Do Canadians Value Privacy?

Posted on November 7, 2006 by ian

That Canada ranked #2 in defending the privacy of its citizens is perhaps more of a sad comment on international complacence on privacy issues than a major achievement of which we can be particularly proud. From The Globe and Mail: … Continue reading →

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Emerging from the Chaos…

Posted on July 2, 2006 by ian

Adam over at Emergent Chaos clarifies some Network Neutrality concepts for his readers in his post Innovation, Emerging From Chaos. He points out that “the regulatory apparatus has fairly clearly been captured by the regulated”. Basically the big telecom corporations … Continue reading →

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