Monday, February 10, 2003

Required Reading As Gillmor notes, everyone is talking about this piece.  I just skimmed it.  Although, I seem to remember a different take on the power law and social networks as discussed in Linked than Shirky takes. Blogs, Links and Readership. Clay Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality. The system assumes that later users come into an environment shaped by earlier... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] comment [] 1:59:51 PM

The dark side... Article has some insight as to the difficulty in fighting a menace, including legislation and technology. Fighting Child Pornography. Digital technology, which helps child pornographers ply their trade, is now being turned against them. By Jennifer 8. Lee. [New York Times: Technology] comment [] 8:45:06 AM