Category Archives: Openness
Public Transit Adds Data Points
Here in DC, WMATA (Washington Metro Area Transit Authority) has started putting up signs at all its bus stops that have a unique stop number on them. What this number symbolizes is a unique ID that riders and WMATA operators … Continue reading
Filed under Communications, Computers, Design, Government, Internet, Openness, Policy, Tech, Web
Big, Interesting, Mysterious Pragmatic Problems
I’ve just finished a master’s program full of amazing classmates seeking policy solutions to some of the toughest problems the US and international institutions have to currently deal with. For my part, I deeply love to spend a lot of … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Development, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Internet, Openness, Policy, Privacy, Reputation, Web
Mash-Up Culture is Still Young
A buddy of mine on IRC posted a YouTube video that mashes up (a phrase meaning to mix up different sources of music and video and other media into one product) drum n’ bass (dnb) music with footage from church … Continue reading
My Tech Policy Memo to President-Elect Obama
For my excellent “What’s Shaping the Internet?” class with Professor Michael Nelson, we had to write a 6-page memorandum to either President-Elect Obama, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, or some other organization head, using three main policy points. I chose to … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Communications, Government, Internet, Openness, Policy, Politics, Privacy, Reputation, Tech, Web
Underground Warblogging
Warblogging died in 2006. It died when the military and US government decided that ANY servicemember’s content online must be approved through the chain of command, AFTER informing the command that that content MAY exist. (i.e. registering one’s blog even … Continue reading
Sharing
A few weeks ago, there was an excellent article in the NYTimes about online ambient awareness. This article was immediately influential — it was quoted and passed around by a lot of blogs and readers, and I got personal e-mails … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Internet, Openness, Web
Reputation Research
I made my research blog for Galapag.us, my project, public. So if you want to subscribe to the RSS feed, you can. http://represearch.blogspot.com/
Filed under Internet, Openness, Privacy, Reputation, Web
Yahoo! MSFS Fellowship blog
I wrote my first post to the Yahoo! MSFS Fellowship blog. I’ll be studying privacy and openness across cultures and public spaces.
Filed under Globalization, Internet, Openness, Privacy, Web
My Other Blog on Reputations
I have a private blog I’ve been writing to, relating to research for my personal project idea on open reputation management. I keep it private because my business is not incorporated and I don’t want ideas to go public. But … Continue reading
Filed under Internet, Openness, Privacy, Reputation, Web
