Live LIFE to the max

Remember how Google put up millions of LIFE photos online a while ago? Well, now more are coming in form of an archive service, thanks to cooperation with Getty Images. Seven million photos, dating from the early 20th century up to these days. And best of all, the photos are free for personal, non-commercial use. [...]

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Re-visioning the government

A few weeks ago I mentioned tool proposals for a “Web 2.0 government” with a suggestion brought up by a Slashdot commentator to introduce wikis for pending legislation and an issue tracker for exisiting one. Now, Tim O’Reilly proposes Barack Obama’s new government should introduce revision control for change.gov, the website of the Obama-Biden transition [...]

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LIFE in photos

Google is putting online ten million photos from the archives of LIFE magazine, many available from the first time. The earliest ones date back to the 18th century. This is cool.
[Via Helsingin Sanomat]

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(No) Mail to the Chief

Once Barack Obama assumes the U.S. presidency in two months, he will have to give up his beloved BlackBerry:
In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been [...]

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