Archive for the 'internet culture' Category

(*)Camp

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Who would like to help setup/organize an event like MindCamp or BarCamp in the Chicago-area?

I’ve been trying to figure out how I can get involved with an event like this and it finally struck me that I should try and organize it… Is there something like this going on? If so, [...]

I’m sorry…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

It’s my yearly obligation to point out today’s date…

Chicago Flash Mob

Thursday, July 31st, 2003

Tomorrow marks the first official Flash Mob in Chicago (at least the first one I’ve heard of?)… In a nutshell, a Flash Mob is a large group of people that organize to meet at a specific place at a specific time, some peaceful/strange act is performed and everyone quickly disperses. Sounds cool yet [...]

The History of Domain Names

Monday, July 21st, 2003

There’s a very good presentation online from the ILAW 2003 conference about the History of Domain Names…

(it’s appropriately subtitled, “How the Nerds Were Having A Perfectly Good Time Until The Businesspeople And Lawyers Showed Up And Ruined Everything”)

Norm-Cam

Thursday, May 8th, 2003

For those that can’t get enough Norm Abram, I proudly share with you my “find of the day”: The New Yankee Workshop Webcam (aka “YankeeCam”)

Norm is deck.

World of Ends

Friday, March 7th, 2003

What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else.