Open Source JavaScript Web Framework for Rich Client development. (more)

Red Herring says Carlyle has established itself as the Gate Keeper between private business interests and U.S. Defense Spending. (more)

spending by the Defense Department (more)

Stephen Downes relates Open Education to Personal Learning (PLN). *Learning and cognition happen in a network (Connectivism)... The second thing is, networks need to be open in order to function. (more)

aka Reading For Meaning? (more)

A Dave Winer term for a Web that's more writing-friendly (creation-friendly, not just words). WebLog, Wiki, Discussion Forum, etc. (more)

Bill Moyers program about nonUS (esp. Canadian, Mexican) companies suing the US for damages based on our local policies (e.g. an anti-pollution law blocking their products counts as damages for them, so NAFTA lets them sue us), and with judgments being made by "secret tribunals". (more)

The Supreme Court decided in support of Eminent Domain. Justice JohnPaulStevens was joined in the majority by Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. Justice Sandra Day O Connor's fellow dissenters were Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and ClarenceThomas. Note the "liberals" supporting the taking of property by the government. This is KeLo - 2005-02-23-Kelo[[New LondonEminent Domain]]. (more)

John Heilemann on reaction to Barack Obama's Credit Crisis 2008 Bail-Out and Economic Stimulus plans so far. (more)

John Robb supports Municipalization (Nationalization) of Electric Utility companies to support a Resilient Community model. One of the first steps is to buy back the energy system from the regional power company by condemning it (Eminent Domain) and then municipalizing it. This moves provides you with the control of the local grid. He notes: that Boulder Co is trying this now; an article comparing the Connecti Cut utility with municipal system of Norwich Ct.

(Was...) Probably the only person using Radio Userland, TWiki, and Live Journal all at the same time. (more)

to run your own internet service on a Hosted Server, rather than someone else's (esp free) WebApp. (End Of Free)

Les Orchard notes that he's been using Del.icio.us less as he uses Sharing facilities in other services (Google Reader, Twitter, etc.). And that this results in less future-asset accretion because there's no MetaTag association. Consequently, they facilitate sharing much more than search or recall, in that the richness of metadata extracted from me is reduced. Delicious kind of tricked me into doing all three at once, but newer services are more focused on me as a social entity... It's harder to find things again, thanks to missing metadata and the ephemeral nature of sharing on the real-time web. I think there's a place for Delicious, if only for those of us who like to keep track of what we've found on the web and share the results. I suspect that may be a limited, though highly motivated audience. (more)

collection of lawyers working together - Legal Service (more)

alternatives to Law Firm (more)

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Human Milk Banking Association of North America wants only donating, not selling, to happen. http://www.hmbana.org/ (more)

USV invested in the Work Market Labor Market last year. Work Market is the latest startup founded by serial entrepreneur Jeff Leventhal. Jeff has been working in this sector for the better part of twenty years and Work Market is his fourth startup. We love working with serial entrepreneurs with a deep passion for a particular domain. That's Jeff and his passion is bringing transparency and efficiency to work markets. (more)

almost-BlackMarket (more)

US Senate, South Dakota until 2004 (more)