Comments for Jon Stahl's Journal http://jstahl.org Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Failures in Generalship and the Nonprofit Sector by Jon Stahl http://jstahl.org/archives/2011/10/28/failures-in-generalship-and-the-nonprofit-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-404669 Jon Stahl Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:05 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2611#comment-404669 <p>I read it a while ago, but thanks for the reminder, I should probably re-read more closely. And, I will fix the italics (darn Wordpress default styles!).</p> I read it a while ago, but thanks for the reminder, I should probably re-read more closely. And, I will fix the italics (darn WordPress default styles!).

]]> Comment on Failures in Generalship and the Nonprofit Sector by Poppy http://jstahl.org/archives/2011/10/28/failures-in-generalship-and-the-nonprofit-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-404668 Poppy Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:11:48 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2611#comment-404668 <p>I've only skimmed the excerpt, as the italics are very hard on my eyes, and plan to read the whole article later... but wanted to comment long enough to ask if you've read Deresiewicz's "Solitude and Leadership" (http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/), which I think also highlights some failures in many institutions.</p> I’ve only skimmed the excerpt, as the italics are very hard on my eyes, and plan to read the whole article later… but wanted to comment long enough to ask if you’ve read Deresiewicz’s “Solitude and Leadership” (http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/), which I think also highlights some failures in many institutions.

]]> Comment on WSDOT traffic data: missing in action by Mark S http://jstahl.org/archives/2012/01/10/wsdot-traffic-data-missing-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-404639 Mark S Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:57:17 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2661#comment-404639 <p>Here's an idea. Did you try asking for it?</p> Here’s an idea. Did you try asking for it?

]]> Comment on WSDOT traffic data: missing in action by Jon Stahl http://jstahl.org/archives/2012/01/10/wsdot-traffic-data-missing-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-404634 Jon Stahl Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:15:22 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2661#comment-404634 <p>Ed-</p> <p>I agree: not every bit of data needs to be published. But data that is of significant public value ought to be. Given the automated nature of most data collection, and the fact that it is already sitting in networked computer systems, there is little risk of needing to pay full-time employees "just" to publish data. My feeling is: we're paying for the data to be collected, so we ought to be able to easily access it to see whether we're getting full value for our tax dollars.</p> Ed-

I agree: not every bit of data needs to be published. But data that is of significant public value ought to be. Given the automated nature of most data collection, and the fact that it is already sitting in networked computer systems, there is little risk of needing to pay full-time employees “just” to publish data. My feeling is: we’re paying for the data to be collected, so we ought to be able to easily access it to see whether we’re getting full value for our tax dollars.

]]> Comment on WSDOT traffic data: missing in action by Ed Sharpe http://jstahl.org/archives/2012/01/10/wsdot-traffic-data-missing-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-404633 Ed Sharpe Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:21:31 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2661#comment-404633 <p>I get what you are saying but where do you draw the line. Does every government agency post every bit of data collected from each of the roads maintained? Good idea, but not practical to execute. You would be paying full time employees just to "publish" traffic volumes. Not a good way to spend my tax dollars.</p> I get what you are saying but where do you draw the line. Does every government agency post every bit of data collected from each of the roads maintained? Good idea, but not practical to execute. You would be paying full time employees just to “publish” traffic volumes. Not a good way to spend my tax dollars.

]]> Comment on Photos on Facebook: some intellectual property concerns by Larry http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/11/18/photos-on-facebook-some-intellectual-property-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-404577 Larry Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:14:49 +0000 http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/archives/2007/11/18/photos-on-facebook-some-intellectual-property-concerns/#comment-404577 <p>If a person posts a photo on facebook by writing a comment and posting a photo, and the posted photo is legally copyrighted, can the photo be: 1. Legally downloaded 2. Used for personal use 3. Edited for personal use 4. Edited for commercial use 5. Can visible copyright on photo be edited out during the editing process. 6. Is authorization required by submitting photographer to perform steps 1-5 listed above?</p> If a person posts a photo on facebook by writing a comment and posting a photo, and the posted photo is legally copyrighted, can the photo be:
1. Legally downloaded
2. Used for personal use
3. Edited for personal use
4. Edited for commercial use
5. Can visible copyright on photo be edited out during the editing process.
6. Is authorization required by submitting photographer to perform steps 1-5 listed above?

