Open Source Blogging

Over the last several days, many readers have asked for my take on the economic crisis. I’m not an economist - my opinion is just that of an average person who has read a number of economics books and talked to a lot of people from all walks of life. Here’s my humble take on the situation.

From Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1933 (please, listen in):

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of … Continue Reading

I had the pleasure of interviewing David from the David in Japan blog about his recent uncopyright move to make his an open source blog.

Q1: David, some would call you foolish while others view your recent move to give away your blog content for others to use and bravery. Before deciding to offer an uncopyright on your work, what went through your head?

It wasn’t quite as difficult of a decision for me as you might think. I’ve never really been a fan of copyright, at least not the current model of it. When this country (USA) started copyright was … Continue Reading

“Please Steal My Content”

Not all that long ago several very well know bloggers, whose names I recognized, Joe Pulizzi, Trent Hamm, Leo Babauta, Robert Scoble, and Chris Pirillo, took a brave new step and publicly stated that people were welcome to steal and reuse their content with their blessing. Some call it crazy, but is it?

These guys aren’t newbies to the web and with hundreds of thousands of combined daily readers of their sites, these are not blogging novices.

My first introduction to the concept of open source blogging was the post on The … Continue Reading