Bad Software Is Good For You
In which I make a number of unsupportable assertions about the design of community software and attempt to bolster my position with seemingly unrelated advice… Read More »Bad Software Is Good For You
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Stupid Steganography Tricks
Back in the days when I used to run “member services” for Tripod, I got interested in steganography, the art and science of concealing messages… Read More »Stupid Steganography Tricks
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This is not an ad. This is a bit of sincere praise for my webhosting provider, Rimu Hosting, who continue to rock my world almost… Read More »This is not an ad.
“Sedition” in Uganda – more attacks on press freedom in East Africa
Yesterday, a reader reminded me that Ethiopia is not the only country in East Africa cracking down on the press in ways that are inappropriate… Read More »“Sedition” in Uganda – more attacks on press freedom in East Africa
Thinking about Talkr
My friend Jean-Claude Guedon pointed me to an interesting new company, Talkr, a few days back. It’s a service that uses a text to speech… Read More »Thinking about Talkr
The Failing States Index, and the question of why some states that should fail, don’t
Foreign Policy’s most recent issue features a Failed States Index, a listing and map of the sixty nations they believe are most likely to collapse,… Read More »The Failing States Index, and the question of why some states that should fail, don’t