Frank Hecker

Retired resident of Howard County, Maryland, USA. Occasional blogger. Staff writer for the Okazu yuri news and review site. Author of the book That Type of Girl: Notes on Takako Shimura's Sweet Blue Flowers.

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Longform Stories

From Bluesky to Blacksky

Part of my online presence has a new home, and why it matters.

May 16·5 min read·999 words

Math Academy, update 5: I completed Calculus II

I finish up my Math Academy education in single-variable calculus, and look forward to multivariable calculus.

Feb 8·5 min read·997 words

A year of Math Academy

I started my Math Academy one year ago. What have I learned?

Jan 10·9 min read·1657 words

(Re)creating a techno-nationalist elite

Jan 3·25 min read·4889 words

Math Academy, update 4: I completed Calculus I

I continue my Math Academy journey by trying to fill in holes in my knowledge of calculus

Nov 3·4 min read·718 words

Math Academy, update 3: I completed Linear Algebra

I report on my Math Academy progress as I complete my fourth class and finally know what an eigenvector is

Oct 6·7 min read·1383 words

On Joe Liemandt on Alpha School

My take on Joe Liemandt’s intervew on Alpha School, 2 Hour Learning, TimeBack, Incept, and scaling to a billion students

Sep 20·28 min read·5511 words

Math Academy, update 2: I completed Mathematics for Machine Learning

I report on my Math Academy progress as I complete my third class

Sep 3·7 min read·1328 words

Learning how to teleport quantum states with PhysicsGraph

PhysicsGraph proposes to do for physics what Math Academy is doing for mathematics

Aug 17·17 min read·3340 words

Math Academy, update 1: I completed Mathematical Foundations III

I report on my Math Academy progress as I complete my second class

May 19·7 min read·1252 words

Math Academy, part 11: Final thoughts

I pronounce my final verdict on Math Academy

Feb 18·16 min read·3056 words

Math Academy, part 10: Customer feedback (pedagogical)

I express my opinions on the pedagogical aspects of Math Academy.

Feb 17·16 min read·3100 words

Math Academy, part 9: Customer feedback (non-pedagogic)

I express my opinions on the non-pedagogical aspects of Math Academy.

Feb 16·13 min read·2423 words

Math Academy, part 8: Follow-up questions

I summarize answers to various questions about the Math Academy system.

Feb 15·8 min read·1509 words

Math Academy, part 7: Technology brief

I look what the technical underpinnings of the Math Academy system.

Feb 14·20 min read·3803 words

Math Academy, part 6: Customer responsibilities

I look what Math Academy students and anyone responsible for them needs to provide in the way of coaching.

Feb 13·4 min read·607 words

Math Academy, part 5: Product features

I look at the technical feautures of the Math Academy system as touted by its creators.

Feb 12·18 min read·3424 words

Math Academy, part 4: Addressing objections

I look at various objections Math Academy prospects might have, and how they can supposedly be addressed.

Feb 11·8 min read·1487 words

Math Academy, part 3: The sales pitch

I try to figure out what Math Academy is selling and why anyone should buy it.

Feb 10·11 min read·2160 words

Math Academy, part 2: A skeptical prospect

I start my exploration of Math Academy with a jaundiced view of its prospects.

Feb 9·7 min read·1355 words

Math Academy, part 1: My eigenvector embarassment

I start a series of posts on Math Academy and its system for learning mathematics.

Feb 8·6 min read·1039 words

Reflections on a new year

I look back to 2024 and forward to 2025

Jan 1·4 min read·633 words

The survival of art and artists

How will art and artists survive in the log-normally-distributed economy of attention?

Dec 30·5 min read·965 words

Subvert, the would-be “Mondragon of Music”

A new venture seeks to become a “collectively owned Bandcamp successor.”

Oct 20·6 min read·1064 words

Until we meet again

I say goodbye to Cohost.

Sep 29·3 min read·412 words

What makes an American an American?

I push back on Joshua Treviño’s attempt to dismiss the propositions that made America America, and Americans Americans.

Aug 7·15 min read·2874 words

Toward a consistent rating system

I try to explain how I review manga and TV shows for Okazu.

Jul 5·5 min read·879 words

New year, new blog

I’ve yet again revamped my blog (now with lost content!).

Jun 22·4 min read·659 words

“10 aspirational rules for the moral operation of a music service”

I discuss Glenn McDonald’s thoughts on running a music service.

Jun 6·2 min read·235 words

Music, Marxism, and Mekons

I discuss one of the most important post-punk bands.

Apr 9·2 min read·330 words

Goodbye, My Rose Garden

I add some thoughts to Goyavoyage’s review.

Mar 19·2 min read·322 words

My final thoughts on Cohost (well, for now at least)

Further comments on the struggles of Cohost.

Mar 13·6 min read·1175 words

Demonic controversies and other considerations

In which I contemplate fictional attitudes toward demons and other monsters.

Mar 10·14 min read·2797 words

Even Though We’re Adults

In which I comment on Takako Shimura’s latest manga series.

Feb 8·2 min read·295 words

Kase-san and Morning Glories

I add some thoughts to comments by Goyavoyage.

Feb 7·2 min read·329 words

How Do We Relationship?

In which I add some comments to a review by Goyavoyage.

Feb 6·2 min read·233 words

Last and First Men

I recommend a film based on an SF novel by Olaf Stapledon.

Jan 21·1 min read·173 words

Microculture vs. macroculture

In which I comment on Ted Gioia’s thoughts on the future of culture.

Dec 7·6 min read·1121 words

Childhood, cartoons, and capitalism

Did toy ads disguised as cartoons turn kids against capitalism?

Dec 2·6 min read·1165 words

Noblesse oblige and the future of Cohost

In which I try to convince more people to support Cohost financially.

Nov 19·12 min read·2305 words

Your destiny awaits

One of my favorite artists releases a new album.

Nov 10·1 min read·76 words

The Apothecary Diaries: manga or LN?

In which I recommend that readers read The Apothecary Diaries light novel.

Oct 28·1 min read·199 words

Music of low Kolmogorov complexity

I recommend some classics of musical minimalism.

Oct 21·6 min read·1021 words

Our band could be your life: some thoughts on BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!

In which I compare a group of anime girls to a classic punk group.

Sep 23·8 min read·1410 words

The Library-of-America-ification of science fiction

Science fiction becomes respectable, perhaps to its detriment.

Sep 18·4 min read·691 words

Bandcamp bop: our dear friend, the medic (and more)

I review my recent Bandcamp purchases.

Aug 4·3 min read·418 words

If you’d like to read about a pair of clueless crossdressers . . .

A brief note about the manga Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk.

Aug 3·1 min read·94 words

Et in suburbia ego

The spectre of death haunts a suburban neighborhood.

Jul 3·2 min read·332 words

Cohost and the value of adding by subtracting

One of my meta-Cohost posts.

Jul 1·4 min read·638 words

LLMs should recommend poetry, not write it

An actual useful use case for using an LLM.

Jun 26·7 min read·1394 words

Life imitates art in Taiwan

A real-life scandal for the DPP echoes a fictional one.

Jun 18·1 min read·181 words

That’s some pretty expensive market research

When people spend big VC money to discover what they could have found just reading my blog.

Jun 17·2 min read·283 words

How to write a book if you’re easily distracted

My personal tips on writing books and creating substantial art.

Jun 16·6 min read·1071 words

Screen reading for everyone

I discuss my involvement with NVDA and NV Access.

Jun 12·5 min read·849 words

The end of it

I explore the symbolism in the final scene of a beloved film.

Jun 9·4 min read·799 words

Charmed life, charming video

I take another opportunity to promote my favorite outsider house producer.

Jun 9·1 min read·76 words

Democracy with Taiwanese characteristics

A review of the Taiwanese TV series _Wave Makers_.

May 28·8 min read·1503 words

Great songs by the Smiths

I list my favorite songs by the Smiths.

