publicdata.events > Joel Galvez
Public Data for Public Events
Public Data for Public Events is: 1. An initiative to open up the calendar data already existing in various websites. The aim is to create a public pool of data that can be used for staying up to date without having to rely on any specific platforms, websites or magazines. 2. A proposal how to associate calendar(s) with a domain name. 3. Based on the iCalendar protocol.
 · calendars · ics · standardization

en.wikipedia.org
World Standards Day
16 jul. 2008 - World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is an international day celebrated internationally each year on 14 October.[1] The day honours the efforts of the thousands of experts who develop voluntary standards within standards development organizations such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)[2], International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The aim of World Standards Day is to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers as to the importance of standardization to the global economy.
 · funny · standardization

thehmm.nl > Margarita Osipian
Going Public: How we can get off Facebook and control our own data
16 nov. 2020 - Margarita Osipian interviews Joel Galvez to talk about the power of public data and creating distributed event calendars.
 · calendars · decentralization · ics · public-domain · standardization · trust

decorrespondent.nl > Evgeny Morozov
Tegen dit verhaal over 5G kan geen samenzweringstheorie op
24 oct. 2020 - Amerika gaat de strijd aan met 5G-bouwer Huawei en andere Chinese technologiebedrijven. China’s antwoord: technologie bouwen die losstaat van de VS. En juist dat kan ervoor zorgen dat China technologisch veel geavanceerder en onafhankelijker uit deze handelsoorlog komt.
 · 5g · artificial-intelligence · china · de-americanization · dual-circulation · eu · export-controls · huawei · intellectual-property · nsa · patents · standardization · trade-wars · united-states

pluralistic.net > Cory Doctorow
Happy World Standards Day or not
18 oct. 2020 - Standardization is an amazing and terrible thing. Standards are easy to appreciate when they benefit you, and when standards aren't present, things get pretty awful, both immediately and enduringly.
 · funny · standardization

locusmag.com > Cory Doctorow
IP
7 sep. 2020 - You’ve probably heard of “open source software.” If you pay at­tention to the politics of this stuff, you might have heard of “free software” and even know a little about the ethical debate underpin­ning the war of words between these two labels. I’ve been involved since the last century, but even I never really understood what’s going on in the background until recently.
 · copyright · drm · fair-use · free-software · freedom · freedom-of-expression · google · intellectual-property · interoperability · monopolies · open-source · patents · power · standardization · switching-costs · trademarks