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Self-flattery
David Frum in the NYT Book Review: "You do not need to be a partisan of a political movement to write its history. But you do need enough imaginative sympa…
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Google Adds Privacy Link, Videos
I notice that Google now has a privacy policy link on its homepage. Congratulations to Marc and others who pushed for this. It's tempting to view this move…
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Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy
My friend Sanjana sent me an interesting blog post from the NYT today on privacy. Brad Stone: "We all cherish our privacy. Then we go and divulge everythin…
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A Simple tool relating to " Google Book Search Adds Copyright Renewal Data"
We made a simple program... There's been a good deal of posts about Google's XLM file of copyright renewal records, mainly of books. See http://creati…
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Hi Rubber. Have You Met My Friend, The Road?
Threadbare as it already is, the privacy rubber may not even be meeting the road. A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute implies a disconnect betwee…
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A credo for facilitators
Peter Adler, head of the Keystone Center and a giant in the field of dispute resolution, recently published a great "credo for facilitators" that he f…
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New Version of Frontline SMS
Last week my friend Ken Banks (of kiwanja.net) launched the latest version of FrontlineSMS, a text messaging platform geared at servicing the needs of the grass…
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ABA Teleconference “Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers” Tomorrow, June 24, 10 AM Pacific
I will be participating in the ABA's first Second Life (and teleconference) event tomorrow “Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers” at 10 AM Pacific. Inform…
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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
The film is the first, definitive documentary on the life of the legendary jazz vocalist. In Anita's own words, we hear the tale of a musical genius who bro…
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City of (Big) Brotherly Love
I imagine the subset of individuals that read the Center's blogs but not, for instance, Boing Boing to be in the (low) single digits. I still could not res…
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Hearsay Culture upcoming schedule
For those interested in the upcoming schedule for Hearsay Culture (beginning anew on July 2), here it is! I'm very excited with the coming slate of guests.…
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You Go, Google!
Daniel Begun of Hot Hardware News reports that "Google will take an even more active role in the debate [over net neutrality] by arming consumers with the…