Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
C-SPAN is really quite incredible when you think about it. When I was growing up in the 70s, there was nothing like it. Like most other Americans, my informational inputs about national news and politics were limited to what a couple of old white dudes in bad suits delivered each night around 6:30 on the [...]
I recently wrote an op-ed for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Inside ALEC publication. It’s decidedly non-technical, as most correspondance with a majority in the legislative branch must be. In my dealings with those in state government positions, it seems that only in the last few months have many of them become aware of the [...]
I wasn’t going to pay $35 piece for a couple of 3-foot HDMI cables—the shortest Radio Shack carries—when all I needed were 1-foot cables. So on Adam’s recommendation I went to Blue Jeans cable, where 1-foot cables are $8.75. Ordered on Friday night. Shipped Saturday. Arrived Monday. What more do you need to know? I’ve [...]
McConnell: “we need to reengineer the Internet to make attribution, geolocation, intelligence analysis and impact assessment more manageable.
Today’s The Wall Street Journal Europe published an editorial that Alberto Mingardi of Istituto Bruno Leoni and I penned about the competition complaints brought against Google in Europe. The EU Searches for a Monopolist, Finds Google If policy makers set the terms in a primitive year like 2010, nobody will have to respond to Google. [...]
Because of some recent skepticism about the economic viability of open-source software (and because of an upcoming presentation I’m giving on the topic), I’m calling on the TLF readership to give me some examples of companies—from big-name brands to small design shops—that are making money through creating or contributing to open-source software projects. I’m not [...]
January 27, 2012
The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.
