ONLamp.com — What Is OpenDocument:
The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is an emerging file format standard for electronic office documents. Representing a triumph of common sense over the methods conceived before the rise of the Internet, ODF’s goals are both exciting and controversial. Early adopters of the format include state and municipal governments in some near- and far-flung places, and this makes the format’s progress a thing to watch. Yet innovation theory tells us there are some hurdles we all must overcome before ODF becomes a regular topic of conversation at the ballpark. Those in the know, however, recognize that we’re in about the second inning of a barn-burner. So, grab a hot dog and a beer, and settle in for a classic.

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Here’s something infrastructural that could change several business models….

The Journal of Electronic Publishing:


The Journal of Electronic Publishing – Summer 2006 edition now available
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some of these articles are interesting.

I Am Not A Terrorist:
I am not a terrorist.
Say it in Arabic, because free speech is for everyone.

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buy the t-shirt…

YouTube – Meet Alfred – The Belgian Penguin Man:
Meet Alfred – The Belgian Penguin Man
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well… you see… the thing is… that while this penguin man is perhaps a bit extreme…. his beliefs about ‘becoming’ and ‘enacting’ are the central beliefs of careerists in modernity. I have a ton of friends that have lived their lives in a way to ‘become’ something… something that usually isn’t too far removed from being a penguin.

Making Light: Terrorists:
he says “I am not saying that the politicians and press are terrorists”. Bruce may not be saying that, but I am.

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I have to agree, and I think it is morally wrong for our own president and political parties to encourage their populace to be afraid of each other and the rest of the world. They should be trying to build a trust in the people of the world, trying not to cause blood enemies in other countries, etc.

one thing that we have to realize is that all humans in all states of the world are equal in their moral worth. citizens gain extra worth to the state, but that is not extra ‘moral’ worth. once everyone starts to realize that ‘People are not different, not monsters, and they are thinking, caring, human beings that are trying to make a better world’ If we can get people to stop thinking ‘better world for me and my friends (or others sharing similar transcendental beliefs’ and start thinking ‘better world for everyone, here, now and immanently’, then we’ve made progress.