Review: Big Data, Little Data, No Data – Scholarship in the Networked World

Christine L. Borgman 5 Stars Major Contribution with Some Oversights This book is extremely well-developed and and a major contribution, not least because it it one of the best explorations of information ecologies that are vastly more intricate and cover vastly more time, energy, and locational space, than most realize. It was recommended to me …

Berto Jongman: USG Kill Switch for Cellular Confirmed

Cell Phone Kill Switch Confirmed – Conspiracy Theory No Longer – Is This Why Cell Phone Services Have Been Going Out Across America? Two weeks later, we may have finally gotten an answer to that question…at least if we look in between the lines. Standard Operating Procedure 303 (SOP303) is the federal government’s ‘kill switch …

Tomasz Tunguz: The Disruptive Effect of Open Source Startups

The Disruptive Effect of Open Source Startups Open source is a disruptive distribution strategy. It allows potential users and buyers of a software to try it, evaluate it, and understand exactly how it works because the source code is freely available. Open source companies market to developers exactly how developers would like to be marketed …

Noah Feldman: The Unconstitutional Judiciary in the USA — Surrendering Judgment to the Executive AND Protecting a Private Cabal

A court case so secret, US Govt says it can’t go on Phi Beta Iota: The story documents two subversions of the US Constitution. First, the judiciary is allowing Executive administrative claims to totally subject the rule of law — no facts, no judgment. Second, the government is further abusing its powers by using them …