Monthly Archives: September 2005

Earlier this week, Michael “Brownie” Brown, former head of FEMA, testified in Congress about the Hurricane Katrina disaster. From the transcript: SHAYS: Did you ask for a higher authority to help you out? You’re the head of FEMA, but if … Continue reading →

Interesting conversation over at Abject Learning in response to a post by Brian Lamb about, specifically, Technorati woes, and, more generally, faculty frustration with technology. More eloquent folks than I have already weighed in on this, but I feel compelled … Continue reading →

Lawrence Lessig blogged about this presentation by Dick Hardt at OSCON2005. I’ve decided that the next time I do a workshop on Powerpoint at UMW, I’m going to be showing part of this. And I’ll also show part of Lessig’s … Continue reading →

Came across Scipionus.com via Wired today. The creators of this site have created a “visual wiki” that people can use to record conditions in areas struck by Katrina. They’re using the Google Maps API to allows tagging of locations. The … Continue reading →