When reading various scholars attempts to engage with the difficult subject of technological determinism, I’ve collected the following analytical variables with which they contend …

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C. Edwin’s Baker Media, Makerts, and Democracy is a wonderful book for considering the pro/anti regulatory positions on media policy. What I find …

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In one of my classes, our discussion tends to get confused as to the meaning of an interest versus a value. My own understanding is …

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I found it interesting — and amusing — that the rhetoric of the RIAA has shifted towards arguing that P2P systems are competing with legal services; this …

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If you need further evidence as to why using a Social Security Number (SSN) for identification is a bad idea consider this new story from …

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The theory of evolution is used to describe (or even generate) characteristics within some population based on three processes:

1. Variance - there is variation of characteristic …

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I’ve noted that a common source of disagreement and even exit within open source communities is the handling of software bugs. In my experiences …

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In Reading and Revolution in Media Sniping, I consider whether media sniping (jamming) can be subversively read:

. . . Graffiti, sniping, and guerrilla marketing are now all …

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Ever wonder where the term RTFM came from? An excerpt from a paper on Socialization in Open Technical Communities:

One of the oldest open communities …

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Siobhán O’Mahony and Fabrizio Ferraro have written an excellent paper on evolution of the Debian project. In Beyond Majority Rule Sheeran notes that the …

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