]]> Comment on Re-appreciating Abraham Lincoln by David Hewitt http://jstahl.org/archives/2011/11/15/re-appreciating-abraham-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-404510 David Hewitt Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:43:58 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2607#comment-404510 <p>That's a nice letter, Ms. Katt, but scholars agree that Lincoln did not write it.</p> That’s a nice letter, Ms. Katt, but scholars agree that Lincoln did not write it.

]]> Comment on Squall: Perfect Plone blogging with Scrawl + Quills by Jon Stahl http://jstahl.org/archives/2009/05/01/squall-perfect-plone-blogging-with-scrawl-quills/comment-page-1/#comment-404503 Jon Stahl Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:19:13 +0000 http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/?p=1735#comment-404503 <p>Rebeca, sorry to hear you had problems... this article is now pretty old... for example, Plone's core discussion system has now been totally overhauled, rendering qPloneComments unnecessary for most purposes.</p> <p>I've just installed Products.QuillsEnabled 1.8a1 and Products.Scrawl 2.0b1 (the latest releases available) on Plone 4.1.2 and they seem to work just fine for me.</p> <p>I do note that Quills' "Recent Comments" portlet breaks, probably because it is not yet aware of Plone's new comment system. However, you could easily disable that portlet and replace it with a Collection portlet to find recent comments.</p> <p>If you or anyone is having difficulties with anything related to Plone, please come join us either in the #plone IRC channel or on the Plone-users/general support email list at http;//plone.org/support. I can't really provide support via blog comment threads. :-)</p> Rebeca, sorry to hear you had problems… this article is now pretty old… for example, Plone’s core discussion system has now been totally overhauled, rendering qPloneComments unnecessary for most purposes.

I’ve just installed Products.QuillsEnabled 1.8a1 and Products.Scrawl 2.0b1 (the latest releases available) on Plone 4.1.2 and they seem to work just fine for me.

I do note that Quills’ “Recent Comments” portlet breaks, probably because it is not yet aware of Plone’s new comment system. However, you could easily disable that portlet and replace it with a Collection portlet to find recent comments.

If you or anyone is having difficulties with anything related to Plone, please come join us either in the #plone IRC channel or on the Plone-users/general support email list at http;//plone.org/support. I can’t really provide support via blog comment threads. :-)

]]> Comment on Squall: Perfect Plone blogging with Scrawl + Quills by Rebeca http://jstahl.org/archives/2009/05/01/squall-perfect-plone-blogging-with-scrawl-quills/comment-page-1/#comment-404497 Rebeca Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:56:08 +0000 http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/?p=1735#comment-404497 <p>I installed qPloneComments, QuillsEnabled, and Scrawl - all the most current versions - on a clean instance of Plone, and still came up with the same anonymous author error. Someone from the QuintaGroup responded to me as well, saying they came up with the same problem and that "QuillsEnabled overrides some discussion functionality. It has to be customized to work as expected.</p> I installed qPloneComments, QuillsEnabled, and Scrawl – all the most current versions – on a clean instance of Plone, and still came up with the same anonymous author error. Someone from the QuintaGroup responded to me as well, saying they came up with the same problem and that “QuillsEnabled overrides some discussion functionality. It has to be customized to work as expected.

]]> Comment on Re-appreciating Abraham Lincoln by Sophia Katt http://jstahl.org/archives/2011/11/15/re-appreciating-abraham-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-404421 Sophia Katt Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:54:12 +0000 http://jstahl.org/?p=2607#comment-404421 <p>The Gettysburg Address is okay. But I like this letter of his:</p> <p>https://nrsl.wordpress.com/2004/09/17/a-letter-from-abraham-lincoln-to-his-son%E2%80%99s-head-master/</p> <p>Especially the part about the eternal mystery of birds in the sky.</p> The Gettysburg Address is okay. But I like this letter of his:

https://nrsl.wordpress.com/2004/09/17/a-letter-from-abraham-lincoln-to-his-son%E2%80%99s-head-master/

Especially the part about the eternal mystery of birds in the sky.

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