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CUP - Making Policy Public
This series of pamphlets pairs a designer and a policy expert to explain an important policy issue in layperson's terms.
neato  print  publicpolicy  information_design 
may 2008 by McChris
The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It
Jonathan Zittrain's new book on Internet law and policy is available online with a Creative-Commons license. This site presents the book in an interesting hypertext format that allows readers to comment on specific passages.
CreativeCommons  telecom  Web2.0  publicpolicy 
may 2008 by McChris
Freedom to Tinker: Comcast and BitTorrent: Why You Can’t Negotiate with a Protocol
"The problem is that you can’t negotiate with a protocol, for the same reason that you can’t negotiate with (say) the English language. You can use the language to negotiate with someone, but you can’t have a negotiation where the other party is the
bittorrent  publicpolicy  telecom  p2p 
march 2008 by McChris
PC World: The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America
This article lists "those groups whose interests always seem to run counter to those of technology companies and consumers."
telecom  publicpolicy  intellectualproperty  copyright 
december 2007 by McChris
Austinist: State-Commissioned Report Declares Texas Has Too Many State Reports
I needed a real-world example of recursion for a seventh-grade math lesson I was writing last week. I wish I could have used this doozy.
texas  awesome  publicpolicy 
october 2007 by McChris
Texas Fair Trade Coalition: Austin City Council Approves SweatFree Ordinance!
This is old, but good news.This city of Austin will not buy sweated goods in its procurement process. I wish UT - heck the NCAA - had a similar policy.
austin  labor  clothing  publicpolicy 
september 2007 by McChris
xkcd: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
If you have not yet seen this comic, you must.
visualization  chart  awesome  comics  publicpolicy  telecom 
june 2007 by McChris
Cat Holocaust
Neal Pollack offers a very touching account of how his wife's cat Teacake died from eating the tainted pet food now under recall. He goes on to suggest that economics and administration are responsible for these pet deaths.
blog  economics  publicpolicy 
march 2007 by McChris
SSRN: Wireless Network Neutrality by Tim Wu
networkneutrality  publicpolicy  to:read  law  wifi 
february 2007 by McChris
Digital Media Marketplace: The Next Frontier for Media Reform
This political-economic critique of new media suggests progressives need to fight against consolidation online.
politicaleconomy  politics  publicpolicy 
january 2007 by McChris
Gainesville Sun: Library volunteers just say no to drug testing
A library volunteer says, "This is just a common-sense issue - why are we spending tax money to test 75-year-old grandmothers for marijuana? We should be using that money to buy more books and computers."
stupid  drugs  library  publicpolicy 
november 2006 by McChris
Prof. Jenkins goes to Washington
Henry Jenkins' testimony before congress in the wake of the Columbine shootings.
youth  publicpolicy  media 
november 2006 by McChris
Moyers on America: The Net @ Risk
Our state media was nice enough to put Bill Moyers' special on network neutrality in full online. (via donturn)
networkneutrality  telecom  publicpolicy  TVontheWeb  FCC 
october 2006 by McChris
Clear Channel asks for changes in station ownership rules
The conglomerate wants to own up to twelve stations in the largest US markets, citing competition from sattelite radio and digital music players. I'm not sure this radio ownership issue even matters any more.
radio  FCC  publicpolicy  media  business 
september 2006 by McChris
Dark Reading: Wireless Piggybackers Put on Notice
I'm behind the cycle on posting this, but it's still worth noting California is considering legislation that would require WiFi routers to have labeling that encourages users to password protect their wireless networks.
wifi  publicpolicy  security  law 
september 2006 by McChris
FCC Maps Translator, LPFM Coverage
Open channels that could be used by low-power community-run stations can gobbled up by non-profit translators, often by evangelical organizations broadcasting nationwide. These maps show the contrast between use by community LPFM and translator stations.
microradio  evangelical  radio  FCC  citizensmedia  publicpolicy 
august 2006 by McChris
Why is Congress considering such anti-consumer telecom bills?
