A Web 2.0 nod to Spock and Kirk.
What if I endeavored “to construct a pneumonic memory circuit using stone knives and bear skins”?
To wit, could I recreate the NextBus system using “off the shelf” Web 2.0 infrastructure and cheap gear?
For a modestly discounted fee of $850,000? Yes! Yes! Yes!
My tinkertoy Web 2.0 application might resemble the MoloGoGo web service: (more…)
The ‘net is the new Town Commons and the commons are under attack from the same feckless monopolists that charge us $200 billion in excess fees under the ’96 Telecommunications Act provisions to provide high-speed symetrical broadband but instead pilfered the bucks.
The latest offense? Throttling ubiquitous access to ‘net-based services.
Local audio activist and muni-network proponent BrianR has covered the salient issues quite well.
If you want a 2-minute video synopsis, here’s a clip from MyDD.
A Chapel Hill municipally-sponsored network will help keep the commons free for all. Next month, if all goes well, a public forum will be held on the benfits of citizen-owned communications.
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