Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Why a geek issue may not float every voter's boat. Mitch responds to Dave's call for candidates to stand up for the Net. Also my Saving the Net piece. He doesn't agree with either of us, exactly: My take on this issue of making the Net my primary issue is that this would be both counter-productive and destructive to the Net as a thing, since it puts the definition of the Net into the political domain when what is really at stake is a series of procedural decisions about the flow of information. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 10:07:16 PM    comment []

Berkman geek Ethan Zuckerman has a script that scans news sites and counts the number of times each country is mentioned. He used the script to create colorful maps of the world where blue is cold (not too many mentions) and red is hot (lots). No surprises, Western Europe, China, Canada and Australia are hot (he didn't rate the US) -- Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and South America are cold. Ethan has a plan, to use blogging in the blue places to increase their profile. He gave a brief talk about this today at the Berkman fellows lunch. [Scripting News] 9:52:36 PM    comment []

>From BNA News: CHINA IS SURFING THE INTERNET According to two surveys, Internet use is spreading farther than expected in China, reaching smaller and less-developed cities. Underpinning the growth in small cities is a range of factors, including government policies and free-market competition to provide Internet services on small cities. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB10690946059938900,00.html 12:18:55 PM    comment []

Bill's death opens diaries of Canadian notables, By James Adams, Toronto Globe and Mail. 10:18:36 AM    comment []

Brazil Gives Nod to Open Source (AP). 5:17:48 AM    comment []

Secret Santa for Bloggers. How fast can Santa's sleigh crawl the blogosphere? We can all find out by signing up for the Secret Santa for Bloggers. I think I'm going to do it. Props to Sooz for the links... [Learning the Lessons of Nixon] 12:33:49 AM    comment []