Software is Contributing to Human Suffering Originally uploaded by ruby.doesrails.com. one of the best statements for the idea that software tends to replicate the conditions of the world in which it is created.

Internet Archive: Details: The Great Failure of Wikipedia: “The Great Failure of Wikipedia”: Presentation by Jason Scott at Notacon 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, April 8, 2006. Covers the universally-editable encyclopedia-like site Wikipedia, architectural and procedural choices by co-founder Jimbo Wales and the often-unintended consequences of these choices and philosophy. Includes short overviews of […]

At Least Its Not A Vlog…carmel: You know that video blogging has hit the big-time (not to mention podcasting) when it gets mentioned in a Sunday comic strip: (And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I have permission – UClick lets you share their work for noncommercial purposes.) —— hilarious….

Open Source Mac – Free, Open-Source software for OS X: ree and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best OS X software that we know of. this is a great utility

slower, softer: Old things are as interesting as new ones. The speed and spectacular novelty of a particular innovation should never be a measure of its value or the basis of its justification. (But I get why they are). We* need time to explore slow and ethical innovation. We need more space for quiet voices, […]

Conservatism and Golf: Next, from a Rick Perlstein piece at Huffpo late last year (via Henry’s announcement of the man’s new webpage). You really should read this great speech he delivered at a gathering of conservatives. (The Lind is good, too, but Perlstein is great.) Republicans are different from conservatives: that was one of the […]

Most expensive sandwich in London goes on sale – UK News Headlines – Life Style Extra: “Even if I had a pension as big as Tony Blair’s I wouldn’t spend it on an £85 sandwich.”

20 Reasons, 1 Cause: 10 Action Strategies for Eliminating NCLBHold a public forum in your community to explore and explain these points.Organize community and neighborhood potluck dinners with teachers and parents to talk together about how NCLB is affecting children and school.Persuade your organizations to pass resolutions calling for the repeal of NCLB based on […]