Author: gregoryheller

Yesterday DefectiveByDesign.org launched an open letter to Steve Jobs. We offered 3 concrete steps Jobs could take to show that he us willing to support his vision for “a world without DRM”.

Last fall we began working with The Montana Conservation Voters. We just launched their new website MTVoters.org. We also launched MTVotersEdFund.org, the site for their Education Fund. The 2006 election was a big one for Conservation Politics in Montana with the election of MCV endorsed US Senate Candidate John Tester.

I was cleaning up my email in box today and noticed an email from Eliot Spitzer the newly minted governor of New York State. Nothing out of the ordinary there, until i went to set up a filter to stick the email (and the barrage of subsequent ones I am sure I will get) into…

Over the weekend I read about Viacom’s efforts to fight the Youtube/Google behemoth. Today Viacom announced they have made a deal with Joost (not even in open beta yet) to distribute their content (from networks like Comedy Central and MTV). So you’ll have to wait until the summer to watch your favorite episodes of the…

A few hours ago a bunch of us got home from the 9th Ward where we volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.

I just arrived in New Orleans at the Southern Comfort Bed and Breakfast. The owner Cindee gave me a lay of the land (both the house, and what’s up in the city.) I think that we’re going to have a really good time here in the Crescent City this week.

“Open source software is like free trade, and the invisible hand of the market has the mouse now.”

It used to be so easy, just a few months ago it seemed that planting trees would be enough to offset my carbon footprint and, at the same time, help prevent soil errosion and other enviornmental problems in degraded environments.

CNN ran a report on their blog about presidential politicians’ efforts to secure domain names for their efforts. Among the list of candidates covered in the story was Tom Tancredo.

I am pretty sure I have sung the praises of “Inside Renewable Energy” before, but if you haven’t listened, take a listen to the review of 2006 episode from last week. I like listening to I.R.E. because it highlights so many amazing renewable energy projects that are taking place around the world. it is also…