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What are you thinking, Mr. President? 24 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm
I wrote this for the Guardian, where the discussion is quite lively, approaching 1,500 comments. I’m posting it here a few days later for the purposes of my own archive. What are you thinking, Mr. Pr...
The NSA, Germany, and journalism 21 Aug 2013 | 01:48 am
Look at the home pages of two major German news sites today, August 20. The Süddeutsche Zeitung talks about the government forcing the Guardian to destroy computers holding leaked NSA data in “a scene...
NSA by the numbers 11 Aug 2013 | 05:26 am
Fear not, says the NSA, we “touch” only 1.6% of daily internet traffic. If, as they say, the net carries 1,826 petabytes of information per day, then the NSA “touches” about 29 petabytes a day. They d...
Prof 10 Aug 2013 | 01:37 am
I was just notified that I’m now a full professor at CUNY. I’m well aware that one could substitute faux for full as I’m not an academic; I’m a professional. So I’m all the more humbled by the title. ...
Tech companies: Whose side are you on? 9 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
I wrote this for the Guardian. I’m crossposting it here for my archive. The post is all the more relevant a day later as Google, Apple, AT&T, and Public Knowledge attend a secret White House meeting a...
Give up on the net? 8 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Die Zeit asked a handful of people to answer their question, in essence: Have big companies and the NSA ruined the internet? Or to quote the email to me: “Have all the hopes concerning the internet be...
Patches 7 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm
Tim Armstrong says he will close, sell, or find partners for 300 local Patch sites to reach profitability. I have a fourth option, Tim: Invest. Set up independent entrepreneurs — your employees, my e...
Der Spiegel & the fate of newspapers 7 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
Spiegel Online asked me to join a conversation about the fate of newspapers, prompted by Axel Springer’s sale of its local publications. The German translation is here. And here is the English text: ...
Jeff’s Post problem 6 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
One issue I’m surprised I haven’t seen discussed regarding Jeff Bezos’ acquisition of The Washington Post is what his tenure will mean to local advertisers. They don’t like him. He’s helping putting ...
Hot off the presses 6 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
Some quick thoughts on Jeff Bezos’ purchase of the Washington Post: A reporter asked me whether this was “an act of philanthropy.” Probably yes, but I hope it is much more than that. I am glad Bezos ...
