Category Archives: Regulations

patents as part of the american experience

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

Ahh, 2006. It seems like such a long time ago! Back then I was working at Red Hat on OLPC and Microsoft had just accused free software of being Unamerican and communist. It was a good time, honestly, to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Long Attention Span, Regulations, Storytelling, Video | 3 Comments

open-government.us

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

The matter of copyright and access to content seems like a small thing in the mix of problems that the new President will face when he gets into office.  Indeed, when compared to problems like climate change, a faltering world … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Lessig, Obama, Open Web, Politics, Regulations, Video | 1 Comment

some great quotes from today

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

I’m just going to post some stuff I found on the web and I really like.  Here goes. 1. Aza Raskin has a good overview of how people use the web in China.  There’s a service over there called QQ … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, Design, Geek, It Came From The Internet, Lessig, Open Web, Politics, Regulations | 2 Comments

road runner: now 3% faster than dialup

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

I’ve been following Om Malik as he writes about the upcoming metered, capped broadband that cable companies are starting to shift to in the US. Here’s a quote from an article that he posted recently: Road Runner Standard package provides … Continue reading →

Posted in AT&T, Internet Access, Regulations, Time Warner Cable | 10 Comments