May 20·4 min read·642 words

American stories

Two stories a century apart explore the immigrant experience.

May 15·11 min read·2017 words

Art is a community not a commodity

Much art is important to you to the extent that you know the people making it.

Apr 12·2 min read·381 words

The algorithms behind the recommendations

And where to learn more about them.

Mar 22·2 min read·392 words

Initial thoughts on GPT-4

What I learned about the latest AI hype.

Mar 15·6 min read·1008 words

That Typo of Girl

I look back on when I self-published a book about a yuri manga.

Mar 13·13 min read·2500 words

(Almost) all politics is local

If you want to effect political change, try working in your own backyard..

Mar 11·8 min read·1420 words

I fought the power law and the power law won

My thoughts on the sources of inequality on Patreon and elsewhere.

Feb 26·14 min read·2725 words

The end of GAP

I summarize my final thoughts on GAP: The Series.

Feb 20·5 min read·832 words

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 2

I continue to try to explain logarithms to myself.

Feb 12·8 min read·1431 words

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 1

I try to explain to myself how logarithms work.

Feb 11·11 min read·2200 words

Patreon earnings per patron and “1,000 true fans”

I look at Patreon earnings per patron, and how possible it is to acquire 1,000 true fans.

Feb 6·3 min read·403 words

A better way to elect the Howard County Board of Education

Howard County parents and other voters deserve a way to vote for the Board of Education that truly reflects their preferences.

Jan 28·16 min read·3103 words

A few more yuri manga recommendations

In which I recommend some yuri manga titles of note.

Jan 25·3 min read·449 words

The number of patrons per Patreon project is log-normally distributed

What it says in the title.

Jan 24·2 min read·234 words

Life in Patreonia: Inequality in the “creator economy”

If Patreon were a country, it would be the most unequal country in the world.

Jan 21·14 min read·2614 words

Thugs at the Ren Faire

We love stories about the thuggish rulers of yore.

Jan 16·5 min read·907 words

My dear boy, why don’t you just try writing?

Prompting ChatGPT to write a story seems more difficult than just writing one yourself.

Jan 12·2 min read·341 words

Ozu’s “Early Summer” seems pretty darn queer to me

I explore how the central film of the Noriko trilogy questions heteronormativity.

Jan 1·30 min read·5925 words

Why I like Cohost

My thoughts on why Cohost is the most fun blogging site I’ve ever used.

Dec 31·6 min read·1021 words

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the future of Europe

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is no more, but something like it may yet rise again.

Dec 31·10 min read·1924 words

Year-end recommendations (yuri or otherwise)

In which I recommend some yuri and other works I enjoyed in 2022.

Dec 26·5 min read·880 words

The liberation of the Minecraft End Poem

The story of how a game-ending poem was gifted to the world.

Dec 19·8 min read·1458 words

AI is to the world of ideas as index funds were to investing

Will LLMs disrupt human writers as index funds disrupted stock pickers?

Dec 11·9 min read·1656 words

Our lives are built upon the bones of millions

Our present-day prosperity was due in large part to the work of millions of young industrial workers.

Dec 7·10 min read·1848 words

The Framework laptop and the world machine

My new laptop shows the extent to which the world in connected.

Dec 4·4 min read·665 words

Thailand closes the Yuri GAP

With GAP: The Series, Thailand creates a GL show to rival its BL shows.

Dec 2·7 min read·1247 words

Thank you for the Wild Pink rec, whoever you are

Cohost comes through with an excellent music recommendation.

Nov 21·2 min read·272 words

Harvard considered as a long-lived biological organism

What the survival of Harvard tells us about Harvard.

Nov 19·10 min read·1935 words

Jorie Graham is on Twitter

I find a favorite poet in an unexpected place.

Nov 13·1 min read·195 words

Taiwan and the geopolitical uses of lesbian romcoms

Why is the Taiwanese government funding LGBTQ films and TV series?

Nov 5·7 min read·1325 words

Expanding the five-district Howard County Council to three members per district

Another approach to expanding the Howard County Council, still using five districts but now with three members per district.

Oct 2·10 min read·1811 words

Final thoughts on my Howard County Council redistricting proposal

In this last post of the series I talk about why I care about this, and why I did it.

Sep 26·8 min read·1529 words

Questions about my proposal for Howard County Council redistricting deserve answers

My proposal for Howard County Council expansion has raised a lot of questions. Here are my answers.

Sep 25·16 min read·3198 words

What might a more diverse and inclusive Howard County Council look like?

Here’s one example of what a more open, fair, and inclusive approach to Howard County Council redistricting could produce.

Sep 24·9 min read·1664 words

A more inclusive Howard County needs a more inclusive approach to redistricting

A county that cares about inclusivity needs an approach to council redistricting that is open to all, transparent, as fair as possible, and not controlled by partisan interests

Sep 23·9 min read·1710 words

A Howard County concerned about equity needs a more equitable way to elect its county council

Let’s elect the Howard County Council in such a way that every voter has an equal chance to express their preferences and have them matter.

Sep 22·10 min read·1983 words

A more diverse Howard County needs a more diverse county council

When we expand the Howard County Council let’s make it more reflective of the people it serves.

Sep 21·8 min read·1445 words

A bigger Howard County needs a bigger county council

Let’s expand the Howard County Council to make it more responsive to the larger population it now serves.

Sep 20·8 min read·1545 words

Remembering Michael McCall, developer of the Chrysalis

On the occasion of Michael McCall’s death I reflect on his signature achievements in Columbia, Maryland.

Aug 23·13 min read·2541 words

I wished that an AI could help me write about Madoka Magica

I got my wish, but I’m not ready to sign a contract just yet.

Jul 18·17 min read·3338 words

No more “Civility and Truth”

I’m renaming my blog and closing down my Substack newsletter.

Jun 19·3 min read·576 words

Boy’s Own Brexit, Part 2

The UK goes it alone (but not really).

Jan 1·15 min read·2976 words

A new plan for Symphony Woods

The Inner Arbor Trust is revising its plans for Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods to reflect new realities.

Dec 12·19 min read·3693 words

Final thoughts on Mozilla (for now)

Updating my analysis to reflect the renewal of the Google deal.

Aug 30·7 min read·1317 words

How Mozilla makes money and spends it

Four graphs show that almost all of Mozilla’s revenue comes from Google et al., and the majority of its expenses go to software development.

Aug 16·6 min read·1083 words

Mozilla’s uncertain future

Some thoughts on Mozilla for people who don’t know Mozilla.

Aug 14·14 min read·2619 words

Electing the Howard County Board of Education by districts makes no sense

Yes, this is another post promoting ranked choice voting.

May 15·10 min read·1903 words

Ranked choice voting questions and answers

I answer questions about ranked choice voting raised by the Howard County Charter Review Commission and others.

Mar 5·12 min read·2211 words

A better way to elect the Howard County Council

Tweaking the council redistricting process is the wrong solution. Ranked choice voting is the right one.

Mar 3·6 min read·1100 words

Fast, cheap, or good elections, pick any two

Some thoughts on the Iowa caucuses vs. the Irish general election.

Feb 9·6 min read·1123 words

More on the 5,000 "missing" affordable housing units

A clarification on the claimed shortage of affordable housing in Howard County.

Jan 4·6 min read·1083 words

Housing, schools, and public transportation

More thoughts on Howard County school redistricting and housing affordability.

Nov 21·4 min read·697 words

The case of the missing affordable housing

The story behind the claim that Howard County needs 5,000 more affordable units.

Nov 17·16 min read·3184 words

How to elevate Maryland

Maryland’s fate is tied to Baltimore’s, and Baltimore’s to creating a safe and secure city for all.

Oct 16·14 min read·2677 words

Population density in Ellicott City, Maryland

A look at the numbers at the census block group and census block levels.

