Author Archives: Julia

Peak Coal

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Julia

I have a dim recollection that somewhere someone has done a set of graphs of the rapidly contracting time horizons of scientists’ and economists’ predictions of environmental and economic problems arising from climate change, biodiversity reduction, risk to food supply … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics and public policy, Environment | 39 Comments

Tuesday plagiarism bashing

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Julia

Under the wonderful post title “Copyright Infringement And A Medieval Apple Pie”, the blogger Jane Smith (not her real name, one would guess) has documented the history of an online copyright infringement. Hardly unusual, you would think, indeed the internet … Continue reading →

Posted in IT and Internet, Society, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

X marks the trust spot

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Julia

Here is a story about the internet working the way tech utopians think it should. Technology is as good or as bad as the social conditions of which it is a part, but this is one of the good stories. … Continue reading →

Posted in Geeky Musings, IT and Internet, Society | 5 Comments

Two kinds of digital people?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Julia

This post is what I would have written as a comment on Nicholas’s post Listen2Learners: 1 but it got a bit big. So is this post. The following lines of his post sparked my attention I impressed upon Peter the … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Geeky Musings, IT and Internet, Web and Government 2.0 | 9 Comments

Win, lose or draw

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Julia

Thank you Nicholas for a generous introduction, not to mention the gift of an opportunity to pontificate. And hello Troppodillarians. Formally.  Nicholas’s “formidably well read” comment in his intro was a bit OTT, replies to blog posts being an opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - national | 7 Comments