Monthly Archives: February 2008

Some views on the blogosystem

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Doc Searls

JP Rangaswami points me to The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, by Frank Rose, in Wired. It features a large interactive (I guess flash) graphic that places even the icky stuff (such as spam blogs, or splogs) inside the … Continue reading →

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Frames that prevent a neutral Net

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Doc Searls

We’d hardly yearn for Net Neutrality laws if Comcast and other carriers truly understood that the Net is more than an interactive TV channel with troublesome users. Unfortunately there are technical as well as busines and political reasons why they … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, News, problems, Science | 8 Comments

Google Earth & Sky

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Doc Searls

I just discovered that Google Earth is also useful for astronomy. You go under View and click on Switch to Sky. Suddenly your screen is a planetarium. It’s not quite the equal yet of KStars, Starry Night or Carinasoft’s Voyager … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography, Places | 7 Comments

Lie like an astrorug

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Doc Searls

From Portfolio.com:   Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury said that the company paid some people to arrive early and hold places in the queue for local Comcast employees who wanted to attend the hearing.   Some of those placeholders, however, did … Continue reading →

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Honk

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Doc Searls

People have been asking if my voice is back. Thanks, it is, mostly. But sleeping is hard for some reason. Too much good stuff going on, and to think about. And some of me is still on Pacific Time, while … Continue reading →

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Buzz on buzz

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Doc Searls

Buzz Bruggeman, to Kevin O’Keefe:   It’s very difficult for me to imagine today that a successful lawyer would not have an active blog. It’s sort of like imagining that they wouldn’t have business cards, or imagining that they wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Looking grand

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Doc Searls

That’s a shot of the Lava Falls section of the Grand Canyon. It’s one of my favorite scenes: of lava from the Uinkaret Lava Field slopping down into the canyon over the north rim. Atop Lava Falls itself is Vulcan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography, Places, Travel | 1 Comment

Oh well

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Doc Searls

Larry Lessig: After lots of thinking and advice, I have decided it does not make sense for the Change Congress movement for me to a run for Congress in CA12. He is still out, of course, to Change Congress.

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The FCC and the Giant Zero

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Doc Searls

So here’s the concept: the end-to-end nature of the Internet is not about “access for consumers”. It’s about creating a World of Ends in which all of us are at zero functional distance from each other — or close enough. … Continue reading →

Posted in Future, News, Science, VRM | 13 Comments

Fighting deafness at the FCC hearing

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Doc Searls

I really really really wish I was back in Cambridge right now, where for sure I’d be in the Ames Courtroom, taking part in the hearing where all five FCC commisioners are participating. I could do the same, to some … Continue reading →

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