As a few readers of this blog know, since last summer I’ve been working on a large writing project. The tentative plan is for a book, and the release date is unknown. I’m about 60,000 words in, most of the […]
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Open Source Government
They say that discussing politics can be like pulling teeth. So, as long as I’m at it, here are some political musings before I head out to get my wisdom teeth out. Geek icon RU Sirius of the webzine 10 […]
America’s New Constitution
A contemplation for a Sunday night- America’s founding fathers meant for the Constitution to be a living and binding governance document. To both guide and reflect the shape of America’s government, and to be amended as things came up. However, […]
Citizendium: Choosing a Free Content License
Citizendium, the wiki encyclopedia I volunteer with, is holding a call for essays about which free content license we should choose for our content. It’s an open call for essays, so even if you’re not a member of Citizendium and […]
Update
Dear Readers, Here’s a quick update on what I’ve been up to and blog plans: 1. I’ve written an article for the Wikipedia community newsletter, the Wikipedia Signpost. It covers what’s been going on at Citizendium, our future plans, why […]
Quote of the Week: July 22
A lot has been said about Andrew Keen’s new book, The Cult of the Amateur, in which he argues that the products of user-driven content communities (e.g., Wikipedia) often compare poorly to those produced by more traditional institutions. Over at […]
Scientific Research (3/5: Dark Energy)
What I’d do with a research lab, part 3:Test a pet theory regarding Dark Energy Working hypothesis: There is a fairly elegant modification to gravity that may explain Dark Energy, and that current MOND theories do not touch upon. We’ve […]
Quote of the Week: July 15
From the New York Times article Make Money, Save the World, on efforts to decompartmentalize modern philanthropy by encouraging ‘for-benefit corporations’ or ‘for-profit charities’: “There’s a big movement out there that is not yet recognized as a movement,” said R. […]
Mahalo, Part III
Mahalo, as I noted in my launch coverage back in May, is “a search engine where users get hand-crafted portal-like results for common search queries.” Mahalo’s founder Jason Calacanis and I are both connected to Larry Sanger, so between that […]
Mahalo, Part II
A few months ago I covered the launch of Mahalo, a new “people-powered” search engine which aims to make human-crafted, intelligent portals for the most common search terms (example). I explained the search engine as “based on the theory that […]