Using the "chart" functionality on Technorati, I tracked blog posts mentioning Net Neutrality (see below). Looks like it lost tremendous steam in the blogosphere after an early June '06 peak. Is that due to fading interest or lack of new activity in Congress? Posts that contain Net Neutrality per day for the last 30 days:…
Looks like this Net Neutrality debate will be raging on for some time to come. Today, the Senate is beginning its third day of hearings on draft telecom legislation after the House passed a bill last week that largely ignored the Net Neutrality supporters' concerns. Most supporters of the "Net Neutrality" concept want to ensure…
Please log on an read today's Washington Post Opinion Section: Lawrence Lessig and Robert McChensey "No Tolls on the Internet" – I couldn't have said it better myself! Please also keep checking in at Save the Internet.com
I am testing out my new laptop (a Dell Inspiron 640m – the business brand sister to the home version E1405). Including Tom's work laptop, my Cingular 8125 and Tom's Blackberry, we now have 6 devices to access the Internet (including the iMac and our other laptop). However, I NEEDED this new super fast "thin…
Here are links to the latest news and information on the status of Net Neutrality amendment. It was defeated on a 34-22 vote by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday. It is time to start paying attention. Whatever your position, please spend some time getting to know and understand this important issue. …
Does anyone know what the technology is behind sites like Become.com and Dictionary.hm? They are sooo awesome! A total about face from type, send, wait . . .
Listable is an interesting browser based social bookmarking tool that goes a step beyond traditional tagging. Users have the ability to create “lists” made out of combinations of tags. There are some interesting popular lists, including the popular “Complete List of Web 2.0 Products and Services” made out of “web2+internet+blog+apps+online. Feeds are also available, including…
How absolutely cute is this? [Odeo|htt://odeo.com] (the podcast host started by the founders of Blogger) has added a fun little button that allows subscribers to add a voice mail feature to their web pages. I just added one on the right sidebar. If you have a mic, feel free to leave me a message. While…
I gave [StumbleUpon|http://www.stumbleupon.com/] a try today. It is a tagging and social bookmarking brower based tool with a fun little Firefox toolbar. It looks to be a really easy way to save and tag your favorite pages. You can also “stumble” to pages on the same topics that have been tagged by others in the…
For the past several months, I have accumulated links and trial software relating to various types of collaboration tools (some desktop applications, some Web based). This week, I had the opportunity to gather my thoughts on these wonderful new technologies. I documented my observations in a media accumulation and review "reflection paper" that assesses how…