Oct 9·4 min read·771 words

Population density in Columbia, Maryland

Zooming in on the Columbia CDP at the census block and block group levels

Oct 2·6 min read·1031 words

Moving to opportunity in Howard County

How welcoming should we be to those who wish to move here?

Sep 25·15 min read·2926 words

More on Howard County population density

Looking at density variations in a slightly different way.

Sep 19·3 min read·481 words

Howard County: divided by density?

Some areas of Howard County are over a hundred times more densely populated than others.

Sep 12·8 min read·1557 words

How burdened are Howard County renters and homeowners?

Housing costs as a percentage of household income across the county.

Sep 11·6 min read·1190 words

The war between city and country

Looking to the history of the UK to divine the future of the US.

Aug 28·13 min read·2411 words

No Civility and Truth this week

I'm also moving to postings every two weeks.

Aug 21·1 min read·141 words

Cold takes on hot topics

Or, why I'm slow to come to a conclusion

Aug 7·3 min read·528 words

Home value differences within Howard County

Looking at median home values and their changes across census tracts.

Jul 10·4 min read·739 words

Which areas of Howard County are most and least affluent?

I look at median household income within Howard County, Maryland, and how it has changed.

Jul 7·10 min read·1849 words

Maryland home values haven't rebounded

In real terms median home values are down 10-25% from 2006-2010 to 2013-2017.

Jul 5·3 min read·516 words

What’s a grown man doing watching anime?

Uhhh, enjoying it as a medium that tells interesting stories? Let me explain . . .

Jun 26·10 min read·1869 words

Howard County home values have not recovered

Median home values for Howard County vs. other local juridictions.

Jun 19·3 min read·593 words

What's going on with Baltimore city household income?

A closer look at Maryland median household income by county from 2006-2010 to 2013-2017.

Jun 12·4 min read·740 words

Does urban=rich, rural=poor in Virginia?

Walking through a quick data exploration and how it turned bad.

Jun 5·14 min read·2724 words

How affluent is Howard County, really?

Looking at median household income in Howard County, Maryland, over time compared to other local jurisdictions. [UPDATED]

Jun 2·6 min read·1174 words

How affluent is Maryland, really?

Looking at median household income in Maryland over time compared to DC and Virginia.

May 27·6 min read·1166 words

Getting down with data

Everyone can now work with data and visualize it. Should you?

May 22·10 min read·1856 words

No post this week

But a recommended article re housing affordability.

May 1·1 min read·188 words

Soulful Symphony elevates Howard County

Merriweather Post Pavilion gets its own resident orchestra

Apr 27·8 min read·1502 words

Want a hole? Rent a drill! Really?

Michael Munger, transaction costs, and limits to the gig economy.

Apr 17·4 min read·676 words

Subscribe to Civility and Truth

Update 2021/06/19: This post is now obsolete.

Apr 14·2 min read·314 words

Boy’s Own Brexit

The men (sic) offering idiosyncratic in-depth takes on the UK and the EU.

Apr 10·13 min read·2558 words

Welcome to the Civility and Truth newsletter

Commentary on issues relevant to Howard County, Maryland, and the world beyond.

Apr 9·3 min read·456 words

How do schools and parents matter?

I explore the ideas of Judith Rich Harris as they apply to the roles of parents and schools in Howard County and elsewhere.

Mar 3·21 min read·4104 words

The Niskanen Center’s incomplete vision

The Niskanen Center promotes a pro-market pro-government vision for the center-right, but I think the sales pitch needs to be tweaked to get at least some conservative voters to buy it.

Dec 28·27 min read·5281 words

Seven answers: Final thoughts

I present some final post-election thoughts on the issues covered in my “Seven Answers” series.

Nov 11·10 min read·1917 words

Seven answers: LGBTQIA equality

The struggle for marriage equality provides guidance for how the longer-term campaign for LGBTQIA equality might go.

Nov 3·21 min read·4131 words

No sophomore slump for OPUS Merriweather

OPUS Merriweather 2018 repeated the success of last year and improved upon it.

Oct 14·7 min read·1281 words

Seven answers: Gender equality

When it comes to gender equality, I don’t think there are any simple solutions, only tentative ways forward.

Sep 9·15 min read·2886 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 8: And the winner is . . .

I reveal the winner of the vote for best-looking Howard Couny 2018 campaign sign.

Jun 27·2 min read·256 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 7: Election day special

After you vote in today’s 2018 primary, vote for the best-looking campaign signs among those that made it to the final round.

Jun 26·2 min read·362 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 6

Here’s my final set of reviews of Howard County 2018 campaign signs.

Jun 25·9 min read·1709 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 5

I’m in the home stretch now in the race to review Howard County 2018 campaign signs.

Jun 24·10 min read·1911 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 4

My reviews of 2018 campaign signs in Howard County continue.

Jun 23·13 min read·2436 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 3

We’re halfway through my reviews of 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

Jun 22·11 min read·2139 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 2

I continue my look at 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

Jun 21·11 min read·2041 words

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 1

I take a look at 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

Jun 20·10 min read·1915 words

Seven answers: Class warfare

Is there a class war going on? Yes, but it’s also an intra-elite war with others caught in the crossfire.

May 19·17 min read·3365 words

Seven answers: Liberty, equality, and baseball

How America’s pastime illustrates the tensions and trade-offs between liberty and equality.

May 13·18 min read·3543 words

Seven answers: Racial equality

How to promote racial equality? Possible places to start: reducing crime, improving policing, and promoting voting.

Apr 15·12 min read·2333 words

If-by-socialism

“You have asked me how I feel about socialism. All right, here is how I feel about socialism.”

Mar 24·4 min read·601 words

Seven answers: Social democracy

What is social democracy? Dynamic capitalism plus liberal democracy plus an effective social safety net.

Mar 22·10 min read·1891 words

Seven answers: Wealth inequality

Is wealth inequality corrosive for democracy, and if so what then? It’s complicated . . .

Mar 20·8 min read·1537 words

Seven answers: Introduction

Even though I’m not a candidate for office, I’m going to take a shot at answering seven questions raised by Jason Booms.

Mar 20·3 min read·550 words

The politics of the future

I start a new series of semi-random posts on political themes for the 21st century.

Aug 20·4 min read·655 words

Now that the Chrysalis has been created

I have some final thoughts after completing my series on the Chrysalis and the background to its creation.

Jun 10·20 min read·3909 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Timeline

A timeline of significant events in the history of the Chrysalis and its surroundings, from 1962 to the present, with references.

Jun 3·94 min read·18622 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Details, details

Getting the details right on the Chrysalis, featuring Living Design Lab and Mahan Rykiel Associates.

Apr 21·16 min read·3179 words

Creating the Chrysalis: What comes next

Now that construction of the Chrysalis is complete, what are the next steps to fulfill the vision of Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods?

Apr 14·26 min read·5199 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Attracting the public

I discuss how the Chrysalis and Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods can attract visitors, based on research conducted by Integrated Insight.

Apr 11·23 min read·4594 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Subfloor and related construction

I present more details on the Chrysalis foundation/basement or “subfloor” and related construction, featuring the work of Whiting-Turner.

Mar 18·18 min read·3509 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Shell skin

I explain how the skin of the Chrysalis was fabricated and installed by A. Zahner Company.

Mar 4·16 min read·3126 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Shell structure

I explore the steel frame underlying the skin of the Chrysalis, as designed by the structural engineering group of Arup.

Feb 18·17 min read·3262 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Theater

I discuss how the Chrysalis will function as a professional stage, as designed by the theater consulting group of Arup.

Jan 21·15 min read·2874 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Design

I explore the design of the Chrysalis and the work of Marc Fornes, its designer.

Jan 7·50 min read·9981 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Politics and process

I discuss the various institutional activities related to implementation of the Inner Arbor plan

Jan 17·42 min read·8321 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Vision and strategy

I explore the vision for a new park in Symphony Woods and the strategy to implement it

Nov 1·22 min read·4293 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Symphony Woods

I recap the history of Symphony Woods and the various attempts over the years to develop it as a park.

