The article I didn’t write.
I haven’t written much about the One Laptop Per Child initiative in the past few months. This isn’t because little has happened with the project… Read More »The article I didn’t write.
Ten democracy projects in seventy minutes
After lunch, the Sunlight/Berkman conference moved to a format that I usually find pretty painful – the Speed Geek session. In these sessions, people give… Read More »Ten democracy projects in seventy minutes
Introducing MAPLight to the Berkman/Sunlight conference
Dan Newman, the executive director of MAPLight, shows off some of the work he’s done, linking voting and funding information in California. MAPLight brings together… Read More »Introducing MAPLight to the Berkman/Sunlight conference
Local online organizing at the Sunlight Foundation meeting
I’m spending a cold, rainy Martin Luther King’s day at Harvard Law School with a room full of geeks and political activists. It’s a day-long… Read More »Local online organizing at the Sunlight Foundation meeting
Susan Crawford, ideas and economic growth
Susan Crawford is one of my favorite regular visitors to the Berkman Center. A professor at Cardozo Law School, she’s deeply invested in the idea… Read More »Susan Crawford, ideas and economic growth
Unpacking Linden’s “open source” announcement
Linden Labs, the folks behind Second Life, have announced that they’re releasing the source code for their client “viewer” application under a GPL license. This… Read More »Unpacking Linden’s “open source” announcement