Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Berkman Spiffs Up Online Presence
As a relatively new Berkman Fellow, I'm delighted to report that the Berkman Center for Internet and Society has gone a long way towards "eating its own dog food," in the last several weeks. The Berkman home page has become a hot source of recent news and upcoming events. A Berkman blog aggregator lists Berkman bloggers and re-blogs the most recent posts from the Berkman community. I've added a Berk-stuff heading to my own blog's sidebar.
Even better, if you're a Berkman guest, or if you're walking past 1587 Mass Ave, or if you're a Berkperson and Harvard's network is down (at five nines, Harvard would already owe me several centuries), you can use Radio Free Berkman, our open Wi-Fi hotspot, as easily as you can use the hotspot in your local cafe. As readers of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace know, in most cases, "you cannot connect your machine to the net at Harvard unless your machine is registered -- licensed, approved, verified" (p.26). So Radio Free Berkman is an important step, maybe even a bellweather.
Kudos to the hard-working staff of the Berkman Center for the hard work behind all these improvements!
Even better, if you're a Berkman guest, or if you're walking past 1587 Mass Ave, or if you're a Berkperson and Harvard's network is down (at five nines, Harvard would already owe me several centuries), you can use Radio Free Berkman, our open Wi-Fi hotspot, as easily as you can use the hotspot in your local cafe. As readers of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace know, in most cases, "you cannot connect your machine to the net at Harvard unless your machine is registered -- licensed, approved, verified" (p.26). So Radio Free Berkman is an important step, maybe even a bellweather.
Kudos to the hard-working staff of the Berkman Center for the hard work behind all these improvements!
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