A historical collection of our writing.
Dalton Caldwell kicked up a fair bit of discussion with his post on paid-for services including a defense of free by my partner Fred. Here is a slightly different take on the issue at hand when looking at “media” style services (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc). Let’s start off by looking at […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I am excited about today’s launch of Brewster, despite it being iPhone only for the moment. Last week we spent time cleaning out the attic of our old house in the burbs (which my brother-in-law is taking over). In a box I discovered an old Palm Pilot. It was the most visible reminder that electronic […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last time in the Tech Tuesday cycle on programming we saw that so-called reserved words have special meaning. They effectively constitute the built-in vocabulary of a programming language. Now let’s go all the way back to the basic analogy that I used for the overview post: programming is telling a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A couple of weeks ago Gerhard Kallmann passed away. He was a most extraordinary man. You can read about his biography and influential work as an architect in the Boston Globe or the New York Times or one of several architecture sites. I had the privilege of getting to know him as he was Susan’s […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Growing up in Germany I learned a lot about a legal system in which judges are only applying the law not also making it through their decisions. Precedent plays a very limited roll in the German system. It took me some time to come to grips with the US system. But now I have come […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Some fine folks have been hard at work to draft a Declaration of Internet Freedom. I couldn’t agree more with the preamble: So please go and read the Declaration. If you agree with it, you can sign it by following one of the action links after the Declaration. If you happen to disagree, take a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
