The Apple and Google Strategies of Civil Society
Most civil society organizations prefer the Google strategy — launching dozens of experimental, iterative initiatives to see which will take shape and eventually lead to social change.
Too Much Information – Week Ending April 29
Once a week the Information Program of Open Society Foundations sends out a weekly digest of news, analysis and events all about … you guessed it, information. It is usually prepared by the inimitable Becky Hogge, the former executive director of the Open Rights...
Internet Governance in Latin America, Part 2 (Intermediary Liability)
Let’s say the I photoshop a picture of you so that it appears that you are involved in a crime. I anonymously upload that picture to Flickr, Picasa, Fotolog, and other photo sharing sites. Then I anonymously publish several blog posts that feature the photo and...
Why We Do This For Free
This is the first of three book reviews I’ll be publishing this week in preparation for my Wednesday talk at Internet Hungary on “The Artisan Internet and Digital Craftsmanship.” Here is a (slightly outdated) blurb: “Facebook, Amazon, and...
My Cloud Intelligence Talk at Ars Electronica
A video of my talk is available here. My slides are on SlideShare. What follows is a hyperlinked text of the notes in my slides. Darkness is our natural state. During the 200,000 years of human existence our species has only known electric light for .06% of that time....
Should Patients Control Their Own Medical Records? Will Google Health Save Lives?
Health information is much more than Wikipedia and WebMD, much more than The Lancet and Gray’s Anatomy. Health information also refers to patients’ health records – both individually and in aggregation. Incredibly, according to a report published...
Rap With Me
I’m seriously blown away. I just got done talking with Eduardo who was on a slow conection in Manta, Ecuador and then Neha who was just starting her day in England. The connections were crystal clear. So, let’s talk. My gmail account is osopecoso AT gmail...Latest Photos
