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- Andreas Lloyd on Two Bits
Andreas Lloyd has an excellent review of Two Bits on his blog.
I particularly appreciate this because Andreas’ work is on the Ubuntu project, and his observations of that project will be very important to understanding the ongoing process of maintaining Free Software. Since my book ends about the time Ubuntu emerged, it’s nice to know […]
- Two Bits in Tech Review
The Organ of Record of my Alma Mater, Technology Review, has published a brief review of Two Bits.
- Oh. Wow. SISU Rocks Two Bits
Two Bits has been transformed into a “SISU” document.
SISU is a formatting language (created by Ralph Amissah) that is very simple (simpler than HTML) but powerful enough to allow translation of a document into multiple formats (XML, HTML, PDF, ODT and so on). It even has a word-concordance and an MD5 hash of the […]
- Reader reactions, The Korean Internet story…
I’ve gotten various great reactions on the book, and I hope to get more…
One of the most interesting so far comes from Seo Sanghyeon, an undergrad at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, who offered this great story of the early development of the Internet in Korea:After reading Chapter 5, I thought you […]
- Book of the Week.
I’m happy being anything of the week.
So this is a special pleasure, being profiled by the Times Higher education as the book of the week. Add to that, the review is really fantastic, and the author profile reveals my gentle side… or something
- Interview with Geert Lovink
Internet-famous activist and media theorist Geert Lovink just did an email interview with me about Two Bits.
The questions were sharp and some of the very best ones I’ve been asked. The original is at Networked Cultures, but I’ve reposted it here as well.On the Culture of Free Software
Interview with Christopher Kelty
By Geert Lovink
It is still […]
- Inside Higher Ed on Two Bits
Scott McLemee at Inside Higher Ed has just published a very nice review of the Two Bits (”It’s all Geek to Me”).
Particularly clever is his distinction between nerd and geek:
We have, by contemporary standards, a mixed marriage, for I am a nerd, while my wife is a geek. A good thing no kids […]
- Two Bit Book Blog Processing Modulation Extravaganza 2008
I’m not a celebrity, but I play one on the famous internet.
This year at Harvard, I managed to fall in with a bad crowd: youth who have grown up entirely in the Internet era. They took my classes, they invited me to their absurd and wonderful conference, they’ve been making me perform […]
- Amazon, WTF? Discuss.
Since this blog is mirrored by Amazon on the book’s page, courtesy of Amazon Connect (thanks Dustin, for pointing it out!), I thought I would just say WTF?
Amazon is so freaking mysterious to me. For the weeks and months before the book was available the price dropped, and dropped, to the point where […]
- Upcoming Talks in Cambridge, MA
I’m giving two presentations about the book in Cambridge before I leave for the year.
The first will be at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society’s lunch series. I’ve been hanging out at the Berkman Center off and on this year, and I’m eager to hear from the smart people who hang out there. […]
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