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Kreikkalaiset tuovat lahjoja

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Päivitys 30.1.: Kähy jatkuu. Valtiosihteeri Mikko Alkio on Hesarin mukaan ollut junailemassa lahjoitusta edellisessä roolissaan Microsoftin yhteiskuntasuhdevastaavana:
Alkio työskenteli vielä viime vaalikaudella pääministeri Vanhasen kabinetissa talouspoliittisena neuvonantajana.
Microsoftille Alkio siirtyi huhtikuussa sen jälkeen, kun hänen oma eduskuntavaalikampanjansa epäonnistui.
Tammikuun 16. päivänä Alkiosta tuli Mauri Pekkarisen (kesk) valtiosihteeri elinkeinoministeriöön. Alkion nykyiseen työhön kuuluu muun muassa innovaatio- ja teknologiapolitiikka ja [...]

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Linux is Green(ish)

Monday, December 10, 2007

True or False: Switching from a Windows-operated computer to a Linux-operated one could slash computer-generated e-waste levels by 50%?
The answer is: TRUE
“Industry observers quote a typical hardware refresh period for Microsoft Windows systems as 3-4 years; a major UK manufacturing organisation quotes its hardware refresh period for Linux systems as 6-8 years.”

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Work-in-progress

Friday, November 23, 2007

A four-staged analysis of levels of freedom in media & education using P2P or social media applications, as presented in the seminar “The political economy of peer production“.

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Thank you for visiting the Forest

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Had a great time in Nottingham, though didn’t see much of the forest.

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Danish cars on Swedish streets…

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

This is weird: piratebay is being followed in the physical world. Who is on to what/whom?

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Podcast: Kyberkommunismi

Friday, November 2, 2007

Esitelmä pidetty Pasilan kirjastossa 31.10., Tuomas Nevanlinnan vetämässä Ikuisesti ajassa-seminaarissa.
Esityksen slaidit on täällä.

 
icon for podpress  Kyberkommunismi [32:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Effi palkitsee

Thursday, November 1, 2007

EFFIn Digitaalinen vallankumous-seminaarin ja Isoveli-palkintojenjaon videot!

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Wikiversity/Wikimania07

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Teemu Leinonen was kind enough to invite Juha and me to collaborate on an article on some ideas on the Wikiversity; the draft is here.
Teemu also participated the Wikimania 2007, pictures and video on the site.

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Good copy, bad copy

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Post factum, kun Lex Karpela on ollut pari vuotta voimassa:
Apulaisoikeusasiamies Jukka Lindstedt pitää ongelmallisena, että viestintäkulttuuriyksikön johtaja Jukka Liedes lainmuutosta valmistellessaan oli samanaikaisesti jäsenenä tekijänoikeusjärjestöjen johtokunnissa.
Näin. “Ongelmalliselta” kuulostaa rivikansalaisestakin.
No, onneksi netistä löytyy vastalääkettä. Tanskalainen dokumentti Good Copy Bad Copy on loistava. Kannattaa ja saa katsoa. Charles Igwe from Nollywood, Nigeria: “My people have a saying: [...]

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Internet vs. Wikipedia

Thursday, October 4, 2007

I have been irritating some of my friends by claiming that Wikipedia is “bigger” (more important, more beautiful) than the Internet. In the near future, the Internet will be vaguely remembered as something tahta had something to do with the early stages of the Wikipedia(s). Walking back from the MindTrek conference today, I finally came [...]

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