Oct 25·36 min read·7074 words

Creating the Chrysalis: Introduction

In this series I explore the conception and construction of the Chrysalis amphitheater and Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods.

Oct 24·4 min read·714 words

Raising the roof at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Post Pavilion gets ready for the 21st century, and the Howard County Design Advisory Panel offers its advice.

Sep 26·11 min read·2035 words

Music worth a listen: Fromm

With the 38th Annual Korean Festival happening tomorrow, it’s a good time to highlight Korean indie folk/pop singer-songwriter Fromm.

Sep 18·5 min read·887 words

The Chrysalis and Its Cousins

As construction of the Chrysalis amphitheater begins, I look again at the structure and its architect.

Sep 12·6 min read·1169 words

This blog is moving to civilityandtruth.com

Sep 7·2 min read·349 words

Welcome to Civility and Truth

Update 2021/06/19: This post is now obsolete.

Sep 7·4 min read·720 words

Get your county government data at the OpenHoward portal

May 11·7 min read·1279 words

The Crescent development by the numbers

The Crescent development in downtown Columbia is going to be a (very) big deal.

Mar 22·8 min read·1566 words

How politicians see Howard County

Mar 21·5 min read·918 words

Useful datasets for Howard County election analysis

Mar 1·3 min read·496 words

Fun with Howard County building permit data

Feb 16·5 min read·839 words

Howard County government by the numbers

Jan 19·4 min read·794 words

The year of blogging sporadically

Jan 1·4 min read·704 words

TV worth watching: Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia’s Case Files

Nov 27·5 min read·911 words

Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods plans approved

Nov 21·7 min read·1268 words

I support the plan for Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

Nov 6·5 min read·802 words

Thank you Tom Coale

Nov 5·3 min read·501 words

Making Howard County government data of value to us all

Nov 4·8 min read·1541 words

A public service announcement

Nov 4·1 min read·184 words

TV worth watching: Manhattan

Oct 19·8 min read·1454 words

Online competency-based education

Sep 28·4 min read·652 words

Adventures in online education

Sep 9·6 min read·1103 words

The end of eMusic and me

Aug 31·10 min read·1973 words

The CA board and the Inner Arbor Trust

Jul 10·4 min read·657 words

Chrysalis designer wins World Architecture News 21 for 21 award

Jun 30·5 min read·824 words

Campaign signs 2014: Final results

Jun 25·5 min read·954 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Executive

Jun 24·5 min read·859 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Council District 1

Jun 23·4 min read·763 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Board of Education

Jun 22·6 min read·1081 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland State Senate Districts 12 and 13

Jun 21·2 min read·285 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland State Senate District 9

Jun 20·3 min read·503 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 13

Jun 19·4 min read·681 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 12

Jun 18·6 min read·1172 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 9B

Jun 17·4 min read·784 words

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 9A

Jun 15·9 min read·1650 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Judge of the Orphans' Court

Jun 14·3 min read·530 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County State’s Attorney

Jun 8·5 min read·846 words

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Sheriff

Jun 6·6 min read·1112 words

Campaign signs 2014: Judging criteria

Jun 4·6 min read·1017 words

Campaign signs 2014: A call for submissions

Jun 2·3 min read·558 words

Promoting the Inner Arbor plan

May 31·8 min read·1448 words

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: The schedule

May 30·6 min read·1088 words

On the Inner Arbor plan, listen to the people, not the protestors

May 29·5 min read·837 words

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: Projects and costs, part 2

May 27·8 min read·1578 words

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: Projects and costs, part 1

May 26·8 min read·1459 words

Talking about the Inner Arbor plan at Wine in the Woods

May 18·6 min read·1095 words

A better plan for Symphony Woods

Apr 23·10 min read·1882 words

How not to save Symphony Woods

Apr 19·10 min read·1882 words

Looking back at the Paumier plan for Symphony Woods

Apr 18·6 min read·1164 words

GGP, CA, Cy Paumier, and the battle over Symphony Woods

Apr 17·6 min read·1192 words

A walk in Symphony Woods

Apr 16·6 min read·1009 words

Five thoughts on Symphony Woods

Apr 11·14 min read·2629 words

Symphony Woods and sacred lands

Apr 9·7 min read·1367 words

The Crescent development in downtown Columbia: Areas and phases

Apr 6·6 min read·1193 words

No fooling, Columbia’s becoming a city

Apr 1·8 min read·1512 words

Parking at venues comparable to Merriweather Post Pavilion

Mar 29·8 min read·1508 words

Parking and the future of Merriweather Post Pavilion

Mar 24·10 min read·1911 words

Two visions for Symphony Woods

Mar 9·13 min read·2457 words

The Howard County Design Advisory Panel approves the Inner Arbor plan

Feb 27·2 min read·330 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 9: Piecing together the Chrysalis

Feb 25·8 min read·1425 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 8: Revising the plan

Feb 23·4 min read·733 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 7: The Butterfly

Dec 10·9 min read·1785 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 6: The Chrysalis

Dec 9·9 min read·1648 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 5

Dec 8·7 min read·1322 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 4

Dec 7·9 min read·1638 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 3

Dec 6·9 min read·1800 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 2

Dec 5·7 min read·1329 words

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 1

Dec 4·9 min read·1756 words

Thoughts on market democracy, part 2a: Society as a spontaneous order

Nov 3·7 min read·1397 words

Howard County 2012 income and inequality, part 2

Sep 23·7 min read·1306 words

Howard County 2012 income and inequality, part 1

Sep 22·8 min read·1541 words

Anime worth watching: Silver Spoon and school on the farm

Sep 21·7 min read·1392 words

People worth reading: Peter Turchin and modeling the cycles of history

Sep 1·4 min read·775 words

People worth reading: Arnold Kling and the three languages of politics

Aug 24·6 min read·1113 words

Cafes and bakeries in Ellicott City, going and coming

Aug 18·4 min read·608 words

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 3

Jun 25·4 min read·652 words

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 2

Jun 24·3 min read·511 words

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 1

Jun 23·4 min read·754 words

Tom Coale for Delegate in District 9B

Jun 22·6 min read·1076 words

Should the nation’s best library go to the mall?

Jun 9·3 min read·519 words

A new way to blog

Jun 7·2 min read·223 words

Repairing my personal infrastructure

Jun 3·1 min read·154 words

RIP Dennis Lane

May 10·3 min read·537 words

The long game in Columbia

Apr 29·4 min read·794 words

What good is economic freedom (as measured by the Mercatus Center)?

Mar 31·9 min read·1645 words

Weekend reading: Wealth and politics

Mar 23·7 min read·1338 words

Thoughts on market democracy, part 1: Capitalistic economic freedoms as vital aspects of liberty

Mar 15·14 min read·2767 words

Should Amazon control the .book domain, or Google .blog?

Mar 5·5 min read·963 words

Martin O’Malley has his eyes on the prize and off the ball

Mar 3·2 min read·394 words

The library as spiritual experience

Feb 23·2 min read·223 words

Turbocharging downtown Columbia with a new Central Branch library

Feb 23·6 min read·1160 words

Could Howard County libraries help grow Howard County’s economy?

