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Steal This Computer Book 3

Wallace Wang is a stand up comic and the author of the long running Boardwatch column "Notes from the Underground". The third edition of his guide to "what they won't tell you about the Internet", entitled Steal This Computer Book, is a simply amazing resource. It explores issues such as online censorship and filters, computer intrusion and spying, and other online abuses, as well as how to keep them from affecting you and your work. It also looks at the light and dark sides of online activism and it has a great section on computing on a shoestring budget. I highly recommend this book. Posted: 3/26/05; 3:53:45 PM #

IT Ethics Handbook

Stephen Northcutt's IT Ethics Handbook is a very valuable resource. This isn't because it clearly answers the hundreds of ethical questions it raises -- from the responsibilities of programmers and system administrators to the privacy of email -- but because it so clearly identifies these issues and calls out the range of possible answers. I can't think of a single issue that didn't have some bearing on the role of nonprofit technology professionals or the leaders responsible for setting policy in their organizations. Posted: 3/26/05; 3:53:24 PM #