Biweekly links for 03/03/2008

• Geekcorps
  • The peace corps for geeks – aims to transfer skills to entrepeneurs in developing countries.
• Ethan Zuckerman: From TED to BIL
  • Interesting list of rules for successful heretics, from Aubrey de Gray.
• Not An Employee
  • Vertical disintegration: the more complex, creative and unique a project is, the more impetus there is toward the small firm. The ultimate expression of this is the free agent.
• Jo Walton: The industrial ruins of elfland
  • “I grew up in a post-industrial landscape. I didn’t know it, of course. I thought it was normal. “
• Geldof and Bush: Diary From the Road
  • Excellent interview by Bob Geldof, going beyond the usual portrait by the journalists of either the left or the right.
• Zogby poll: Internet is the top source of news for nearly half of Americans;
  • The internet gets 50%; newspapers are at 10%.
• Judge Says Wikileaks Site Can Have Its Web Address Back – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog
  • Whither the rule of law? “At a hearing, United States District Judge Jeffrey S. White appeared at times visibly frustrated that technology might have outrun the law and that, as a result, the court might not be able to rein in information disclosed online”

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