Author: Vince Kimball

Encouraging Accountability through Personal Publishing. There's an increasing sense today that many of our most powerful institutions have become disconnected from the ordinary citizens they are supposed to represent. From questions about the accuracy and bias of the media to concerns over accountability of elected officials and government policy, there is a lack of communication and… Continue reading Encouraging Accountability through Personal Publishing

step away from the podium. Ross blogged the NY Times article on backchannels first, it seems. But I'm not interested in quoting it…I'm more interested in talking about its implications, and the responses it seems to generate from speakers. Two of my friends in the social software world, Stewart Butterfield and Anil Dash, are speakers… Continue reading step away from the podium

Attention-shifting. Article in the NY Times on back-channels of IM and Chat in universities, meetings and conferences.  Misses recent events.  Attention-shifting for early social software experiences will be meme for a while because its also a frame of reference shift. Cory Doctorow, a science fiction writer and blogger who has experienced this back-channeling at several… Continue reading Attention-shifting

Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say. The software that runs many high-tech voting machines contains serious flaws that would allow voters to cast extra votes and permit poll workers to alter ballots undetected. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]

Power to John Robb John Robb is back!  His historic weblog has been restored to his new weblog site at http://jrobb.mindplex.org/.  Unfortunately, permalinks can't so easily make the journey so our links to John's former site are gone. And Power to the People When we heard from the FCC at SuperNova (see the article from… Continue reading

Power to John Robb

John Robb is back!  His historic weblog has been restored to his new weblog site at http://jrobb.mindplex.org/

House votes to block media ownership plan. The House of Representatives votes to tighten regulations limiting TV stations, radio stations and newspapers, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the White House. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

An Easier Way to The Web for Small Business. Yahoo has launched a new Web site publisher to make it easier for small businesses to establish an online presence. Of course, many of those businesses could be better off with web logs, right? [net.law.blog]

DonXML says that hiring programmers is really a pain in the a## because the quality of resumes isn't very high. Interesting rant, and some good tips for how to find jobs. Heh, who needs a resume anymore? Just write a weblog.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

SQLBlogs are up and running. I'll have to watch this for news about Yukon (Yukon is the code name for the next version of SQL Server).  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

ActiveState – ActiveState Field Guide to Spam. Anyone who receives spam – and who doesn't these days? – will likely notice the widespread use of colors, special fonts, pictures, and links to web sites. These features have become so common because most spammers now use HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the Internet code used to develop… Continue reading ActiveState Field Guide to Spam