This morning I attended a very broad and interesting side-event on “Global Information and Communication Policy” organized by Consumer’s Union. The event featured an international panel of speakers including : Luiz Fernando Marrey Moncau, Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor, Brazil Rosemary Okello-Orlale, African Woman and Child Feature Service, Kenya Bjarne Pedersen, Consumers International Andrew…
Category: Politics
NCMR Community Wireless Workshop
This morning I was at a really great panel discussion on “The Growth of Wireless Internet : From Community to Municipal to Corporate,” which featured several leading experts and activists in the field of community wireless: Dharma Dailey, Ethos Group (moderator) Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation Harold Feld, Media Access Project Michael Lewis, Wireless Harlem…
Tim Wu and Matt Stoller on Net Neutrality
The Save the Internet Coalition held a fun panel on the Net Neutrality campaign, including informative and entertaining comments by Tim Wu of Columbia University, Adam Green of Moveon.org, Frannie Welling of Free Press, Matt Stoller of MyDD.com, Scott Goodstein of Catalyst Campaigns and Azlan White, campaign activist. Here’s some quick notes from Tim Wu’s…
Live video from the Natl Conference on Media Reform
For those who aren’t able to be in Memphis for the National Conference on Media Reform, there will be live video of many of the plenary sessions, including keynotes by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bill Moyers and Sen. Bernie Sands. The organizers of the conference promise that you can also: Listen to downloadable audio of…
Groovin’ and shakin’ to save the Net
Here’s Josh Silver of Free Press revving up the crowd at the Save the Internet Party tonight in Memphis at the Gibson Guitar Factory. Later they charge onto the dance floor for the filming of a new viral video on Net Neutrality.
Off to Memphis for the weekend
I’m off to Memphis tomorrow to participate in the National Conference on Media Reform, put on by Free Press. And as excited as I am to be with 3,000 media activists, researchers and policy-makers, right now I just want me some Memphis barbeque. I have fantasies about making it out to Graceland, but I think…
Darfur, Open Source and 12-sim Monsters — just another crazy day in virtuality
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. It was a crazy flippin’ day in SL to be sure. At 2PM, I beamed into the Infinite Mind sim to catch Mia Farrow, John Heffernan and several other notable personages talking about the deteriorating situation in Darfur. Ms. Farrow spoke passionately about the…
“Videogames for Good” meeting, January 12 in Memphis
Just got an email from Suzanne Seggerman, head of Games for Change, that they will be organizing a session on "Videogames for Good" at the upcoming National Conference on Media Reform in Memphis this coming weekend. Why a session on videogames? Here’s what Suzanne writes: Videogames are increasingly ubiquitous. More than half of all Americans…
SL briefing with Rep. George Miller during opening of 110th Congress (pics & my notes)
As previously reported, today at noon the 110th session of the US Congress opened, with the main action being the swearing in of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Representative Pelosi gave quite a rousing and statesman-like address, highlighting the main goals of the first 100 hours of the Congress. Meanwhile, a small group…
110th Congress opens today: virtual viewing in Second Life!
Today at noon the 110th Congress opens with an ambitious "100 hour" agenda being pushed by the majority Democrats. Among the initiatives the Dems hope to push through are an increase in the minimum wage, support for stem cell research, and enacting the 9/11 Commission recommendations. Meanwhile, in Second Life, the marketing firm Clear Ink…