Category: Politics

The Word of Notch – On Patents
Notch (the guy who started Minecraft) has a really good piece on why patents are a bad idea.
July 22, 2012
TED.com – Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)
Clay Shirky delivers a clear and cogent history and explanation of PIPA/SOPA, walking through through both the intent and what the ramifications of the bill and how it changes the entire legal system under which websites operate.
January 19, 2012
Electronic Frontier Foundation – The Internet at its Best
EFF highlights some of the largest sites that participated in the SOPA/PIPA blackout.
January 19, 2012
O’Reilly Radar – The President’s challenge
The idea that we’ll be able to go back in time and make it harder for people to get digital information/media/anything is just wrong.
January 16, 2012
ArsTechnica – Wikipedia to join reddit in SOPA blackout Wednesday
I’ll also be posting a message to protest and inform people about PIPA and SOPA, though I imagine Wikipedia will have a much larger influence.
January 16, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union – It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!
Yeah for Net Neutrality, boo for my State Senator being the one who introduced this resolution.
November 10, 2011
GeekWire – Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated
Some really interesting stuff in here.
October 29, 2011
The White House – Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents
Why haven’t you signed this petition?
September 24, 2011
Ars Technica – Newzbin2 builds block-averting measures into its software
Every time someone tries to prevent information from being reached on the Internet someone else finds a way around it.
September 16, 2011
Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional
I could not be happier with this ruling.
August 28, 2011