Data is the new oil. Big data is poised to transform society. Soon everybody from individuals to government will be measuring and optimizing everything possible. In the meantime, though, lots of things may go wrong. Continue reading
They had copied all my articles. No problem
Saturday morning I discovered that a certain Web services company had integrally copied on their own website, without even proper attribution, most of the articles I have written for a magazine. Do they believe Continue reading
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Tagged attention economy, copyright, file sharing, free knowledge, intellectual property, piracy
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The biggest lie on the Internet…
is that ridiculous disclaimer plastered over too many clueless websites Continue reading
Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of open office formats?
Twelve (TWELVE!!!) years ago I asked OpenOffice users “Are you advocating OO correctly”. Six years ago I said the same things in a different format. A couple of weeks ago, I came across a perfect proof that that kind of advocay IS right, but so far has been never practiced enough. Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacy, file formats, Free Software, libreoffice, OpenOffice
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Thanks NSA for your great help. No, seriously!
Sometimes support comes in the most unexpected ways. Today the NSA, the super-secret spy agency that intercepts countless digital communications worldwide, greatly helped me, by providing evidence that a little project of mine is a really great idea that is sorely needed NOW. Continue reading
Cozy Cloud and percloud: a comparison
Shortly after launching my proposal for a personal, p2p replacement of Facebook, Gmail and similar services I was contacted by the developers of Cozy Cloud. We had a very interesting discussion, which ended with their proposal to write a post for their blog, to explain what similarities, differences and possible synergies I see between the two projects. Here I am, looking forward to your feedback! Continue reading
Percloud crowdfunding, Albanian Translation
(this is a translation in Albanian of my percloud crowdfunding call, kindly provided by Gagi Berani. An Italian translation is here. Thanks in advance to whoever may provide translations in other languages)
Permbledhje e shkurte
Unë jam një autor freelance, hulumtues, dhe aktivist që punon në çeshtjet e të drejtave digjitale dhe të Softuerit të lirë. Mund të lexoni lidhur më punën dhe background-in tim këtu. Continue reading
Here is how the percloud would work, in practice
I just got an email by somebody asking how the Free Software alternative to corporate social networks that I call percloud would work. I answered that… Continue reading
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Tagged cloud computing, data ownership, facebook, flickr, Free Software, gmail, percloud, privacy
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The real problem that the percloud wants to solve, and why it’s still necessary
Believe it or not, I only discovered arKos last Friday, through this Slashdot announcement: a project (apparently) very similar to the percloud, which is my own proposal for a Free Software alternative to Facebook, Gmail &C.
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Tagged cloud computing, data ownership, facebook, Free Software, gmail, percloud
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Who will make the percloud happen? Traditional FOSS advocates, or everybody else?
A reader of my critique to the “Linux owns the Internet” slogan just made the comment integrally copied here: Continue reading
