It’s a strange feeling to think that someone just threw a rock at your house, then a moment later someone throws another from the other side of the house, followed by a deluge of noisy bangs (and a whiny dog). Last night’s hail storm was quite the surprise. Fortunately, we weren’t hit as badly as …
Some kids at a suburban high school are unhappy with a teacher. Before the Internet, they might have pass rumors around the school (which might constitute slander), but now they have tools like MySpace to libel their teacher. But the question remains of how well they are able to make the distinction that these are …
I’d like to take a moment to look at neutrality through the lens of how the Internet was designed to work under TCP/IP protocol. The short version of how the Internet works is that devices connected to the Net all have an address, and send information to other devices including the home and desired address. …
Sorry about the delay in replying to recent comments, it’s been a busy few days (and I never honestly expected to have any readers…guess that’s the magic of trackback). While networks and economics aren’t really my specialty, I appreciate the chance to have a good discussion about such an important issue. I can see that …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
(For more on this idea and why I blog, please see this category.)