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April 28, 2003
Access and access
I'm fond of telling people that I have two interests related to communication and technology. One is access and the other is access :). One access is related to issues of design that make information products usable. The other access is the one that is more political and social. There are obviously interesting ways to tie them together, but on the other hand, it seems impossible to become as facile in both as I'd like. Anyways, all this is a prequel to say that the reading assignment I mentioned yesterday has finally compelled me to get off my butt and give some funds to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I have some issues with Lessig's arguments, but there's one that I'm particularly interested in--his call for open spectrum (or the wireless commons). I find the implications wrt the Digital Divide very compelling. I'm intrigued by the story of Dewayne Hendricks and his experiment to provide broadband via wireless to less-than-enfranchised populations...in areas (Tonga and Native American tribal lands) where the FCC's jurisdiction isn't (apparently) an issue. Now I should probably go give Richard Stallman some money too!
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