DI was down for a couple hours early this afternoon. Thanks to the smart guys at our hosting service to resurrect the site quickly. BTW, for those of you wondering about DI's traffic, during October, 2008, we had: 108,322 visits 72,012 unique visitors 396,280 pages downloaded. 1,053,050 files downloaded, and…
Barack Obama is going to be a big change from George W. Bush, as you can see by reviewing his transition site: Change.gov. It's gratifying to see the many enlightened changes that Barack Obama will be bringing to the way the government views and uses the Internet. For example, he…
Given that technologies such as the internet, personal connectivity, and pervasive monitoring are still in a nearly malignant growth phase, it might be useful to review the positions of the presidential candidates on technology. Keep in mind that the future of America as a technological nation is also dependent on…
Tim O'Reilly (the technology book publishing O'Reilly) lines out his technology focused assessment of why he is supporting Obama in this post on his blog. We are in unprecedented times. And folks, I'm sorry to say that the current financial meltdown is not the worst of it. Political instability around…
I'd like to do a bit here on language. Primarily on how we have seen it distorted over the last few decades. According to George Lakoff and Geoff Nunberg, the Right has seized the rhetorical high-ground and driven Liberals into defensive postures by altering or subverting the meanings of certain…