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The Future (and a Little History) of Network Neutrality

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It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. It's quickly becoming a hot political issue in Washington, divided right down party lines. . Become educated on the issue. Think it can't happen?

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In my experience, staff members are more sensitive to this issue than visitors and members are. why not museums?

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Reflections on a Weekend with Ze Frank and His Online Community

Museum 2.0

Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Ze had issued an invite to tens of thousands of people online, and we had no idea how many people would attend, and who they are. Or that visitors form a spontaneous "laugh circle" on the floor. The museum itself was well-integrated into the event.

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The Drumbeat of Bad News in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy Sector and A Couple of Glimmers of Hope

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Certainly history can provide plenty of examples of this type of civil withering. And finally, if you're short on cash and you're a blogger, you can always write about an important issue. Be A Voice for Darfur is a petition and awareness campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. why not museums?

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them? It is a much more complex and nuanced history. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web.

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