Wikipedia
I thought Jonathan Zittrain was a huge fan of Wikipedia because he talks about it so extensively in his book, but his crush is nothing compared to that of Andrew […]
Category Archives: daily doilies
Stem cell frenzy
How wonderful is it that stem cells are so hot while I’m finishing up my thesis? The most interesting thing is how Korea is reacting. I wonder what Hwang is […]
The Financial Crisis- Whose fault was it?
HLS hosted a panel on Thursday titled “Lemmings or Victims? Getting to the bottom of Wall Street’s role in the current financial crisis” with Professors Allen Ferrell and Howell Jackson […]
Updates from “digital” academia
* Tracy Mitrano, the January guest blogger for the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus section, has been writing some good stuff. She doesn’t present us with ground-breaking discoveries, but […]
Hwang gets ownership of (disputed) stem cell technology
Hwang Woo-suk, the disgraced veterinary scientist who published ground-breaking stem cell research based on fraudulent data, is receiving ownership of the work he did at Seoul National University (SNU) before […]
Content Ownership in the Age of Cloud Computing
It really disturbs me that services like Google and Facebook are trying to own content hosted on their sites. Until a couple years ago, I didn’t see Google as a […]
Porn Industry Needs Bailout??
The porn industry is asking for a bailout. For crying out loud. Joe Francis, maker of Girls Gone Wild, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, are asking for a $5 […]
Bad bits
Where I draw the line: The phone app that lets your “friends” know your location is where I draw the line. Sure, it can be used in a lot of […]
D. Yvette Wohn 