A notable news item this morning is that of the United States’ lifting two bits of its sanctions on Syria, one of which happens to be its ban on the import/export of IT, including hardware and software (the other is on the exportation of goods to the Syrian aviation industry). Syrian envoy to the U.S. […]
Post-script: As my friend and colleague Ethan Zuckerman points out here, the New York Times does in fact have more of a responsibility than the Iranian blogger who reported on this story. I do still believe that we need to hold bloggers accountable as well, but in taking into consideration the fact that The Lede […]
I’ve always loved the art of complaining, particularly when the “art” bit is taken seriously. I am perhaps an expert at it – my complaining has gotten me a book deal, numerous t-shirts, gift certificates (most recently to GrubHub for helping them figure out why their site wasn’t working on my browser), coupons, and a […]