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When Open Standards Really Matter - The Katrina Factor

Pamela Jones at GrokLaw has written a fantastic account of When Open Standards Really Matter, in the context of Hurrican Katrina. The short version is that, once again, in a horrific public emergency, the Internet succeeded as a communication network, where closed proprietary systems failed, and probably cost lives. Read it through to the end. There is much more, including a substantial followup discussion. Posted: 9/13/05; 10:50:27 PM #

Peace Activist May Be Black-Listed
	Scott Parkin is an American peace activist who was put in solitary confinement in Australia. He does Greenpeace style street theater and the like, and the government has presented no evidence of violence. The Sydney Morning Herald has details on how this may get him blacklisted from ever traveling out of the U.S again. Posted: 9/13/05; 10:45:06 PM #

LawHelp: Gulf State Legal Assistance Providers
	If you are with a New Orleans nonprofit that worries that FEMA is going to label your office as "debris" and bulldoze it, or you are in any Gulf state and need legal assistance, this LawHelp page is a good directory of assistance providers. Posted: 9/13/05; 10:37:52 PM #