Feb 23·4 min read·705 words

Columbia is not a gated community

Feb 13·4 min read·668 words

From Symphony Woods to the Commonwealth of Belle Isle

Feb 1·6 min read·1159 words

Weekend listening: Space and the seasons

Jan 12·4 min read·602 words

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 5

Jan 1·5 min read·830 words

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 4

Dec 31·6 min read·1197 words

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 3

Dec 30·5 min read·852 words

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 2

Dec 16·10 min read·1994 words

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 1

Dec 9·6 min read·1157 words

Weekend reading: Family ties from the Shipleys to Sasquatch

Dec 1·4 min read·703 words

Weekend reading: Dense Democrats, supercharged cities, and rural reaction then and now

Nov 24·7 min read·1218 words

Weekend reading: Whither the GOP, after the world gets eaten, and science reading and writing

Nov 17·4 min read·649 words

Why Maryland Democrats should vote NO on Question 5

Oct 27·7 min read·1217 words

Michael Chabon on Columbia and Obama

Sep 22·4 min read·626 words

Inheriting our politics, part 3

Sep 3·6 min read·1090 words

Inheriting our politics, part 2

Sep 2·5 min read·839 words

Inheriting our politics, part 1

Sep 1·5 min read·902 words

Participatory budgeting in Howard County?

Aug 30·4 min read·726 words

Ensuring the integrity of Maryland elections

Aug 18·4 min read·612 words

Korean fried chicken at BonChon in Ellicott City

Aug 17·3 min read·483 words

Free market fairness and the challenges of the 21st century

Jun 10·5 min read·828 words

How to win an STV election for Howard County Council, part 2

Jun 3·6 min read·1166 words

How to win an STV election for Howard County Council, part 1

Jun 3·5 min read·932 words

Electing a council that reflects Howard County, part 2

Jun 2·5 min read·869 words

Electing a council that reflects Howard County, part 1

Jun 2·5 min read·930 words

Beyond term limits for the Howard County Council

Jun 2·3 min read·588 words

Is there something you’d like to learn (that I can teach)?

Apr 11·4 min read·741 words

Are you a “statist”?

Mar 30·5 min read·934 words

Should Howard County Board of Education candidates take the “Audrey Test”?

Mar 19·3 min read·507 words

Howard County executives and council redistricting

Mar 16·14 min read·2694 words

Online education in Howard County

Mar 2·3 min read·538 words

Creating hyper-local Howard County ebooks

Jan 7·7 min read·1388 words

Previewing my Howard County blogging in 2012

Jan 1·4 min read·754 words

Closing the book on 2011

Dec 30·5 min read·820 words

Should Howard County elect council members at large?

Dec 18·10 min read·1857 words

Can we take the politics out of Howard County Council redistricting?

Dec 15·9 min read·1665 words

Council gerrymandering and the Howard County selectorate

Dec 13·8 min read·1501 words

Did the Howard County GOP help dig its own grave?

Dec 12·7 min read·1292 words

No Columbia, no Howard County Council?

Dec 11·4 min read·734 words

My new book on Howard County Council redistricting

Dec 7·5 min read·968 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 23

Nov 28·10 min read·1826 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 22

Nov 27·8 min read·1593 words

Weekly reading

Nov 13·4 min read·683 words

A letter to Ken Ulman

Nov 12·7 min read·1314 words

Revisiting Howard County 2010 general election predictions

Nov 7·4 min read·602 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 21

Nov 6·9 min read·1742 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 20

Nov 6·7 min read·1286 words

Changing my (blog) name, plus Plus

Oct 30·3 min read·487 words

Weekly reading

Oct 30·3 min read·471 words

Creating a blueprint for growing Maryland jobs

Oct 27·7 min read·1277 words

Does America need a good dose of instability?

Oct 23·7 min read·1237 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 19

Oct 4·6 min read·1133 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 18

Oct 2·10 min read·1956 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 17

Sep 23·6 min read·1182 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 16

Sep 19·6 min read·1111 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 15

Sep 18·6 min read·1095 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 14

Sep 17·5 min read·874 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 13

Sep 16·6 min read·1081 words

Weight loss update, month 5

Aug 17·3 min read·502 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 12

Aug 16·8 min read·1512 words

A personal milestone in math blogging

Aug 12·5 min read·913 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 11

Aug 7·9 min read·1749 words

Columbia Borders to close in next two months?

Jul 19·3 min read·576 words

Grover Norquist and Daniel Webster

Jul 16·6 min read·1053 words

Weight loss update, month 3

Jun 17·2 min read·384 words

Columbia and the structural shift to walkable urbanism

Jun 2·18 min read·3599 words

A symbol of Columbia

Jun 2·3 min read·477 words

In Howard County, should charity really begin at home?

May 19·9 min read·1650 words

Weight loss update, month 2

May 18·2 min read·342 words

My tumblr

May 14·1 min read·160 words

Post-modern politics and the Pew typology

May 6·4 min read·756 words

Last chance to give the FDA your views on consumer genetic testing services

May 2·4 min read·617 words

Weight loss update, month 1

Apr 17·2 min read·383 words

Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land

Apr 14·8 min read·1420 words

Reimagining Columbia’s village centers for the 21st century

Apr 11·22 min read·4228 words

If taxation is theft, are we recipients of stolen goods?

Mar 31·7 min read·1239 words

Bleeding heart libertarians

Mar 23·10 min read·1981 words

HoCo Rising takes on HoCo homelessness

Mar 19·1 min read·155 words

The Newt Gingrich weight-loss program

Mar 17·5 min read·935 words

Maryland says, no DTC genetic testing for you

Mar 12·6 min read·1073 words

Blog on ice

Feb 7·1 min read·115 words

Where should I bank in Ellicott City?

Jan 23·6 min read·1100 words

OpenGovernment.org comes to Maryland

Jan 20·4 min read·709 words

Back to the future in Howard County politics, part 1

Jan 19·6 min read·1170 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 10

Jan 18·8 min read·1547 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 9

Jan 17·9 min read·1775 words

Happy New Year to Howard County bloggers

Jan 1·3 min read·423 words

Looking forward to Howard County blogging in 2011

Jan 1·6 min read·1032 words

My Howard County blogging in 2010

Dec 30·8 min read·1484 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 8

Dec 25·9 min read·1682 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 7

Dec 24·9 min read·1730 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 6

Dec 16·8 min read·1424 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 5

Dec 15·5 min read·957 words

Preserving Howard County’s history, digitally

Dec 4·6 min read·1176 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 4

Dec 3·5 min read·893 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 3

Dec 2·8 min read·1487 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 2

Nov 30·6 min read·1082 words

Howard County population growth, 1950-2009

Nov 29·4 min read·756 words

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 1

Nov 28·15 min read·2993 words

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 4

Nov 17·5 min read·975 words

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 3

Nov 16·5 min read·965 words

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 2

Nov 13·8 min read·1468 words

Relative performance of candidates in District 9A and Council District 1

Nov 11·5 min read·875 words

How many people in Howard County work for the government?

Nov 9·8 min read·1564 words

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 1

Nov 7·8 min read·1500 words

A Howard County Democrat looks at Ed Priola

Oct 30·15 min read·2911 words

Unaffiliated or independent?

Oct 27·5 min read·867 words

Maryland likely voters in the 2010 general election

Oct 26·10 min read·1825 words

Howard County bloggers have fun times at Kloby’s Smokehouse

Oct 22·4 min read·651 words

Howard County likely voters in the 2010 general election, contd.

Oct 21·7 min read·1226 words

Howard County likely voters in the 2010 general election

Oct 15·8 min read·1412 words

Margins of error in Howard County polling, part 2

Oct 9·10 min read·1934 words

Margins of error in Howard County polling, part 1

Oct 8·12 min read·2376 words

How independent are Howard County independents?

Oct 3·8 min read·1504 words

Public, private, and club goods in downtown Ellicott City

Sep 27·6 min read·1108 words

Why government? Public goods

Sep 25·17 min read·3360 words

The real story on Howard County’s broadband grant

Sep 21·9 min read·1662 words

Howard County Democratic Central Committee 2010 Election Results

Sep 16·6 min read·1028 words

Howard County primary miscellany

Sep 15·5 min read·985 words

Voting for the Howard County Democratic Central Committee

Sep 12·8 min read·1513 words

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 3

Aug 28·9 min read·1772 words

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 2

Aug 28·7 min read·1351 words

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 1

Aug 28·5 min read·865 words

More on same-sex marriage and civic equality

Aug 14·6 min read·1117 words

Requiem for the Taxpayer Protection Initiative

Aug 9·3 min read·530 words

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 3

Jul 28·11 min read·2019 words

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 2

Jul 28·5 min read·893 words

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 1

Jul 28·7 min read·1204 words

Howard County and ethnic diversity in the 21st century, part 2

Jul 10·10 min read·1950 words

Howard County and ethnic diversity in the 21st century, part 1

Jul 10·5 min read·901 words

Why does Howard County have an elected school board?

