I've been wanting to write about this for quite some time. Many of us are familiar with network effects within telecommunications. Fundamentally, the notion is that as the number of participants in a network increases, the value of that network increases superlinearly. Though many different theories...

Filed under: Products and services, Technology With all the gloom in the global economy, I got to wondering whether there is anything else going on in the world of business. I'm looking for growth because I think that's what will ultimately bring the economy out of the doldrums. Not surprisingly, th...

Viral Spiral is the term David Bollier coins to describe the almost magical process by which Internet users can come together to build online commons and tools. From free and open-source software, Creative Commons licenses, Wikipedia, remix music and video mashups to peer production, open science, o...

I just received word from my colleague, Vickram Crishna, over at the Village Telco project that South African athorities have confiscated their wireless equipment. Apparently, digital inclusion work is so threatening to their regulatory agency and telecom incumbent that they're more than willing to ...

Media Minutes: January 30, 2009 Media Minutes for January 30, 2009 Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement Length: 5:02 click here to download Building a fiber optic broadband network is expensive, so why not add the conduits when we dig new roads and repair old ones? And a new movie highlight...

Well if you've been following tech news today, you probably already know -- after month (years, really) of work, the MeasurementLab.net (M-Lab) initiative has now officially launched. Given how many people have been working on this project, I'm amazed it didn't leak. Having just launched, I've been ...

From the folks at icanhascheezburger.com. This PSA is at least as effective as NAB's. Also, less likely to be forgotten:...

Government Technology recently published my latest article on the FCC's plans for a national public safety network. Here's the text: Emergency communications save lives. The unfortunate corollary to this maxim: Communication failures kill. More attention is being focused on how to improve communicat...

Video from Friday's Wiki White House event (co-sponsored by Wired Magazine, New America Foundation, and Google) is now available: It was a fun panel (though the director's chairs always leave me wondering where to put my feet)....

I'll be presenting tomorrow over at Google's DC HQ as a part of a joint event co-sponsored by Wired Magazine, Google, and the New America Foundation. If you can't make it (and the event is now sold out, so if you haven't RSVPed, you may be out of luck, but...) don't worry -- it'll be webcast live fo...