It’s coming…
Just kidding! I’m sure it’ll be great
BarCamp Orlando, April 5-6, 2008
Posts from ‘March, 2008’
Now blogging @ Florida Progressive Coalition
Florida Progressive Coalition is a group blog about politics in Florida from a progressive perspective. I recently started blogging there. My posts so far:
Florida fails the working poor
Progressive messaging from… the Chamber?
To follow my future posts, grab the RSS feed of my posts there. (That link will only include posts by me, not by other [...]
Gov. Crist proclaims Library Appreciation Month
… WHEREAS, the expansion of electronic networks linking libraries and their resources gives users easier access to information; …
Document Freedom Day, today
Today is Document Freedom Day.
I have a packet of flyers to distribute, as well as stickers and T-shirts for supporters — plus a flag to fly (literally).
This evening, I’ll go to locations around Orlando to distribute the flyers. If you want to help, or to pick up some free swag, meet me in front of [...]
CopyNight Orlando, March 25; plus Document Freedom Day, 3/26
The February meeting of CopyNight Orlando will be Tuesday, March 25 at 7 pm at Stardust Video & Coffee (1842 E. Winter Park Rd., Orlando). This month is an open topic: whatever participants want to discuss. Learn more at copynight.org or my CopyNight page. Hope to see you there!
I’m also organizing a local activity for [...]
Great campaign on privacy and surveillance
The ACLU has a great message for its campaign on privacy and surveillance. I think it captures the way a lot of us feel about recent trends, and expresses the big-picture consequences.
Re-discovering Florida’s literary legacy — or not
Out of curiosity, I went Googling for literary magazines published at my alma mater, the University of Florida. What I found:
Subtropics, published by the English department, in print since 2006. In current publication. A few items from the current issue are available online; no items from past issues are available online. The poems online are [...]
Lancet editorial highlights 2 aspects of OA
An editorial in this week’s Lancet (free registration required, or see the excerpt at Open Access News) highlights two interesting aspects of open access.
First, though, some quibbles:
The editorial claims that open archiving hasn’t been very successful (specifically: “open archiving has been less successful [than gold OA], although government mandates are likely to increase future publication [...]