Jun 20·7 min read·1377 words

Howard County and economic inclusivity in the 21st century

Jun 19·11 min read·2116 words

A visit to Kentlands

Jun 18·15 min read·2992 words

More on the Taxpayer Protection Initiative

Jun 12·9 min read·1602 words

Howard County and the 21st century suburb

Jun 9·20 min read·3956 words

What is a sense of place?

Jun 5·8 min read·1540 words

To the pseudonymous commenters of Howard County

Jun 4·4 min read·670 words

Fun times at Pure Wine Cafe

Jun 3·2 min read·311 words

A sense of place in Howard County? ctd.

Jun 2·8 min read·1579 words

June 2 meetup at Pure Wine Cafe

May 29·2 min read·356 words

Doesn’t Wilde Lake have a grocery store?

May 27·8 min read·1431 words

A sense of place in Howard County?

May 26·6 min read·1122 words

GGP and zoning referendums

May 25·3 min read·520 words

What would the Founders think about the Taxpayer Protection Initiative?

May 24·8 min read·1439 words

To the anonymous commenters of Howard County

May 19·6 min read·1094 words

Why the Taxpayer Protection Initiative is a bad idea

May 19·12 min read·2238 words

Thomas P. M. Barnett and the case for globalization

May 10·1 min read·171 words

Greg Sandow on the future of classical music

Apr 13·3 min read·578 words

eMusic to offer streaming?

Jan 2·10 min read·1805 words

Leaving Mozilla

Dec 5·4 min read·646 words

Mozilla Education: Looking back and ahead

Dec 4·10 min read·1834 words

One final day for Jetpack for Learning submissions

Dec 1·1 min read·91 words

Jetpack for Learning deadline extended

Nov 25·1 min read·179 words

Explore the skies in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge

Nov 7·1 min read·75 words

Announcing the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge

Oct 26·4 min read·659 words

Some kind of a party

Oct 18·3 min read·597 words

The story of “swindleeeee!!!”

Oct 11·3 min read·550 words

Pakman speaks

Oct 11·6 min read·1067 words

Should eMusic add streaming?

Oct 11·12 min read·2211 words

Now with Swindleeeee!!!!!

Oct 10·2 min read·257 words

Disruptive innovation in music

Sep 6·1 min read·85 words

Is eMusic moving away from the health club model?

Sep 6·6 min read·1028 words

Music and the theory of disruptive innovation

Sep 6·39 min read·7603 words

Growing open web hackers from childhood

Sep 4·5 min read·801 words

Jack Strange and the spinning beach ball of death

Aug 8·7 min read·1269 words

More on Jack Strange’s “g”

Aug 5·7 min read·1313 words

Struck by Jack Strange’s “g”

Jul 19·6 min read·1109 words

Coming to terms with contemporary art

Jul 19·4 min read·742 words

Getting back into art

Jul 19·2 min read·266 words

Relaxing at Pure Wine Cafe

Jul 9·4 min read·606 words

New Mozilla accessibility projects

Jun 30·4 min read·749 words

Obligatory Michael Jackson post

Jun 30·6 min read·1049 words

Learn about Mozilla this summer in Madrid

Jun 18·1 min read·123 words

Mozilla Education call: proposed Processing project

Jun 15·1 min read·95 words

The SoftHum workshop on teaching open source

Jun 14·5 min read·932 words

Interested in Mozilla and the future of democracy?

Jun 11·2 min read·310 words

Supplementing eMusic with other services

Jun 9·8 min read·1442 words

eMusic and my musical ‘jobs to be done’

Jun 7·5 min read·929 words

Economics of eMusic and Sony

Jun 5·8 min read·1436 words

The letter Danny Stein didn’t write

Jun 3·12 min read·2377 words

New eMusic US pricing

Jun 2·16 min read·3017 words

eMusic to offer Sony back catalog

Jun 1·12 min read·2343 words

How long until a music industry revolution?

May 29·4 min read·682 words

Hybrid organizations and maximizing public benefit

May 17·6 min read·1115 words

What is money?

May 16·3 min read·495 words

Mozilla Education call: Expanding education.mozilla.org

May 11·1 min read·75 words

Coal Fire Pizza in Ellicott City

Apr 27·6 min read·1017 words

Hybrid organizations as market disruptors

Apr 23·5 min read·916 words

Proposed Mozilla accessibility strategy

Apr 19·3 min read·427 words

Mozilla Education call: Online presentation systems

Mar 29·1 min read·186 words

Mozilla Education call: Pascal Finette and Dimdim

Mar 23·1 min read·191 words

Upcoming Mozilla Education calls

Mar 16·1 min read·152 words

Mozilla Education internship

Mar 15·2 min read·208 words

education.mozilla.org is now live

Feb 23·1 min read·164 words

New Mozilla Education weekly call

Feb 5·2 min read·352 words

Seven things

Jan 26·4 min read·723 words

Radiohead and those email addresses

Jan 21·2 min read·400 words

Mozilla-funded NVDA project gets support from Microsoft

Dec 18·3 min read·598 words

Alex Ross picks on eMusic again

Dec 13·3 min read·529 words

Machine-verified formal mathematical proofs

Dec 11·3 min read·592 words

Amazon discounted albums, surprisingly uninteresting

Nov 27·4 min read·624 words

17dots comes to Twitter

Nov 19·1 min read·72 words

Income inequality in Howard County, part 2

Nov 16·6 min read·1166 words

Income inequality in Howard County, part 1

Nov 16·8 min read·1459 words

Columbia’s account is no longer active

Nov 16·1 min read·82 words

It’s not mobile music, it’s just music

Nov 15·3 min read·593 words

So Bill Gates walks into Howard County . . .

Oct 1·4 min read·752 words

A new game for Pakman

Oct 1·3 min read·474 words

The “wealthy few” in Howard County

Sep 9·3 min read·578 words

Blogging closer to home

Sep 9·1 min read·108 words

Mozilla and certification authorities

Aug 20·9 min read·1674 words

Please welcome Mark Surman to Mozilla

Aug 19·3 min read·552 words

Is this why the Stones left eMusic?

Jul 29·5 min read·831 words

Mozilla and the future of education, part 2

Jul 25·15 min read·2906 words

Mozilla and the future of education, part 1

Jul 25·8 min read·1409 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/07/18

Jul 21·3 min read·462 words

Context comes to eMusic

Jul 17·4 min read·692 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/07/11

Jul 15·2 min read·365 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/07/04

Jul 15·2 min read·303 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/06/27

Jul 15·2 min read·371 words

What is the Mozilla DNA?

