The presentations from the conference, Preserving …. The presentations from the conference, Preserving the Web (Kerkira, May 22-24, 2003), are now online. [Open Access News] this looks like it was a good conference. there are some resources attached too

Trust: Making and Breaking Cooperative Relations, edited by Diego Gambetta. This collection was originally published by Basil Blackwell in 1988. The complete text is now available online in Word97/98 and PDF formats. Click on the relevant icons to download the corresponding text. Click on the name of an author for a brief biography, current contact […]

In March, the Netherlands Institute for Scientific …. In March, the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI) released an anthology, Promise and Practice in Data Sharing, available both as a printed book and as free online full-text. This is the second volume in the NIWI series on The Public Domain of Digital Research Data, […]

We don't care. War on terror 'hurts poor'. Poor people hit by disasters around the world are paying the cost of the fight against terror, a report says. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] What stings is when you read: The report says the US Defense Department raised $1.7bn of relief and reconstruction aid […]

If You Insist on Graduate School, At Least Do Your Homework. Still, I have a mournful affection for students who remain confident of their ability to beat the odds. The young feel invincible and full of potential. And many universities view their naivetŽ and energy as an exploitable resource. The majority… [Invisible Adjunct] it is […]

'Suspected terrorist' removed from flight. EFF co-founder John Gilmore was prevented from flying because he was wearing a button deemed to be in “poor taste” and refused to take it off. Seems he won't be flying anywhere for a while, unless he wins his court case. [Source: Boing Boing] [MetaFilter] I read books, I'm a […]

SiT: Response on organizing a conference. Quote: “I do quite a bit of organizing these things for groups in our system around 90-150. I am totally turned off that as educators, the primary mode of professional communication is a 50 minute lecture to a passive audience. my response: 50 minutes? hah, no one cares, try […]

AO Reflections. Settling in after some very intense days at the Always On Innovation Summit.  It was a great experience, excellent networking and a different use of Social Software for events.  Socialtext provided an integrated video/chat/wiki conference support system.  During the first day, wifi was frustratingly spotty, so the bulk of its use was from […]

The Revolution Will Be Bitmapped. Yesterday I posted an essay on the fact that the user experience of the Net is ripe for revolution, and proposed that we start telling the world that if they use any browser but Microsoft Internet Explorer, they will have a better browsing experience. A couple of people proposed graphics, […]

Cory points at How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything, saying Lisa Rein is slowly uploading her footage from last month's ILAW conference. She posted a real prize today: Jonathan Zittrain and Terry Fisher's talk: “Domain names – How the mess came about” […]