{"id":16,"date":"2006-04-04T20:51:36","date_gmt":"2006-04-05T01:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/04\/04\/freedom-to-connect\/"},"modified":"2006-04-05T08:44:56","modified_gmt":"2006-04-05T13:44:56","slug":"freedom-to-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/04\/04\/freedom-to-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom to Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just finished two days at Freedom to Connect &#8211; two stimulating, motivating, and educating days.  It was good to catch up with some folks I&#8217;d not seen in a while, and great to meet a number of really interesting new people.  My plan was to recap some of the highlights &#8211; Martin Geddes well-constructed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telepocalypse.net\/archives\/000905.html\">argument against net neutrality<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperorg.com\/blogger\/\">Dave<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.weblogs.com\/\">Doc<\/a> show, and the rather entertaining <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantic-engineering.com\/leaders.html\">James Salter<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 (Update:\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2006\/04\/03\/no-politics-for-network-neutrality\/#comment-38660\">Priceless<\/a>.)<br \/>\nBut the Powerbook (with all my notes) simply refuses to work (thankfully, its problems only started at the end of the day), and the onset of sick has robbed me of further enthusiasm for the evening.  Manana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just finished two days at Freedom to Connect &#8211; two stimulating, motivating, and educating days. 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