Author Archives: John Mark
Do Linux Users Care About Freedom?
Over at the TuxToday blog, there’s a post about Linux users not caring about freedom – because they’d rather just use Adobe’s Flash plugin in lieu of Free Software like Gnash. Or they think Richard Stallman and the FSF are … Continue reading
Even More Fun with dapper.net
One of the challenges with getting the Voter Info Project up and running is the fact that so much of the data was in raw HTML pages, with no data feeds that could easily be imported. Remember back in the … Continue reading
The Wonder of dapper.net
As we s-l-o-w-l-y get the voter information project up and off the ground, Ilan discovered dapper.net, and I have to admit to being wholly enthralled. Take any kind of web data – HTML, RSS, XML, etc. etc. – and do … Continue reading
bytesfree-discuss mailing list
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the bytesfree-discuss mailing list. You can subscribe here.
BytesFree.org to “Launch” at SCALE
If you’ve been reading this site, you may be surprised to know that we haven’t ever officially “launched.” We just sort of came to be and started blogging on the AB 1668 process. As we look to extend the number … Continue reading
ODF Alliance Reports ‘ODF Momentum’ in 2007
As has been reported by many elsewhere, the ODF Alliance published their annual report for 2007 noting, among other things: Twelve countries and six regional governments have adopted “pro-ODF policies” The latest countries are the Netherlands and South Africa, which … Continue reading
Presidential Primaries and ‘geek’ Issues – Barack Obama
Even though I much prefer to dwell on local politics, it would seem that now is a good time to think about the presidential primaries, especially since the Feb. 5 California primary is just around the corner. On the Democratic … Continue reading
New York State Request for Public Comment Extended to Jan. 18
To give some background on this issue, New York was the 5th state last year with some form of open formats legislation: In its 2007 session, the New York State Legislature directed NYS Chief Information Officer/Director of the Office For … Continue reading
Bringing in Outside News
As you may have noticed, I’ve added a feed aggregator to more easily bring in pertinent news from the outside. So far, I’m tracking stories from the EFF, ConsortiumInfo.org, and Groklaw. If you have any requests, be sure to add … Continue reading
Voter Information Project: MPAA California PAC
After going through the California Secretary of State’s web site, I’m almost finished compiling the list of recipients of campaign funding from the MPAA California PAC. It’s quite a list!Un casino giocatore che si piega non è richiesto o non … Continue reading