Archive for June, 2008

One Laptop Per Child

June 7th, 2008

“Why would a kid in the developing world need a laptop…take the word laptop and substitute the word education…eliminate poverty create peace and work on the environment”
Nicholas Negroponte
This is the sentiment which drives Professor Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC initiative, Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab first launched his non-profit making enterprise in January 2005 […]

Net Neutrality

June 6th, 2008

The ethos that shaped the internet and made it the success it is today is under threat. Tim Berners-Lee’s gift of a free democratic World Wide Web provided a facility for personal and corporate interaction which promoted creativity, commercial enterprise and freedom of speech but all that could change in the not too distant future. […]

‘Free Culture’

June 5th, 2008

Lawrence Lessig’s final ‘Free Culture’ speech, which took place on January 31st 2008 in Stanford University, was a stirring ‘call to arms’ for the continuation of the Creative Commons movement he founded 10 years previously. Lessig has decided to shift the emphasis of his energetic input to what he perceives to be a more urgent […]

Apture

June 4th, 2008

I have discovered an interesting new application called Apture. This free communication tool which is easy to use has the potential to enhance your blog by turning static pages into a rich multimedia experience via links to related videos, articles etc.
Reviews have been mixed with some dismissing it as ‘clutter most suited to teen pages’ […]