A Thinking Man

I wonder what you would want on yours?
Alison DeLauzon from New York had something on hers that she never knew about, but it proved really useful.

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I think I’ve discovered something genuinely useful and am sharing this with you in the hope that if I am seriously mistaken, you will be able to point out the problems that I haven’t seen.
I stumbled across Mobyko - a free (yes, it really does seem to be free) system for backing up your mobile [...]

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A consultation is being undertaken in the UK by the industry watchdog, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), to look into the use, by newpapers, of material taken from public social networking sites. Apparently people are complaining that the information they made available to the public via sites such as MySpace, Meebo, and Facebook has [...]

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Having the right of free speech, doesn’t give you the right to repeatedly and unwantedly invade someone else’s privacy. At least, that’s what the Virginia Supreme Court has decided, and I, for one, am pleased.
Jeremy Jaynes, considered to be one of the world’s top 10 spammers in 2003, was recently convicted in Virginia for [...]

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There are press reports in the UK that the government is seriously considering legislation to force Internet service providers (ISPs) to take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads. It is estimated that 6 million broadband users illegally download files each year.
I don’t, for a minute, doubt that piracy is responsible for a slump in the [...]

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Apparently the Internet is killing culture, and the biggest culprit is the blog. According to one writer, I must therefore be one of the biggest criminals around, responsible for the collapse of Western civilization as we know it. It is a heavy burden of blame to bear, but somehow I manage to carry [...]

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“What’s right for me is compulsory for you!” At least, that’s what it is beginning to feel like. It seems that some Muslims are trying to insist that their views are given way to when they come into contact with another viewpoint. There doesn’t seem to be much room for accommodation to [...]

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Although the Internet gets unfairly blamed for all kinds of things - marital breakdown, social isolation, decline in reading standards and spelling, paedophilia - there is at least one thing in which it excels: ultra-fast spreading of communication. Because of this, little absurd gems which might otherwise be hidden, are told to the world.
The [...]

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Several years ago (at my age, I now find that precise historical details are a bit vague) I was fairly active politically. I was a signed up party member, I stood for election to the local council (failed to get elected), and beat the streets delivering leaflets and knocking on doors. During one [...]

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In an article in the Colombia Journalism Review, Chris Mooney argues for the need for bloggers to become officially organised so that we aren’t exploited. However, I remain unconvinced by his thinking.

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