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Category Archives: NetNeutrality

FCC plans rules to enforce net neutrality

Monday, September 21, 2009

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that  the FCC will create new rules to prevent carriers from blocking, slowing or favoring particular types of content.
The FCC has used four policy princples since 2005 (download PDF) to make decisions around Net Neutrality. Now two more rules are proposed. The new rules take the positions that broadband [...]

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Useful links: usability in tweets, net neutrality, copyrights

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Twitter Postings: Iterative Design from Nielsen’s alertbox takes aim at usability in tweets.
Obama’s FCC to support Net Neutrality at The Hill. So far it’s just a promise, not a behavior.
Your copyright questions answered is a handy summary of copyright basics. Written by a copyright lawyer and published at Book by Its Cover.

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Useful Links: Photo Rights, Internet Lexicon, hCard, CollegeDegree

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Understanding Online Photo Rights This article is excellent. A must-read for students.
The Internet Lexicon appeared in honor of OneWebDay and will stay editable for 2 months. Before you try adding a spoof of your favorite Internet personality, read the rules for participation.
Getting Semantic with Microformats, Part 3: hCard A Blog Not Limited is writing the book [...]

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OneWebDay

Monday, September 22, 2008

Today is OneWebDay. It’s a day to think about issues that are important to the future of the Internet. Here is the list of ideas for how you can help with OneWebDay from the organization’s web site.
How can you help the Web on OneWebDay?
1. If you’re a Web user, use a standards-compliant Web browser like [...]

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Useful Links

Friday, August 29, 2008

9 Top CSS Essential Skills That Every Web designer Should Learn hits the nail on the head. Are you teaching these nine things?
Comcast Metered Broadband Official — Beware What You Download Wow, makes the FCC’s “reprimand” look like a joke, doesn’t it?
Related posts: The FCC Holds Hearings on the Comcast Strangle Hold on Bandwidth.

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