June 15th, 2009 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet, Generativity | 32 Comments
That’s the question Andrew Sullivan asks as part of his blog’s extraordinary coverage of the events now taking place in Iran. The NYT has a story out with a roundup of the use of social media during the crisis, while Publius at Obsidian Wings worries that Twitter can be blocked just like any other service. […]
June 12th, 2009 | by zittrain | published in Future of the Internet | Comments Off on Musical interlude
My brother Jeff, who loves music more than I love the Internet, just played in a Bob Dylan tribute show, and there’s now video available: I was sorry to be on the wrong coast for it. I’ll be visiting at Stanford again this fall — a great piece of West Coast life for me is […]
June 8th, 2009 | by zittrain | published in university, wikipedia | 17 Comments
I was asked to give the commencement talk at my old high school this year. I wrote it out ahead of time, so figured I’d share it here —
June 7th, 2009 | by yvettewohn | published in news | Comments Off on May-June Updates
Did you know… -Prof. Z was elected to the Internet Society’s board of trustees for a three-year term. The Internet Society is an international nonprofit organisation founded in 1992 to “provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy.” – For those who missed it, the audio of the interview featured on WNPR (April 30) […]
June 5th, 2009 | by elisabeth | published in iphone | 3 Comments
—By Elisabeth Oppenheimer It’s been a while since we’ve done a roundup of what’s going on in the iPhone app world. Apple continues to reject or kill apps at a slow but steady pace. The rejections fall into a various categories: political rejections, content-based rejections (both explicable and not), and catch-all rejections of cool and useful […]
