No maps for these territories

1. The new 2600 compilation is out 2. I get to buy it for the library. Sometimes my job is, seriously, the best thing ever. I get to think about collaboration, help people find stuff, and buy computer books. What’s not to love?

Friday was the original deadline for voting on SXSW proposals, but voting has been extended through today. May I direct your attention to two proposals: * “Too Small, Too Open: Correcting Wikipedia’s Local Failure” — a panel that if accepted I will be on! It’s about the LocalWiki project and how we can build many [...]

Today I was talking with Eugene, a Wikimedian friend of mine. He was telling me about all the Wikipedians he talked to who don’t edit anymore, or who spend their time working on institutional things like outreach instead of editing. “Man, I never have time to edit either!”  I said. We agreed this was ridiculous. [...]

I am in my mother’s family home on vacation, going through a box of her textbooks that was left in the basement, subject to the ravages of mice and time. How did they end up here? Perhaps she came home in her red VW Bug one summer near the end of college, with a box [...]

Contrary to popular and malicious rumors, I am not dead. I was just very tired after Wikimania The conferences (plural) went well. I feel relieved and happy that the first conference I have ever chaired (WikiSym) came off without major hitches. It was a rush, checking on every session, solving every registration problem, ending up [...]