Impact!

NY Times: Online News Shakes Up Korean Politics. "Only 20 percent of the paper each day is written by staff journalists. So far, a computer check shows, there have been more than 10,000 other bylines." [Scripting News]

Heh, de Toqueville would be impressed.  This guy blows away the established media and probably had a great affect on electing the South Korean president.  Course, wouldn't happen unless folks paid attention to what he and the 10,000 other authors were saying. 

9:04:18 AM    

A Tech Extension Agent could help...

Congress has created a cybersecurity committee...  This quote shows we need a lot more coordination across all fronts on this issue:

Robert Holleyman, president and CEO of the BSA, noted that a July 2002, poll by his group of technology professionals shows a belief that the U.S. has made little progress in the previous year toward closing the gap between the risk of a major cyberattack and the nation's ability to respond. Sixty-eight percent of those responding to that poll said they believe that gap hasn't shrunk since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

"It is very encouraging that this newly created panel of lawmakers is dedicated to helping develop the tools we need to close the gap between the threats to our country's critical networks and our power to defend against them," Holleyman said in a statement.

US House adds cybersecurity subcommittee [InfoWorld: Top News]

7:14:50 AM    

What we really need is a Technology Extension Service -- for us.

The White House wants to send folks to Senegal to help with technology.  I am not denying their need, but there are so many US taxpayers and small businesses that need assistance with access, security, and process change (an important component to realizing the net benefits of technology) that I think our efforts should first be focused at home.

Why can't we support an extension service that helps folks with tech issues -- just like the cooperative extension agents helped farmers in the middle of the last century?

White House launches technological Peace Corps [InfoWorld: Top News]

7:12:46 AM    

The myth of technology

We have a state version of CIPA making its way through the legislative process.  It is identical to the federal bill and did not make the cut last year.  One of the problems is that the proponents believe that filters do just as advertised.  And, when you ask them if they would approved tax dollars buying software that only works 75-80% of the time, they respond by claiming protecting children deserves some effort.  Course, they don't have a good answer when you point out that the parents complaining of seeing porn sites (and the definition of porn ranges from victoria secret ads to the real stuff) are parents who go to libraries with filter (see, they don't work). 

Funny, when you try to get funding for a sound info tech project -- they all say the stuff never works as advertised so why fund it. 

Sides Debate Web Access in Libraries. WASHINGTON, March 5 Two visions of the Internet competed today at the Supreme Court in an argument on whether the government can require public libraries to install antipornography filters as the price for receiving federal financing for Internet access. By Linda Greenhouse. [New York Times: Politics]

7:09:09 AM    

7 Principles of Effective Blogging...

Would Covey approve?

Blog early, blog often.

Mike Sanders has been exploring habits of highly effective blogging. The series starts here.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

7:04:05 AM