Information accessibility

As presented by the brilliant Journalism 2.0-blog, the Obama administration has once again emphasized its principle of information accessibility by opening up another previously closed-off branch of US government. This time by launching USAspending.gov, a site devoted to letting “Americans see where their money goes” and putting the spotlight on the new federal budget. The […]

Proprietary inaugural stream

We’re all really excited about the inauguration of the 44th president yesterday. One of the Obama administrations focal points is the protection of the openness of the Internet. However, the official web streaming from the inauguration event did not pay homage to the promises set forth. The PlayOgg team suggested that we all write the […]

Lawrence Lessig on Colbert Report

Check out this little snippet. It’s quite funny and interesting (if you can refrain from being annoyed by Stephen Colbert’s contant if-I-interrupt-and-yell-the-highest-I-am-funny humour). Also, read the EFF (Electronica Frontier Foundation) piece.

Freeform101 added to Technorati

Finally found the time to join the Technorati phenomenon – which basically means that Freeform101 has been registeret officially to the blogosphere. Hope you’ll add it to your favorite Technorati blogs (scroll to the bottom of this page and click the ‘Add this blog to my favorites’ icon). Thanks.

The best free software

The great Lifehacker technology-blog just announced their top-50 list of the best free software right now, as voted by their readers. See the list here – with links for download and all. Check it out and make an effort to replace your proprietary software (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Creative Suite etc.) with these free […]

The OLPC now available!

I’ve been circling around the OLPC like a hungry lion around a caged gazelle for months now, waiting for it to be publicly available – and now it finally happened for the Americans. We Europeans will have to wait until December 16, unfortunately. Background info: OLPC stands for One Laptop Per Child and is the […]

Creative Commons needs you

Received a newsletter-communication yesterday from Stanford University professor and copyright activist – and perhaps most notably former Creative Commons chief – Lawrence Lessig leading my attention towards the Creative Commons fundraiser taking place right now. The Commons are dependent on our funding – in order to continue their tireless efforts to offer a strong alternative […]

Airwaves are finally voted free by FCC

From the Google/FreeTheAirwaves newsletter: “We did it. On November 4, 2008, by a vote of 5-0, the Federal Communications Commission agreed to free the unused TV airwaves for unlicensed public use. This is a tremendous victory for Internet users. Thank you for being one of the more than 20,000 who signed the Free the Airwaves […]