Category: Asides

• Freedom from porn on the iOS App Store, huh?

  Man, Apple really means business about that whole freedom from porn on the App Store thing. Serious business.

  Zeke Weeks

  November 5, 2010

  Asides, business, tech

  app store, freedom from porn, iOS, porn, Steve Jobs

• I try not to buy into the whole “Facebook is killing privacy” hype, but after seeing this in my News Feed today, I’m pretty sure they know too much: Somebody needs to warn Bill Clinton before it’s too late.

  Zeke Weeks

  November 4, 2010

  Asides, The Social Web

  facebook, fail

• Please remember to vote.

  Americans, please remember to vote this Tuesday. It’s not about left versus right, it’s about choosing our own destiny. “…for those of us who believe that government has a role to play in promoting opportunity and prosperity for all Americans, a polarized electorate isn’t good enough. Eking out a bare Democratic majority isn’t good enough.…

  Zeke Weeks

  October 31, 2010

  Asides, Politics

• P2 FTW

  I’m working on a short-turnaround project with two developers, an ERP administrator, and other stakeholders. This is typically the kind of development project where any time spent on administrative overhead or communication (and re-communication) can hold up real progress. So I set up a WordPress instance running the P2 Theme by Automattic this afternoon. P2’s…

  Zeke Weeks

  October 4, 2010

  Asides, Blogging about blogging, The Social Web

  p2, web development, wordpress

• Great Lessig Neo-Progressivism Essay

  Lawrence Lessig has an excellent column in The Huffington Post (did I just say that?) on the history of Progressivism in America and the need for a Neo-Progressive movement today. It’s not so much about liberal policy so much as it is about  dethroning  influential special interests and lobbies. I’ve always felt like America’s true…

  Zeke Weeks

  September 8, 2010

  Asides, Politics