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Wednesday, May 22, 2002

Getting the Pop!Tech Weblog under way

Hey Dave is talking about conferences and weblogging. Guess what Dave: Pop!Tech will be that conference. Last year they had 802.11 for everyone. Last year they broadcast the entire show in streaming video format. There were several bloggers in attendance (including Dan Gillmor and me -- Dan, by the way, says it's his favorite conference of the year). This year they've asked Buzz Bruggeman and me to come up with a plan. A plan for getting weblogs used everywhere at the conference. A plan for using the wireless in new ways. A plan for building on this year's theme of "Artificial Worlds." First on the list? Power strips. Last year I brought my own and my own extension cable. This year there'll be more. Of course there'll be wireless. Of course there'll be streaming video. Of course there'll be an official conference weblog that'll link to everyone's efforts. Last year we blogged and took pictures. This year? We wanna do a lot more. But, this Pop!Tech is in October, so lots of time to reveal what we'll be doing. One secret about Pop!Tech: I'm going just for the audience -- the sessions sound sorta ambiguous, just like last year. The audience is what makes this show, and sorry, you can't have dinner with some very smart people unless you come (last year I had dinner with Buzz and the president of the ACLU, try to beat that with your streaming video experience at home!). Did I mention that John Sculley and Bob Metcalfe served us ice cream last year? Here's my Pop!Tech weblog from last year: http://poptech.manilasites.com Here's the official Pop!Tech Web site: http://www.poptech.org BTW: the WWW conference in Hawaii had an IRC channel running. I loved it cause it told me what sessions to go to. [Scobleizer Radio Weblog]

I'm going to the conference this year.  Buzz is into this deal big time and he has convinced me it is the greatest thing in the world.  It would be great if Rick and Denise and Jenny and Rory and other bloggers could attend.
10:40:24 PM    

JPEG 2000 Yields Faster Image Files

The compression format that reduces the file size of most photographs for transmission over the Internet is getting a long overdue face-lift this year.  [New York Times: Technology]



10:35:55 PM    

Photographers Rethink Speed, Light, Color and the Studio

Whether in the studio or on location, professional photographers are rethinking the way they do their work because of digital technology. Photojournalists have largely moved to digital cameras, and studio and commercial photographers rely heavily on image-editing software like Photoshop to create the perfect shot. The four photographers profiled here use techniques and applications that put them in the vanguard of digital photography and imaging. Via [New York Times: Technology]



10:29:41 PM    

Liberate the public domain, one site-badge at a time

"Lessig and Co. have put up a site (designed by Metafilter Matt, no less) to track the comings and goings in the Eldred v. Ashcroft case, where the forces of good and purity face down the copyright absolutists who would keep all of human endeavor locked up behind IP laws until the heat-death of the universe. You can (and should) add a badge for the site to your blog, exhorting your readers to "Create like it's 1790," "Free the Mouse," and to watch for "When copyright attacks!" Link via [bOing bOing]



2:43:22 PM    

San Diego Court provides useful resource

From Denise:  Glen Buries, Staff Attorney to the San Diego Court Superior Court, gave me the go-ahead today to blog about this resource, "Alexandria, a collaboration for the Judiciary." The site is a virtual law library, "dedicated to and designed for the exclusive use of California judges and their in-house counsel. The goal is to centralize [their] legal research needs in a single web portal." Glen co-created the site, using FrontPage, with several colleagues in the California legal community who are acknowledged on the site's "credits" page: "At any point, any one of these people could have closed a door, and the project and this collaboration would have ended. It never happened. This website is dedicated to those who open doors and build bridges."

Alexandria offers a wealth of tools for the California judiciary, including an "Ask Alexandria!" feature and pages devoted to time management and mental health. I'm impressed by the thought that went into centralizing the Web resources a jurist might need close at hand, and by the the site's useful, entertaining and attractive format. Alexandria also rounds up links to the state's regional documents available online, "such as Municipal Codes, City Charters and Administrative Codes." As Chuck bemoaned recently, these things can be tough to track down. (FindLaw also has an excellent link list for these sorts of materials.) Congratulations to Glen and his friends for helping integrate the Web a part of the judicial library. [Bag and Baggage]

A good resource and hopefully an idea that will germinate across to other courts.  Thanks for pointing this out Denise.
2:39:37 PM    

February Bar Yields Dismal Results

February bar results in Texas and New Jersey are disappointingly low. [Story] via [TVC Alert]



11:03:09 AM    

How To Perform Legal Research

Discover resources that teach you how to perform legal research. [The Virtual Chase]



11:01:15 AM    

House Approves Bill for Child-Friendly Domain Names

The House of Representatives' approved legislation designed to cordon off a safe online "playground" for young children. House members voted 406-2 to approve the "Dot-Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002," which would mandate the creation of a "dot-kids" extension within America's sovereign "dot-us" Internet domain. [GigaLaw]

I seem to remember that ICAAN was against this, or maybe it was just Esther Dyson.   I must be missing something because it seems like a good idea to me.  It will be much easier to configure my home computer to limit my kids' access (if I want to) if all the browser has to do it limit access by the domain extension. 
10:57:22 AM    

Six Arrested in "Nigerian" E-mail Fraud

Six people were arrested in South Africa over the weekend on suspicion of being involved in the infamous "Nigerian" e-mail and letter fraud. Police in South Africa believe that the six are part of an international fraud and drug-dealing cartel, sending out thousands of e-mail and letters in an attempt to defraud. [GigaLaw]

I wonder if the guy that sent me that E-mail was arrested?  Geez, he seemed like such a good guy from the email.  Who would've guessed he would turn out to be a criminal?
10:54:19 AM    

I Know What I Should've Told That Judge

Oh, man, is it too late to get a re-trial? Because I'm sure I could think of something better to say this time. [The Onion]



10:52:24 AM    


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