Phoenix on Aaron’s Law
I don’t want anyone to miss the recent piece in the Providence Phoenix on the positive organizing that has emerged out of the tragic loss of Aaron Swartz, particularly around the push to pass “Aaron’s Law” to amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: There are several critiques of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Courts have [...]
House of Reps on Facebook Want to Hear From You
Progressives take note and take action: the state House of Representative’s Facebook page is now soliciting opinions on potential upcoming legislation. Recent questions include: Do you think the House and Senate should repeal the Voter ID law? Would you support a tax credit for employers who hire graduates of local colleges and universities who choose [...]
Twitter in Politics; Cicilline Responds to Tweets Today
There’s no deficit of copy dedicated to how Twitter is changing politics, such as this New York Times story from Sunday about how the micro-blogging social network platform has spawned “a revolution of sorts” in Saudi Arabia. Twitter helped me to point out to WPRO morning host Andrew Gobeil that he neglected to mention the [...]
Post-Script to TEDx PVD
Several hundred people (including professionals, academics and students) gathered at the Rhode Island School of Design’s Metcalfe Auditorium and witnessed the first-ever TEDx Providence event in the Ocean State on April 15. But at the end of the day, what does it really mean? One day after the historic event, I asked myself that very [...]
Tedx Conference Comes to Providence on April 15
TedxProvidence co-founders, Tino Chow (left) and Peter Haas (right). Tedx is coming to Providence on April 15. I recently met with one of its co-founders, Peter Haas, to discuss the upcoming event. What is TEDX? TEDx is an independently organized TED style event operated under a license from TED. According to TED: “TEDx was created [...]
First Providence Maker Monday Tonight
AS220 Labs and KippKits are hosting Providence’s first Maker Monday Meet-Up on April 2 from 7pm-10pm. Led by Brown Professor, Kipp Bradford, this is a family-friendly event which helps to turn on the maker switch that lives inside most of us! Here’s more: “Get Made Monthly!” Drinks and demos meet-up for Rhode Island Makers who design and build for fun [...]
Join David Cicilline Tonight for a Discussion on Online Safety
Rhode Islanders deserve to know that their children are attending schools where they feel they are in a safe environment. Unfortunately, as recent reports have made clear, more and more children are subjected to bullying and harassment not only at school, but also when they log on to Facebook or other social networking platforms from [...]
RI DMV: ‘Puters…yer doin’ it wrong!
In general, I’m not much for complaining about government services. Yes, pretty much everything could be a lot more efficient, but the more you know about how things work, the more you realize that budgets often determine what gets cut and what survives. But even I have my limits. To be sure, I’ll let you [...]
Providence Geeks with StudyEgg – Tonight!
Wednesday, January 18th, 2011, 5:30 – 8pm AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI FREE (buy your own food and drink – it’s cheap) RSVP at Facebook Tonight, Providence based StudyEgg… With educational costs soaring and performance…ummm…not, e-learning is heating up to become what many believe will be a trillion (yes, with a T) dollar worldwide [...]
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