This article details some of the issues at stake for the telecom companies with the new round of regulation in Congress. I was not aware of the issues surrounding the Universal Service Fund.
telecom  networkneutrality  publicpolicy  astroturf  business 
july 2006 by McChris
Public Access pitted against You Tube in Florida
YouTube is to public access as cable is to public broadcasting. Local politicians reject a public access proposal arguing that the internet addresses the need for citizen-produced content.
publicaccess  publicpolicy  TVontheWeb  politics  citizensmedia 
july 2006 by McChris
Microradio's Second Wave
The FCC is stepping up enforcement of unlicensed microradio operators and levvying stiffer fines. This post suggests that people are still clamoring for access to the airwaves in urban areas.
microradio  citizensmedia  radio  power  FCC  publicpolicy 
july 2006 by McChris
Get the Kids Drunk
Atrios has this insightful post on the drinking age of 21 in the US. I agree that the problem isn't teen drinking as much as teen driving. Let's make the drinking age 18 and the driving age 21.
youth  publicpolicy  transportation 
july 2006 by McChris
Guardian Interview: Bruce Sterling
I'm not sure why Sterling insists on describing himself as a mere "science fiction writer," since his most influential stuff seems to be his nonfiction work. He talks here about his latest book and environmental issues.
environmentalism  rfid  utopianism  globalization  publicpolicy 
july 2006 by McChris
Mr. Stevens' wild ride, through a "series of tubes"
Nice chronology of the online response to Alaska Senator Ted Steven's speech comparing the Internet to a "series of tubes." If they had only used that Ajax framework used in the JFK timeline, my life would be complete.
history  meme  publicpolicy  networkneutrality  blog 
july 2006 by McChris
Why Antitrust Doesn't Cut It for NN (but why Google has to pretend)
networkneutrality  google  publicpolicy  anti-trust  law 
july 2006 by McChris
Pirate Radio USA Premieres
A documentary about the microradio movement in the United States. I've done a fair amount of research on microradio, so I would love to see this film.
microradio  documentary  activism  publicpolicy  radio 
june 2006 by McChris
Urban Austin
Wiki "devoted to the architecture and urban design of Austin, Texas."
austin  texas  landuse  architecture  publicpolicy 
june 2006 by McChris
Boiling the Frog – a Net Neutrality Metaphor
This article provides useful insights into the political strategies behind the telco's efforts to implement network discrimination.
politics  publicpolicy  telecom  networkneutrality 
may 2006 by McChris
Reason: The Beast That Will Not Die
Hate cartoonist Peter Bagge outlines problems with the War on Drugs.
humor  drugs  publicpolicy  comics 
may 2006 by McChris
BBC NEWS | Why the dollar is falling so fast
This is a great primer that explains the precarious position of the US economy. It doesn't even mention rising energy prices.
whoa  publicpolicy  globalization  economics 
may 2006 by McChris
Net Neutrality (or the lack of) in the Draft Senate Telecom Bill
Proposed wording regarding network neutrality in the senate bill. I guess it's codifying the Senate's intention to look into net neutrality issues, rather than putting net neutrality into law.
publicpolicy  politicaleconomy  politics  networkneutrality 
may 2006 by McChris
U.S. Cities’ Preparedness for an Oil Crisis
No surprise Oklahoma City comes in dead last on rankings for preparedness for an oil crisis. OKC has to be the sprawlingest city in the world.
OKC  publicpolicy  landuse  environmentalism 
april 2006 by McChris
How President Bush has unified Latin America
Nice San Francisco Chronicle article about how Bush's policies toward Latin America has led to pan-national popular movements against the US.
globalization  politics  politicaleconomy  publicpolicy  economics 
march 2006 by McChris
FCC Chief: AT&T Can Limit Net Bandwidth
Blog post says that Kevin Martin has come out in favor of network discrimination, allowing AT&T and other to charge Google, Vonage, and others for traffic on their networks.
networkneutrality  publicpolicy  telecom  FCC 
march 2006 by McChris
MediaRights:Saving Access TV
Changes in FCC regulations are threatening the franchise agreements that fund public-access TV systems. The Manhattan Neighborhood Network system has developed a strategy for fighting back.
TV  citizensmedia  publicpolicy  politicaleconomy  power 
march 2006 by McChris
Who owns the Internet? We have a map that shows you.
CIO Magazine has a .pdf map of what companies control various parts of the Internet backbone.
networkneutrality  business  politicaleconomy  publicpolicy 
march 2006 by McChris
Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Nuts and Bolts of Net Discrimination, Part 2
Ed Felten explains how the Net Discrimination scheme proposed by major ISPs might be implemented.
networkneutrality  telecom  publicpolicy 
march 2006 by McChris
Wired 14.02: The Rootkit of All Evil
Bruce Sterling's take on the Sony/BMG rootkit debacle.
copyright  power  publicpolicy 
february 2006 by McChris
Why the net should stay neutral
networkneutrality  publicpolicy  socialjustice  politicaleconomy 
february 2006 by McChris
The Problem with Webcasting
copyright  publicpolicy  politics 
january 2006 by McChris
"Let There Be Wi-Fi" by Robert McChesney and John Podesta
wifi  publicpolicy  socialjustice 
january 2006 by McChris

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