It’s difficult to write this blog post in the aftermath of SOPA/PIPA, but honestly, it’s just a coincidence; I discovered an old hard drive in a drawer this morning that contained photos from my first solo European trip–to Munich and Prague–in 2005. Looking through the photos, I discovered this one: Dobrá čajovna, according to Wikipedia, […]
I joined Google+ before it rolled out to the public last year, in its initial trial. At first, I was pretty excited: In the beginning, my fellow Plussers (for lack of a better term) were mostly San Franciscans, geeks, journalists, and policy wonks, and for a few weeks it felt like some weird elite playground […]
Today, Twitter announced a new system that will allow the company to geolocationally block (or, to use their terms, “withhold”) specific tweets in specific countries. On the company blog, Twitter explained: We haven’t yet used this ability, but if and when we are required to withhold a Tweet in a specific country, we will attempt […]