Gone for Christmas Ry4an got me a Bill
of Rights Security Edition for Christmas. I'm flying tomorrow, but I'm
too scared to use it. I don't want to miss my flight or get arrested for
being a "wise guy". What kind of patriot am I if I'm afraid to carry the
nation's own Bill of Rights?
I'll be visiting my family this week in Pennsylvania for Christmas, so no
more posts from me for a while.
Posted at 21:16
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For once, a good Alertbox Fortunately, Top Ten
Web-Design Mistakes of 2002 (today's column) bucks the trend. While it
repeatedly links to NN Group wares, it has solid advice and charming
cartoon illustrations.
Viva Alertbox!
It's no secret that Jakob Nielsen's
Alertbox has been
going downhill
for a while. In the past, it's been a valuable source of useablity
advice. However, today it basically exists solely to hawk
Norman-Nielsen Group reports and seminars.
Posted at 19:24
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Lessig's Challenge Update Inspired by Lawrence Lessig's OSCON remarks,
Lessig's Challenge is a
way for people concerned by the attempts by the entertainment industry
to close off the net to fight back. The challenge is to spend more on
those who fight for the open network than you do on its
enemies. Since it
appeared on Slashdot last month, 10 people have joined me and we've
raised over $2300 for good causes (organizations like the
EFF, the ACLU, the
FSF, along with free software/open source
programmers and online artists). And that's just the ones I know about!
Cory Doctrow wrote to tell me that many
people were inspired by the challenge to join the EFF. If you want to
do your part, now's a good time -- you can still get a tax break in
2002 by donating before the end of the year. Check out the
list of suggested recipients.
Here's a little marketing blurb I wrote to talk about the results from the
first month of the Lessig Challenge.
Posted at 16:14
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Twin City Blogging It's good to see more weblogs from real journalists.
Two of the Twin Cities' news orgainizations have blogs now. The
Star Tribune has
2cents and the
City Pages has the
Twin Cities Babelogue.
Posted at 10:03
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