Jul 1·3 min read·577 words

Creating Mozilla Foundation 2.0

Jun 30·4 min read·637 words

Thoughts on open source and politics 2.0

Jun 23·12 min read·2288 words

Firefox 3 and the power of sustaining innovation

Jun 17·3 min read·596 words

Thanks for Firefox 3

Jun 17·3 min read·545 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/06/13

Jun 16·2 min read·342 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/06/06

Jun 9·3 min read·536 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/05/30

Jun 9·3 min read·458 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/05/23

May 28·3 min read·580 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/05/16

May 21·2 min read·315 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/05/09

May 21·2 min read·352 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/05/02

May 5·2 min read·373 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/04/25

May 5·2 min read·382 words

eMusic bids the Stones goodbye

May 3·5 min read·866 words

Paul Graham on startups as nonprofits and vice versa

Apr 23·5 min read·894 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/04/18

Apr 21·2 min read·304 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/04/11

Apr 15·2 min read·296 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/04/04

Apr 15·2 min read·301 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/03/28

Apr 15·2 min read·246 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/03/21

Mar 24·2 min read·265 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/03/14

Mar 22·2 min read·358 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/03/07

Mar 19·2 min read·307 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/02/29

Mar 6·2 min read·313 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/02/22

Mar 6·2 min read·319 words

CMO and CRM

Feb 25·4 min read·748 words

NOW Ensemble, and more on indie classical

Feb 24·3 min read·457 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/02/15

Feb 19·2 min read·293 words

Please eMusic, Select some indie classical

Feb 19·3 min read·522 words

eMusic Selects a strategy

Feb 18·5 min read·984 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/02/08

Feb 11·2 min read·350 words

Welcome to the new blog

Feb 4·2 min read·374 words

Switching to a new blog

Feb 4·1 min read·136 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/02/01

Feb 4·2 min read·321 words

Out of context

Feb 4·7 min read·1261 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/01/25

Jan 29·2 min read·290 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/01/18

Jan 22·3 min read·457 words

Swindleeeee!!!!! migration is now complete

Jan 17·1 min read·122 words

Last post before Swindleeeee!!!!! moves to wordpress.com

Jan 17·2 min read·214 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/01/11

Jan 15·3 min read·563 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2008/01/04

Jan 8·2 min read·310 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/12/28

Jan 2·2 min read·326 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/12/07

Dec 12·2 min read·318 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/11/30

Dec 3·2 min read·225 words

Minimalist road trip

Dec 1·6 min read·1105 words

Alex Ross picks on eMusic

Nov 28·4 min read·773 words

Universal cluelessness

Nov 27·2 min read·275 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/11/23

Nov 26·2 min read·301 words

Directed giving to the Mozllla Foundation

Nov 20·3 min read·556 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/11/16

Nov 19·1 min read·171 words

Mozilla Foundation grants and related expenditures for 2007

Nov 19·16 min read·3113 words

Seneca College and open source education

Nov 15·12 min read·2238 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/11/09

Nov 12·3 min read·432 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/11/02

Nov 6·2 min read·255 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/10/26

Oct 30·2 min read·209 words

Mozilla Foundation grants and related expenditures for 2006

Oct 23·11 min read·2168 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/10/19

Oct 22·1 min read·159 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/10/12

Oct 15·3 min read·438 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/10/05

Oct 8·1 min read·166 words

Thom Yorke will not be your server tonight

Oct 5·4 min read·612 words

Turning listeners into customers the Radiohead way

Oct 3·7 min read·1247 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/09/28

Oct 2·2 min read·258 words

Revisiting my Amazon predictions

Sep 29·6 min read·1116 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/09/21

Sep 24·2 min read·299 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/09/14

Sep 18·2 min read·308 words

Public draft of Mozilla Corporate Contributor License Agreement

Sep 15·5 min read·969 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/09/07

Sep 7·1 min read·152 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/08/31

Sep 6·3 min read·496 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/08/24

Aug 27·2 min read·309 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/08/17

Aug 21·3 min read·502 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/08/10

Aug 13·2 min read·343 words

Universal goes back to the future with DRM-free music

Aug 13·5 min read·993 words

To my remaining readers

Aug 13·2 min read·283 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/08/03

Aug 6·3 min read·482 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/07/20

Jul 23·2 min read·245 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/07/13

Jul 16·2 min read·398 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/07/06

Jul 9·3 min read·422 words

Proposed Mozilla accessibility vision and strategy

Jul 8·6 min read·1190 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/06/29

Jul 2·3 min read·422 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/06/22

Jun 25·3 min read·477 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/06/15

Jun 18·2 min read·323 words

David Boswell joins the Mozilla Foundation

Jun 14·2 min read·351 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/06/08

Jun 11·3 min read·535 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/06/01

Jun 5·3 min read·578 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/05/25

Jun 5·1 min read·43 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/05/18

May 21·2 min read·268 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/05/11

May 14·2 min read·339 words

eMusic jumps into bed with Alltel

May 13·2 min read·309 words

How labels could optimize eMusic vs. non-eMusic sales

May 13·15 min read·2967 words

Sympathy for the labels, part 2

May 12·8 min read·1499 words

Sympathy for the labels, part 1

May 11·5 min read·963 words

Pakman blogs

May 9·4 min read·607 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/05/04

May 7·2 min read·247 words

Goodbye labels?

May 5·3 min read·419 words

Two takes on Amazon’s digital music plans

May 3·4 min read·796 words

Mental accounting costs and the eMusic model

May 3·6 min read·1045 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/04/27

Apr 30·3 min read·455 words

My Amazon predictions: looking good so far

Apr 25·4 min read·763 words

The business case for eMusic’s Connoisseur plans

Apr 25·9 min read·1743 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/04/20

Apr 23·2 min read·326 words

17 dots plus 3 dots is too many dots

Apr 21·4 min read·607 words

In transition

Apr 18·4 min read·798 words

Labels and eMusic: Making it up on volume

Apr 18·4 min read·622 words

Amazon rumors continued

Apr 18·2 min read·253 words

Yuri’s Night and space advocacy déjà vu

Apr 17·8 min read·1435 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/04/13

Apr 16·3 min read·433 words

Hypebot’s advice for Amazon

Apr 12·6 min read·1063 words

Final thoughts (for now) on an Amazon digital music service

Apr 11·4 min read·678 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/04/06

Apr 9·2 min read·384 words

Amazon predictions, part 4: Additional digital music-related services

Apr 7·8 min read·1452 words

Amazon predictions, part 3: Adapting the eMusic subscription model

Apr 7·4 min read·736 words

Amazon predictions, part 2: Selling digital music and CDs together

Apr 7·7 min read·1386 words

Amazon predictions, part 1: The future of online music stores?

Apr 7·6 min read·1151 words

Amazon and eMusic: A match made in heaven?

Apr 3·5 min read·931 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/03/30

Apr 2·2 min read·277 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/03/23

Mar 26·2 min read·338 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/03/16

Mar 19·2 min read·399 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/03/09

Mar 19·1 min read·34 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/03/02

Mar 6·2 min read·282 words

What is eMusic’s Free Prize?

Mar 4·5 min read·873 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/02/23

Feb 26·3 min read·426 words

Memo to eMusic: Surprise me!

Feb 25·8 min read·1555 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/02/16

Feb 21·4 min read·605 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/02/09

Feb 12·3 min read·402 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/02/02

Feb 5·2 min read·237 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/01/26

Jan 29·1 min read·199 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/01/19

Jan 22·3 min read·422 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/01/12

Jan 16·2 min read·393 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2007/01/05

Jan 16·1 min read·51 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/12/29

Jan 2·1 min read·160 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/12/22

Jan 2·1 min read·51 words

Amazon versus eMusic?

Dec 20·6 min read·1105 words

eMusic mashups from eMusic’s Jon Strunk

Dec 19·2 min read·214 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/12/15

Dec 18·2 min read·277 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/12/08

Dec 11·2 min read·286 words

Firefox as a socially responsible product

Dec 10·8 min read·1596 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/12/01

Dec 4·3 min read·596 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/11/24

Nov 27·2 min read·327 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/11/17

Nov 22·4 min read·683 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/11/10

Nov 13·2 min read·366 words

Adobe, Mozilla, and Tamarin

Nov 7·7 min read·1384 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/11/03

Nov 4·2 min read·253 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/10/27

Oct 30·2 min read·364 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/10/20

Oct 23·2 min read·232 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/10/13

Oct 16·2 min read·277 words

Welcome Eudora developers!

Oct 13·1 min read·159 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/10/06

Oct 9·2 min read·263 words

Like burgers and fries: Johnny Rockets and eMusic?

