Gertrude of Iraq. Have I ever told you what the river is like on a hot summer night? At dusk the mist hangs in long white bands over the water; the twilight fades and the lights of the town shine out on either bank, with the river, dark and smooth and full of mysterious reflections, […]

The Geneva Conventions in full. Since what is and is not a violation of the Geneva Conventions is a subject of some discussion as a result of today's news, this collection of the complete texts of the Geneva Conventions (as well as other treaties) should be a useful reference. Of particular relevance is the Third […]

Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace. Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace. While most of the discussions have focused political perspectives of the current conflict, there are quite a few ethical and religious perspectives. A BBC website provides excellent overview of the positions including the various types of pacifism and just […]

TouchGraph GoogleBrowser V1.01. TouchGraph GoogleBrowser V1.01 is a cool Java tool to let you see your Google neighbors. Uses Google API. Reminds me a bit of the Blogstreet visual neighborhood. Via Werblog [Joi Ito's Web] First I tried http://www.cddc.vt.edu then i tried http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy then i added aoir.org and then i clicked on RCCS and between […]

World of Ends. Two members of the other Gang of Four are at it again: Doc Searls and David Weinberger have teamed up to produce World of Ends, another manifesto on the Internet and how to relate to it. [Advogato] keep an eye on it folks…

Blogs and academics. A heterogeneous collection of links to pages relating to blogs in academia. Many links I've never seen previously, along with a few old-time favorites of mine. [Seb's Open Research] list list list

Scholarly journals are not where the interesting action is. Making money. Elsevier's Pieter Bolman, interviewed by Information Today in The Future of Journals, claims that journal publishing is not about the “sharing of ideas” – that new ideas are shared at conferences and through personal interaction, while journals are useful as the official record, or […]

SXSW 2003 Wrapup. Heath Row's coverage of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival beats the crap out of all instances of event/conference/symposiumBlogging I have seen so far. Kudos! Here are the reports that connect the most into my interests: Richard Florida: the rise of the Creative Class, pointing out the correlation between the Bohemian Index, the Gay […]

Ecology of Tools. How a dozen companies work together on a ten-minute task that makes the Web a slightly nicer place. [Mark Bernstein] tools are important for the itnernet, but standards are the fundamental undergirding of tools

Take this tech job and shove it. Sure, there are plenty of opportunities out there — if you have 10 years of experience and are willing to work for free. [Salon.com] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]] yup, and to think Johnny Paycheck is dead.