Out of blog-character I know.
Not completely architectural on first flush. (see Bartlett's page and you'll understand).
This snow is just so dry.It makes me actually want to relive a little pieces of my childhood.
We had the chance to check out this amazing space and concept in San Fransisco today.
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"Noisebridge is a physical space open and welcoming to all, providing infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for anyone interested in programming, hardware, crafts, science, food, robotics, art, and technology. We teach, we learn, we share. With no leaders, we have one rule: 'Be excellent to each other'."
From The Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand on YouTube:
Published on May 3, 2015.
Information is changing the way we live.
Every day brings new demands from government and business for access to your information.
Privacy DOES MATTER.
We are listening to the recorded book called The Humans by Matt Haig.
Watching this video makes us feel good
and reminds us that we are...
4 Million comments on social media to the FCC led to this:
Obama urges FCC support net neutrality, "the internet is an essential part of everyday life." Treat it as "a utility."
Here's the latest post from Democracy Now: (click arrow to play vid)
The FCC "Federal Communications Commission has unveiled what he calls "the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the [agency]." Tom Wheeler backed the regulation of Internet service like a public utility in order to uphold net neutrality, the principle of a free and open Internet. The new rules would prevent Internet service providers like Comcast from blocking access to websites, slowing down content, or providing paid fast lanes for Internet service. It would also extend such protections to Internet service on cell phones and tablets. The proposal comes after the FCC received a record-setting number of public comments — nearly four million, almost all in support of strong protections. President Obama also released public statements in support of Internet protections. The FCC will vote on the plan February 26, ahead of an influx of lobbying by the telecom industry, which has also threatened to sue if the measure passes."
This beautifully paced TedxMildeHigh 2013 presentation by Pam Sandlian, Rangeview Library District director and the recipient of the 2010 Colorado Librarian of the Year Award presented by the Colorado Association of Libraries, is popular on YouTube, and timeless.
I want to include it in our space for the record.
She presents her story so simply and well. Her point is clear and easy to grasp... libraries are important now, they always will be, to everyone for his or her own reasons and for democracy to flourish.