Berkman Center

Berkman Center Announces 2010-2011 Fellows

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 26, 2010

Jailbreak! Facebook privacy, what now? WikiLeaks; the digital LLC; and much more...in this week's BUZZ...

30 jul 2010

Radio Berkman 160: Business, Meet Web

This week on Radio Berkman: Berkman fellow and Law Lab co-director Oliver Goodenough speaks with Zeba Kahn about Vermont's virtual business laws...

29 jul 2010

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Next week, Kate Crawford of the University of New South Wales joins us to discuss "Art of noise: Mobile social media and attention."

28 jul 2010

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Berkman Luncheon Series

The Tension between User-centered Design and E-government Services

Nalini Kotamraju, University of Twente, Netherlands

E-government services throughout the world have been plagued by lower than expected rates of adoption by individuals and institutions. A lack of user centricity in e-government services design and development has been identified as a primary reason for this slow adoption. Nalini Kotamraju of the University of Twente will present at the Berkman Center Luncheon Series.

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 19, 2010

Luis von Ahn interviewed; ICT and elections in Nigeria; race and class online; Internet anonymity in the US and China; and more...in this week's BUZZ...

23 jul 2010

Radio Berkman 159: Spare a Cycle?

This week on Radio Berkman: Luis von Ahn separates the humans from the robots, with Dan Jones...

22 jul 2010

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Next week at the Berkman Center's Tuesday Luncheon Series, Nalini Kotamraju of the University of Twente will discuss "The Tension between User-centered Design and E-government Services."

21 jul 2010

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Berkman Luncheon Series

Entrepreneurship: where are all the women and minorities?

Vivek Wadhwa

Vivek Wadhwa will discuss his research on the backgrounds and motivations of entrepreneurs; what makes them successful; what inhibits entrepreneurs; the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs; the success of Indians in Silicon Valley and the dearth of women and minorities.

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 12, 2010

"Imaginary cosmopolitanism"; what is the Net for?; Google.cn; Bilski and experimentation; 2010 Mass. Acts ch. 74, § 2; and more...in this week's BUZZ...

16 jul 2010

Videos, special coverage, and reflections from the COMMUNIA conference...

Radio Berkman 158: Thinking About Thinking About the Net

This week on Radio Berkman: David Weinberger and Tim Hwang trawl through some schools of thought about the Net...

15 jul 2010

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Next week, we will host a discussion on "ICT and Civic Engagement in Nigeria: the 2011 Presidential Election and Beyond" in Abuja, Nigeria. And Vivek Wadhwa of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and contributor to TechCrunch & BusinessWeek.com will discuss "Entrepreneurship: where are all the women and minorities?" at our weekly Tuesday Luncheon Series.

14 jul 2010

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Berkman Luncheon Series

Crowdsourcing Crisis Mapping

Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi

Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi, will present on his work on crowdsourcing crisis mapping. This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET.

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 5, 2010

Remembering Persephone Miel; e-books and marginalia; search, news, cynicism; Google in China; and more...in this week's BUZZ...

9 jul 2010

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Next week, Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi, will join us for a discussion on "Crowdsourcing Crisis Mapping."

8 jul 2010

Radio Berkman 157: Gaming Grief

This week on Radio Berkman: Professor Lisa Nakamura speaks with David Weinberger about "griefing" and how online communities respond...

8 jul 2010

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 28, 2010

Stinting the commons; public domain recapture; Net filtering in Afghanistan; Viacom v. YouTube; and more...in this week's BUZZ...

2 jul 2010

Getting empirical with Section 230 case law

Tired of discussing intermediary liability? Neither are we. Fellow David Ardia's study of all CDA section 230 cases to date is now available in the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review...

1 jul 2010

Jonathan Zittrain Named Professor of Computer Science in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Jonathan Zittrain, a leading scholar on the legal and policy issues surrounding the Internet, adds to his law school post a joint appointment to the faculty of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as Professor of Computer Science...

1 jul 2010

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Berkman Center Announces 2010-2011 Fellows

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 26, 2010

Radio Berkman 160: Business, Meet Web

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Berkman Luncheon Series

The Tension between User-centered Design and E-government Services

Nalini Kotamraju, University of Twente, Netherlands

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 19, 2010

Radio Berkman 159: Spare a Cycle?

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Berkman Luncheon Series

Entrepreneurship: where are all the women and minorities?

Vivek Wadhwa

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 12, 2010

Videos, special coverage, and reflections from the COMMUNIA conference...

Radio Berkman 158: Thinking About Thinking About the Net

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Berkman Luncheon Series

Crowdsourcing Crisis Mapping

Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 5, 2010

Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

Radio Berkman 157: Gaming Grief

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 28, 2010

Getting empirical with Section 230 case law

Jonathan Zittrain Named Professor of Computer Science in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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