Monthly Archives: November 2006

Italian Book Cover

I love the italian version of the book cover for “Who Controls the Internet” —

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Scientific American 50

Nice news, named to the SciAm 50 this year — Scientific American’s list of people who have contributed to science and technology this year. The award was given to many much more impressive contributors, including Warren Buffett, Elizabeth Goldring, Al … Continue reading

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Political Tech cont.

Some different ideas about the future of political technology, from Colin Delaney‘s interesting site. Matching campaign contributions and federal contracts is becoming easier and easier, and mapping applications may make the results more intuitive and digestible. Using affinity software to … Continue reading

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Talk of the Nation

Did a segment on “Talk of the Nation” about the Washington Post “After Youtube” story — that was fun. One caller asked whether new technologies will make campaigns cheaper or more expensive. The funny this is that better technology _should_ … Continue reading

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YouTube — It’s so Yesterday

Zephyr and I’s article came out in the Washington Post today, with the title “YouTube: It’s so Yesterday.” Of course we didn’t really mean that. If you have any reactions email me and I’ll post good ones.

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Network Neutrality in the Wireless World

I have just finished a draft of a paper called “Network Neutrality in the Wireless World.” The paper surveys the practices of Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint-Nextel and T-Mobile, the 4 major wireless carriers, according to the principles of Carterfone, network … Continue reading

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Guessing the Future of Politics – Sunday WAPO

Zephyr Teachout and I are trying to write a story that guesses what the future of political technology will be. It’s hard!  It is way easier to write about these things are fiction, because then you assert matters with confidence.  … Continue reading

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