Category: Technology

The Panopticon Cometh

Two examples of the official use of photos caught my eye recently: The Capital Wireless Integrated Network (or CapWIN) is a effort to “develop an interoperable first responder data communication and information sharing network” between Maryland, Virginia, and DC. The system claims 1,754 users from 47 agencies in the region, and provides secure one-to-one and […]

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Up to Twelve

I just added Yahoo360 to the list of social networking sites where I maintain active profiles. Are you on it? Click through to my profile and add me. Also, why aren’t there more Dodgeball users in DC?

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The Smartphone World’s ‘Killer Ap’?

Readers of this blog will know I’ve been a happy owner of a Treo 650 since December 2005. The device handles email, simple web browsing, text messaging and Palm Pilot functions well on top of having a great sounding phone with long battery life. Although the software could be better, the device is compact and […]

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Technology and Urban Development College Park

Update, 10/24/06: Please visit the new blog Rethink College Park College Park wants to be more “college town.” It turns out the home of the University of Maryland isn’t very college-town-y: it’s part auto-based sprawl, part dismal inner-ring suburb, and nothing like Tuscon, Ann Arbor, Madison, or any other of the country’s great college towns. […]

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Wiki the Presidency

Like many nonprofits, my old employer People For the American Way was all over the place when it came to new technology. While they had some really great staff excited about blogs, podcasts, and other new technology, some (including some young people) were skeptical and perhaps a bit afraid with how the new technologies could […]

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How Fast Is Sprint’s EV-DO?

After I asked about the service, Sprint has activated the phone-as-modem feature of the new Sprint Power Vision phone they sent me to test. The phone takes advantage of Sprint’s high-speed data network (EV-DO) to allow you to watch live and on-demand audio and video, and download and listen to music from their music store. […]

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links for 2006-03-19

Michigamua Documentary Trailer (.mov) Jamie Shenk has released a new trailer for a short documentary on Michigamua. He’s unearthed some great archival footage of the group’s induction ceremony, and the trailer includes a short piece of his interview of me. So, what’s the point of SWSX? My friend Michael ponders the meaning of the recently […]

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