Category Archives: Politics

Poligraft adds political context

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Poligraft is an interesting little tool whipped up by the Sunlight Foundation to add context to political stories — like connecting politicians in a story to donors. Would love to see something like this expanded to add context to tech … Continue reading →

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Infringement is not stealing

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

A friend of mine, and respected colleague, has written a piece over on LinuxToday that bears mentioning: Editor’s Note: Copying is Stealing. Though I agree with the spirit of the piece, I have to take issue with the conflation of … Continue reading →

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Legal silliness: Blocking banned countries

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Some days it seems nothing is simple, even providing open access to open source software. There’s a bit of a kerfuffle brewing over SourceForge blocking “banned locations” from downloading software. The long and short of it seems to be that … Continue reading →

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Google’s Chinese Diplomacy: Can Google Make a Difference?

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

The company that promised not to be evil took a serious drubbing in 2006 when it decided to censor search results in order to comply with local laws in China. Four years later, Google is having to rethink its decision. … Continue reading →

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/usr/bin/links -date=’Tuesday, November 24′

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Some choice bits from around the Web about technology, politics, and community development. Using Python to create UNIX command line tools —  “If you work in IT, as a UNIX Sysadmin, a software developer, or even a manager, there a … Continue reading →

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Selling the war: Interview with David Barstow

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Interview with David Barstow about his Pulitzer Prize-winning expose on the Pentagon’s propaganda campaign prior to the invasion of Iraq. From the interview: He recently won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for exposing how dozens of retired generals … Continue reading →

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And the winner is… Congrats Obama!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Well, it’s been a long and often ugly campaign season, but it’s over — and we have a clear winner. I’m really happy to see Barack Obama win the election. If he’s half as good a president as his speech … Continue reading →

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