Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/29/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The U.S. was founded on John Locke’s principle of “consent of the governed,” a concept which some are trying to extend from physical space into cyberspace. Rebecca MacKinnon is one of them and she has written a book called “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom.” It’s worth a read. If you can’t get around to reading it, you can hear some of the major ideas in a 14 minute talk available here: www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_mackinnon_let_s_take_back_the_internet.html

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/22/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

If you know anyone who occasionally uses peer to peer networks for sharing music or movies, best let them know that July 12, 2012 is a going be a big day. That’s when a new agreement between recording companies and Internet Service Providers goes into effect. this new “six strikes” policy could affect the Internet connections of real (or perhaps even imagined) “illegal file sharers.” Here’s why and how.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/8/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

It seems as if lots of the media as well as lots of politicians are upset over the privacy policies of Google, Facebook, and other commercial web companies, and with good reason. But users have a choice about what company’s services to use. There is no choice about government so it behooves us to keep up on current and future government use of technologies
that affect out personal privacy that most politicians don’t seem to want to talk about. Here are a few.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/16/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

A couple of interesting web sites to possibly take a look at. The first at the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression annually awards the Jefferson Muzzle Awards to individuals or groups that stifle free expression in one way or another in this country. www.tjcenter.org/muzzles/muzzle-archive-2011

The other is a place to get info on how to do things on an iPad, including things you mihgt not know you could do. Check www.howtogeek.com/howto/14529/the-complete-list-of-ipad-tips-tricks-and-tutorials.

And here’s a question to ponder: what would our world be like if there were driverless cars on our roads? That is no longer a far-fetched question. Listen in.

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