Re: [liberationtech] $10,000: The Aaron Swartz Memorial Grants

Great initiative. Thanks for the heads up, Aaron! :) On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Aaron Greenspan wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to the mailing list, but I thought this might be of interest. > Please feel free to spread the word. > > http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/essay.html?id=83 > > T

[liberationtech] Aaron Swartz digital archive

From: David Orban "The Web team of the Internet Archive have been archiving all the aaronsw sites they are finding. But, Carl suggested we make a way for people to store digital archives related to him: email, photos, code, etc... It might be the first crowd-sourced Personal Digital Archive, or a

[liberationtech] Register Now for Big Money, Big Data and Datafest Hackathon Feb 2-3, 2013

Register Now for Big Money, Big Data and Datafest Hackathon Feb 2-3, 2013 by Gabriela Schneider Jan. 4, 2013, 12:35 p.m. Cal

Re: [liberationtech] pdftribute/library.ru

academia.edu On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Andrew Lewis wrote: > Anyone have a good interface done up, at least for academics to upload > their own stuff for now, besides gdocs? > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Andrew Lewis

Re: [liberationtech] pdftribute/library.ru

Anyone have a good interface done up, at least for academics to upload their own stuff for now, besides gdocs? On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Andrew Lewis wrote: >> So what needs to be done? > > Um... Didn't I just describe what needs t

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Reif is a very good person. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > It's worth nothing that Reif is new to being MIT President; most of > this happened under the reign of Susan Hockfield. > > NK > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Kate Krauss wrote: >> A

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

It's worth nothing that Reif is new to being MIT President; most of this happened under the reign of Susan Hockfield. NK On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Kate Krauss wrote: > A note from the president of MIT: > > To the members of the MIT community: > > Yesterday we received the shocking and te

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

A note from the president of MIT: To the members of the MIT community: Yesterday we received the shocking and terrible news that on Friday in New York, Aaron Swartz, a gifted young man well known and admired by many in the MIT community, took his own life. With this tragedy, his family and his fr

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Andrew Lewis wrote: > So what needs to be done? Um... Didn't I just describe what needs to be done? Or you don't know about gigapedia? Motivation: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012227143813304790.html Method: an .onion site (no need for exte

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

So what needs to be done? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Samuel Carlisle > wrote: >> Please Upload your Academic Papers to the web and tweet the links with >> #pdftribute > > This might be a suitable time to create an

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Samuel Carlisle wrote: > Please Upload your Academic Papers to the web and tweet the links with > #pdftribute This might be a suitable time to create an .onion resource that is actually good for the world — a gigapedia / library.nu clone that can't be shut down.

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:41:15AM -0600, Case Black wrote: > "Federal Prosecutor Ortiz does not seem like a monster in general"...of > course not, neither did Adolf Eichmann. > > This is the face of the Banality of Evil for the modern era! I've been thinking about this, and about Lessig's commen

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

A lot of what I am writing on this topic is on my google+. You don't have to be a google subscriber. Just go to plus.google.com and search for my name, and you'll find my stuff. SN On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Sheila Parks wrote: > Thanks, Shava > > I will keep on watching for your posts

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

It is part of the principles of formal nonviolence theory that you must not hold the passive evil as irredeemable and non-negotiable. This is what the truth and reconciliation process is about. Without that possibility, there is no movement forward. I believe in that process as an article of fai

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Thanks, Shava I will keep on watching for your posts I am reading this list now at any rate, so should see it easily Sheila At 02:21 PM 1/13/2013, you wrote: I was thinking the MIT meeting would be an evening sometime later in the week, but I wanted to see who showed up Tuesday, and if I coul

[liberationtech] $10,000: The Aaron Swartz Memorial Grants

Hello, I'm new to the mailing list, but I thought this might be of interest. Please feel free to spread the word. http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/essay.html?id=83 Thanks, Aaron Aaron Greenspan CodeX Fellow | Stanford Center for Legal Informatics | http://codex.stanford.edu Founder | Pla

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

I was thinking the MIT meeting would be an evening sometime later in the week, but I wanted to see who showed up Tuesday, and if I could get a small committee together so maybe a later announcement? I wanted to see if I could get an MIT person who could schedule a room. yrs, SN On Sun, Jan 13, 2

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

"Federal Prosecutor Ortiz does not seem like a monster in general... The more significant issue is that evil does not come at us with teeth bared and the smell of sulfur in the air. It comes at us in a well tailored suit and a welcoming smile; with slavish attention to following all the correct pr

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

"Federal Prosecutor Ortiz does not seem like a monster in general"...of course not, neither did Adolf Eichmann. This is the face of the Banality of Evil for the modern era! On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Shava Nerad wrote: > Federal Prosecutor Ortiz -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or ch

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Thank you, Shava, for organizing a vigil. I work on Mon and Tues When do you think you will do the one at MIT or wiil that be right after the Courthouse one on Tuesday? And thank you to all of you for discussing this tragedy I don't often comment on this list but I am so glad to be here for

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

This is what I understand of Aaron's action. First, to be clear, JSTOR settled with Aaron last summer. Aaron was trying to raise consciousness around their model. JSTOR does not pay out a penny to the author or the author's host institution. They do not pay royalties to the research funders - o

[liberationtech] Change: Bay Area Digital Democracy Gathering - Starting at Open Oakland - Jan 15

We've decided to crash the http://OpenOakland.org weekly meetup at their invitation on Tuesday evening (Jan 15). Their gathering is an open format from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. It is part of the Code for America brigade network. Then we will head over to the http://www.thetrappist.com for a round. Detail

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

..on Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:18:23PM +, Gabe Gossett wrote: > While I sympathize with the open access spirit of this thread, and have no > intention to detract from the eulogizing of Aaron Swartz, I think that in all > fairness a few things should be pointed out. > > JSTOR is not a journal pub

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

griffinthanks for that moving messageI am really glad that you are still with us. though I do not suffer from depression, I have seen the grim, suffocating pain very close up ... my father and others in family. I wish on everyone your epiphany: that we all deserve better than that. wa

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Hey all, It's hard to write about one's own experience with depression and suicide in the wake of someone's passing. Not just for the intense feelings involved, but also no one wants to direct attention away from the person who has died. As some of you mention, the fear of losing respect or