Thoughts on the social impacts of information and communication technology policy.
My iPhone ironically ate an earlier draft of this post, but I’d still like to share 2 articles that show how Apple does not see iPhones as an “open” box.
iPhones could crash cell towers
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/jailbreak
iPhone app store roulette
http://mobile.infoworld.com/device/article.php?mid=1&CALL_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoworld.com%2Fd%2Fmobilize%2Fiphone-app-store-roulette-tale-rejection-773%3Fpage%3D0%2C0
These devices can do a lot, but easy blogging is not in the list.
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.)