Favorite Quote of the Day: Water Buckets
Though I don’t agree with everything on the site, I came across this quote on Salon and it just fits: Some days it feels like I’m watching a house on fire. And one idiot wants to put it out with a...
View ArticleSL Events: BlogHer, ISTE, & Virtual Policy 2008
So many things happening right now, I haven’t had time to even blog about them all! Two events happening today and one archived event below.. hope to see you in-world! ISTE Speaker Series Event...
View ArticleEducause 09, Copyright/IP in Virtual Worlds, Dusan’s War
This week seemed impossibly full of interesting, with not enough time to process. Wait, who am I kidding, I never feel there’s enough time to process, but this week more so than usual. So a quick...
View ArticleGovernance in Virtual Worlds
On Friday, March 26th, I participated in the Governance in Virtual Worlds 2010 conference sponsored by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and World2Worlds. The conference description: Virtual...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing from Governance in Second Life
In the past week or so, two of my favorite thinkers about Second Life have written about governance – Gwyneth Llewelyn’s post Humble Governance is typically lengthy but worth reading, and Prokofy Neva...
View ArticleCaring for my Grandma, Diagnosis Alzheimer’s
My mom and I have known since probably last summer that my 78 year old grandmother was experiencing difficulties with day-to-day life, and over the course of the last year she began to drop weight at...
View ArticleMust Watch – Lessig’s Harvard Law Talk About Aaron’s Law
I found this both moving and inspiring. I’ve come to believe that academics and researchers have a moral imperative to fight closed publishing, and this talk by Lessig only makes me feel that more...
View ArticleRe: Snowden – Whistleblowing & Its Consequences
I was very surprised to read the New York Times editorial calling for clemency for Edward Snowden, less so to read Slate’s piece about why he won’t and shouldn’t get clemency, since it is difficult for...
View ArticlePart 2: Snowden – Whistleblowing & Its Consequences
A couple of weeks ago, I posted some thoughts about clemency for Edward Snowden and whether I thought he was a hero. My main point was that I was grateful to know the information he gave the world,...
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