Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
A person living in Arlington, Virginia, measured his Internet connection quality using the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Broadband Test. He found his Internet download speed to be about 750 kilobits per second (kbits/s). Studying Akamai data on observed average Internet speeds, I found that only about 2% of Internet addresses (from business and residential users) … Continue reading understanding lack of interest in broadband speed
A guard at Revealing Culture stopped visitors from taking photographs. That doesn’t make art accessible. Embrace sharing to make art accessible. … Read the post making art exhibits accessible
Children playing in an artistic vision of a dystopian world. … Read the post don’t let this happen to us
On this day, a century ago, the U.S. Congress established federal communication regulation under the Mann-Elkins Act. The Mann-Elkins Act, enacted on June 18, 1910, extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to interstate communications. Central principles of communications common carrier regulation thus have roots in the Interstate Commerce Commission’s regulation of railroads. The … Continue reading a century of U.S. federal communications regulation
If you have a problem, an old bicycle inner tube probably can fix it. For example, the velcro on my saddle bag was failing. I secured it with an old bicycle inner tube. Another problem: the pannier on my commuting bike would fall off when I hit a big bump. I secured it with an … Continue reading bike inner tubes better than duct tape