Dear Minister Stephen Conroy,
I'd like to add voice to a growing chorus of disdain.
Please don't implement mandatory filtering of the Internet.
I have three key areas of concern.
1. It will be ineffective and slow down connection speeds for everyone.
2. The government should not decide what I can and can not view in the privacy of my own home.
3. The very concept of "illegal information" needs to be examined.
Tomorrow morning I'm doing a talk at the K12 Open Minds Conference in Indianapolis.
Grab a copy of the slides: OpenRoad.pdf, view the video - and follow these links to some of the references.
Saturday 20 September is Software Freedom Day. Creative Contingencies is providing pro bono assistance to this year's event management team.
The team has sourced and secured a new venue. The Hub@Docklands is the community centre for Melbourne's growing waterside neighbourhood, which has a great little cinema room. A series of interesting talks covering a range of topics around technology and freedom have been scheduled to run through out the day.
There's also a light filled Atrium where free and open source software demos will showcase the technology. Visitors can take home a CD filled with applications they can use at school, at home or at work.
Co-authored by Creative Contingencies's Peter Lieverdink.
