Slipping down the ladder of economic freedom

Slipping down the ladder of economic freedom. This is not good news:  For the first time in the 11 years that the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have been publishing the Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. has dropped out of the top 10 freest economies… [ProfessorBainbridge.com]

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Library Technology Hierarchy of Needs

Library Technology Hierarchy of Needs. From Aaron at Walking Paper, a Hierarchy of Needs for technology at libraries. I think this is a great idea–and something that could be fleshed out and used to guide technology planning for both small and large libraries. … [LibrarianInBlack]

Reviving Advanced Hypertext

Useit.Com: Reviving Advanced Hypertext. The Web really has only one feature: uni-directional plain links that replace the existing page with a new one. Yes, the feature has twists, such as the ability to go back or open the link in a new window, but fundamentally, the Web has no advanced hypertext capabilities. [Tomalak's Realm]

Battling the antibodies

Battling the antibodies Open source, for example, has made many technical innovations, but arguably its greatest contribution is process innovation: transparency, global collaboration, the architecture of participation. In Microsoft's resistance to these ideas — notably the famous “open source is a virus” riff — you can see the antibodies swarming. What most fascinates me about… Continue reading Battling the antibodies

Unsung heroes of open source

Unsung heroes of open source. When my e-mails to vendors went unanswered, I turned to open source. A Google query for “sourceforge vx4400” yielded this first result: “Welcome to BitPim.” On the BitPim project site, I found not only sync software for Windows, Linux, and OS X, but also a wealth of useful documentation, including… Continue reading Unsung heroes of open source

So What Happened in That Election, Anyhow?

So What Happened in That Election, Anyhow?. No consensus exists among Democrats about why John Kerry was defeated, and the party is locked in a battle of interpretation over just what went wrong. By ADAM NAGOURNEY. [NYT > Home Page]

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