I’m on Rocketboom

Posted on 8 September 2008
Filed under Creative Commons, DRM, Personal
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…after a fashion. They use a photo of me around the one minute mark in today’s video, during a discussion of DRM. The photo’s from the DRM protests at the Students for Free Culture conference in Boston last year. I’m photogenic enough to be Generic Protester, then.

I forget who took the photo, either Karen or Fred. Either way, it was CC-licensed. I don’t know whether they attributed; anyway, it’s fair use. (Thanks to Hendrik for the tip.)

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Towards autono.my

Posted on 16 July 2008
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I’ve been an advocate for freedom in Web services for, well, years now. So I was happy to learn of the launch of open microblogging service identi.ca recently, and of autonomo.us and its Franklin Street Statement on Freedom and Network Services. Pleasantly, the autonomo.us wiki already links to my article and talk on the subject.

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Hire me

Posted on 26 June 2008
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I’m looking to get out of consulting and into a full time office environment. (It gets lonely at home.) I’m interested in opportunities in organizing, outreach, advocacy, or public education on issues in information policy, tech policy, or access to knowledge. I’m willing to relocate. If you know of such an opportunity, please contact me. Thanks.

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My column on NIH policy reprinted — in print

Posted on 13 June 2008
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My column on the NIH public access policy, which was published on Science Progress‘ Web site in January, has been reprinted for its Spring-Summer 2008 Print Edition. Grab the beautiful PDF here.

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Gratifying positive review of Right to Research campaign

Posted on 4 June 2008
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Char Booth, an instruction librarian at Ohio University, has posted a gratifying positive review of SPARC’s Right to Research campaign (which I developed). Thanks for the kind words, Char! And thanks to Peter Suber for bringing it to my attention.

If you haven’t seen the campaign, now’s a great time to check it out!

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My latest column on Web apps and FOSS

Posted on 3 June 2008
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(I had accidentally posted this in the wrong place earlier; posting it here now.)

My new column for Free Software Magazine is titled “Free software vs. software-as-a-service: Is the GPL too weak for the Web?”. It looks at the rise of the Web application — including Facebook, Flickr, Google Apps, and the like — and how to preserve user freedom in this new environment. You can read the article or download it as a PDF.

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Slides from WI, MN presentations

Posted on 24 April 2008
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I’ve uploaded the slides from my recent presentations in Wisconsin and Minnesota; they’re here.

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Upcoming presentations in WI, MN

Posted on 9 April 2008
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I’m presenting on open access for students at these upcoming events:

Saturday, April 12, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisc.
3 - 6 pm
Memorial Union (TITU)
Announcement
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minn.
noon - 1 pm
Harmon Room, Library
RSVP requested: Terri Fishel, x6343 or fishel@macalester.edu
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Carleton College
Northfield, Minn.
5 to 6:30 pm
Sayles-Hill 251
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minn.
7 to 8 pm
Buntrock 144