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Category Archives: Internet
Advice on email for political campaigns
Email addresses are the coin of the realm nowadays in political campaigning. More political efforts — whether candidates, partisan groups, or advocacy organizations — ask for your email address than probably any other piece of contact information. And email addresses … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Internet, Politics
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You’re doing it wrong: pet peeves in Web authoring
I usually try to be fairly gentle in my blog posts. Well, this one’s a full-out rant. And it does name names, but only for purposes of demonstration, not public shaming. By dint of what I do, I spend a … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Web
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Exceptionalism in science and in cyberspace
I’ve noticed that there’s a prominent streak of exceptionalism in thinking about science as well as about the Internet. In both cases, there’s a sense of otherness, of separation, of being a sui generis entity in the world and in … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Science
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On digital eviction; responsibilities of online service providers
Jason Scott’s blog post from a few weeks ago, Eviction, or the Coming Datapocalypse, has kicked up a bit of dust. His argument (see also his follow-up post) is that services for hosting user-generated content need to take more seriously … Continue reading
Posted in E-commerce, Internet
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Wanted: standardized behavior for email list unsubscribe
I subscribe to a lot of email lists. I mean, a lot. In addition to the lists I’ve opted in to, there’s the grey area of lists I “joined” (or was added to) without much conscious effort on my part, … Continue reading
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Florida explores open government and the Internet
This is old news, but I didn’t hear of it until last week. (Actually, the first I heard was from a column in El Sentinel. It pays to read the Spanish-language press!) Florida’s governor Charlie Crist has espoused support for … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Internet, Open government
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Presentation on Net neutrality in Gainesville, Fla. (late)
I failed to post an announcement in advance, but better late than never: I gave a presentation on Net neutrality on 13 November to the Association of Information Technology Professionals, North Central Florida Chapter in Gainesville, Fla. The slides are … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Gainesville, Internet, Net neutrality, Personal, Telecom
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Google doesn’t like plus-addressing, sometimes
Google, known for offering plus-addressing to users of Gmail, doesn’t actually support sending to plus addresses with its Alerts service. Finally, the illusion of Google’s perfect single-mindedness as an organization is cracked. At last, one hand doesn’t know what the … Continue reading
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