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Open-Access Publication: Creativity, Constraints, and Ethics
A very interesting short piece about the recent surge in open-access journals. As a bit of background about the “traditional” and “open” manners of publishing scientific papers: In the traditional form, authors […]
Creativity Without Law
This is a webcast of a conference that took place this past November entitled “Creativity Without Law”, co-sponsored by the Harvard Berkman Center: The event will focus on the growing body […]
AI and Creativity
Today in class, we talked briefly about artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for creativity. I thought this article that I saw yesterday comparing the smartness and creativity of […]
Constraints Made Google and Mick Jagger Great–and They’ll Make You a Better Entrepreneur
Here is another piece that glorifies constraints – this time in an entrepreneurial rather than creative context. In doing so it arguably provides a clue as to what lies behind […]
Top 10 Internet Law Developments Of 2014
Here is a terrifically useful article by Professor Eric Goldman of Santa Clara Law called the “Top 10 Internet Law Developments Of 2014”. It is potentially a wonderful source of inspiration […]
Weekly Student-Hour: 20 January 2015 – Slides
Here are the slides from my presentation on 20 January 2015, in case anyone wanted them. Cheers! Weekly Student-Hour: 20 January 2015
The More Things Change…
Just to expand on today’s brief discussion of the rather circular nature of government support for cryptographic software (and to a lesser extent, new technology in general): 1976: After the […]
Less than Zero — Backchannel — Medium
A concept well worth reflecting on: when is “free” not neutral? This article goes through the ins and outs of what it really means when carriers exempt certain apps from […]
Weekly Student-Hour: 20 January 2015
Hello, My name is Ryan, and I’m taking the first “student-hour” of the semester (feel free to bring fruit to throw). The topic is going to be: Open Source Licensing […]
Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance – NYTimes.com
How is this for disturbing – hardly the percentage difference between “free” and “not free” countries you might wish for: “Some 75 percent of respondents in countries classified as “free,” […]