Oct 7·2 min read·361 words

Songbird gets an eMusic extension (oh, and $1M too)

Oct 6·2 min read·337 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/09/29

Sep 29·3 min read·470 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/09/22

Sep 25·2 min read·211 words

eMusic to departing subscribers: We won’t forget you (not)

Sep 21·7 min read·1391 words

eMusic’s positioning: It’s just iTunes and us

Sep 20·5 min read·894 words

Interoperability lost, except at eMusic

Sep 19·3 min read·546 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/09/15

Sep 18·2 min read·213 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/09/08

Sep 18·1 min read·37 words

Subscribing to confusion: The Register on eMusic, Zune, and the iPod

Sep 16·9 min read·1674 words

Off with its head: eMusic and the Long Tail

Sep 13·7 min read·1325 words

eMusic Europe officially launches

Sep 12·2 min read·271 words

Stereophile article on Naxos’s MPkey strategy

Sep 12·3 min read·478 words

The collected wit and wisdom of eMusic’s David Pakman

Sep 11·1 min read·74 words

Pakman speaks

Sep 11·5 min read·813 words

“This is Money” gives eMusic (and iTMS) its highest rating

Sep 10·1 min read·138 words

Naxos MPkey: CD on the outside, eMusic on the inside?

Sep 5·4 min read·667 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/09/01

Sep 5·2 min read·204 words

eMusic is hiring

Sep 1·3 min read·545 words

SpiralFrog: “To think otherwise is to be ignorant”

Aug 30·2 min read·227 words

eMusic pricing, part 2: Powers of nine

Aug 30·7 min read·1231 words

Tzadik (sort of) on eMusic

Aug 29·4 min read·761 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/08/25

Aug 28·2 min read·233 words

eMusic pricing, part 1: Goldilocks and the three plans

Aug 27·5 min read·908 words

eMusic responds to UK and Europe long-term subscribers

Aug 24·6 min read·1039 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/08/18

Aug 21·2 min read·262 words

eMusic UK press (but no release)

Aug 15·2 min read·307 words

eMusic per-track pricing for the US, UK, and Europe

Aug 13·4 min read·643 words

eMusic prices for the US, UK, and rest of Europe

Aug 12·9 min read·1667 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/08/11

Aug 11·1 min read·164 words

eMusic goes eUropean

Aug 11·7 min read·1205 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/08/04

Aug 4·2 min read·245 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/28

Jul 31·1 min read·187 words

USA Today article touts eMusic

Jul 31·2 min read·215 words

A new Day for eMusic’s web site?

Jul 29·2 min read·377 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/21

Jul 25·2 min read·210 words

Extensionless URIs for Blosxom entries

Jul 23·3 min read·423 words

Usage guidelines for the feed icon

Jul 21·8 min read·1417 words

Frequently asked questions about the feed icon usage guidelines

Jul 21·9 min read·1773 words

The feedback plugin, an alternative to writeback

Jul 20·7 min read·1202 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/14

Jul 17·2 min read·218 words

eMusic toolbar for Firefox coming?

Jul 15·3 min read·438 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/07

Jul 10·1 min read·199 words

Mozilla Foundation grants

Jul 8·5 min read·943 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/30

Jul 3·1 min read·194 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/23

Jun 26·2 min read·270 words

Handling Disagreements in Open Collaborative Projects

Jun 23·24 min read·4760 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/16

Jun 22·4 min read·683 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/09

Jun 21·1 min read·43 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/02

Jun 21·1 min read·43 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/05/26

Jun 21·1 min read·43 words

More on the feed icon

Jun 16·4 min read·639 words

Industry’s obsession with DRM leaves billions on the table

Jun 15·1 min read·144 words

The feed icon as a “community mark”

Jun 14·6 min read·1148 words

The story of ’swindleeeee’

Jun 11·3 min read·579 words

Prepare to be swindleeeeed

Jun 11·2 min read·213 words

Making choice and innovation accessible to all

May 26·14 min read·2726 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/05/19

May 22·2 min read·347 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/05/12

May 14·2 min read·317 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/05/05

May 8·2 min read·336 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/04/28

May 1·2 min read·389 words

Aaron Leventhal interview on Mozilla and web accessibility

Apr 26·2 min read·247 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/04/21

Apr 25·3 min read·423 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/04/14

Apr 20·2 min read·243 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/04/07

Apr 11·2 min read·274 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/03/31

Apr 3·4 min read·725 words

CSUN 2006 conference report

Mar 29·8 min read·1492 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/03/24

Mar 27·1 min read·169 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/03/17

Mar 26·1 min read·190 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/03/10

Mar 18·2 min read·316 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/03/03

Mar 18·2 min read·285 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/02/24

Mar 18·1 min read·179 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/02/17

Mar 17·3 min read·476 words

Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/02/10

Feb 15·4 min read·744 words

Looking for contributors in the open source world

Feb 9·5 min read·926 words

Starting full-time at the Mozilla Foundation

Feb 6·2 min read·350 words

CAs, certificates, and the SSL/TLS UI

Nov 23·20 min read·3900 words

The business of CAs

Nov 21·19 min read·3772 words

Mozilla CA certificate policy approved

Nov 17·4 min read·677 words

Feedback is now welcome

Sep 22·1 min read·122 words

Asymmetric competition

Sep 9·13 min read·2473 words

The Mozilla Foundation reorganization

Aug 3·7 min read·1325 words

Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out

Jul 10·2 min read·380 words

The Firefox value network

Jun 26·10 min read·1872 words

Firefox and innovation

Jun 14·11 min read·2074 words

Mozilla CA certificate policy submitted for consideration

Apr 14·12 min read·2233 words

Draft 12 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Apr 9·4 min read·791 words

JWZ considered disruptive

Feb 26·9 min read·1624 words

Patch for atomfeed plugin (UTC dates)

Feb 20·3 min read·402 words

Feel the love: Love/Hate brand scores for Firefox, etc.

Feb 18·6 min read·1105 words

Draft 10 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Feb 16·4 min read·721 words

Full disclosure: for and against

Feb 13·15 min read·2998 words

Draft 9 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Feb 11·3 min read·504 words

Draft 8 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Feb 8·2 min read·369 words

Draft 7 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Feb 6·3 min read·412 words

Mozilla’s ECCN for U.S. export control

Jan 24·3 min read·514 words

Patch seemore plugin for full text feeds

Jan 18·1 min read·175 words

Patch for entries_cache_meta plugin (meta values)

Jan 17·3 min read·589 words

Enforcing proper use of trailing slashes

Jan 11·2 min read·338 words

My new weblog

Jan 9·2 min read·228 words

To-do list

Jan 9·4 min read·696 words

Patch for atomfeed plugin (“modified” element for feed)

Jan 9·2 min read·336 words

The lastmodified2 plugin

Jan 9·25 min read·4877 words

Validating and caching dynamic content

Jan 9·16 min read·3029 words

Copyright and license

Jan 8·6 min read·1072 words

Emptymessage patch for Apache compatibility, etc.

Jan 8·3 min read·548 words

Markdown patch for varying empty element suffixes

Jan 8·3 min read·518 words

Using the Markdown plugin

Jan 7·3 min read·432 words

Blosxom annotations

Jan 6·2 min read·326 words

Syndication feeds

Jan 5·2 min read·302 words

Markdown patch for link id bug

Dec 25·2 min read·207 words

Draft 5 of Mozilla CA certificate policy

Dec 23·2 min read·327 words

Design philosophy

Dec 11·5 min read·881 words

Colophon

Dec 11·3 min read·590 words

Mozilla CA certificate metapolicy

Dec 10·1 min read·114 words

URI rewriting and canonical URIs

Nov 18·17 min read·3329 words

Enforcing canonical URIs for Blosxom pages

Nov 18·3 min read·407 words

Accessibility statement for www.hecker.org

Oct 20·4 min read·654 words