Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

You can read the complete text of my congressional testimony statement (PDF format) on Benetech''s Blog or watch the video of my oral testimony, below. With the leverage of technology, and the foundation provided by well thought out intellectual property laws—and a lot of common sense—we can inspire economic growth AND social good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2009

I just received the PDF and was able to post it on Benetech's site. It was exciting to note the publication of my big article on Benetech in MIT Press' Innovations journal. As many of you know, I'm committed to doing a book (and am holed up at Caltech's Athenaeum this week working on it).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Please use open file formats (PDF is fine). How to apply: Send a cover letter, a CV/resume, and a description of an interesting piece of software you've written to hr@benetech.org. Please include the position descriptor HRP-CS in the subject line. In the cover letter, please explain what interests you about the Benetech Human Rights Program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Since almost all content for the last decade originates as a digital file, using OCR on the scanned page or the PDF image document is a painful reverse engineering process that delivers lower quality access at much greater cost than native full access.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

What if you could quickly and easily import data from other formats, like a Word document, PDF file or photograph? What if we made it easier to send data to Martus directly from a wide range of other tools, like your mobile device? What if you could just as easily get data out of Martus in a similarly wide range of formats?

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