John Perry Barlow Recalls A 12 year-old Aaron Swartz
EFF and Freedom of the Press co-founder John Perry Barlow will be appearing with Freedom of the Press co-founder and executive director Trevor Timm, and Brian Knappenberger, Director of “The Internet’s...
View ArticleCome to Today’s Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon
TICKETS TO EVENING EVENT Hello there :-) I wanted to take a moment to fill you in on everything going on this weekend. In San Francisco, we have a hackathon going on, with an upstairs, where speakers...
View ArticleTaking A Break To Watch History Unfold Real Quick… and Archive It!
Hi Folks, We’ve decided to take just two days off from publishing Aaron Swartz Day content, and pick up Wednesday morning with the videos and transcripts from last this last weekend’s event. Remember...
View ArticleOrtiz is Retiring – January 11 Approaching…
Be sure to tweet your January 11 events to us, so we can let everyone know about them. Well, Carmen Ortiz is finally retiring: From a Daily Beast article, that gets it about right (although it spells...
View ArticleDiscount Ticket Codes
As of Saturday, November 4th – 6 am PST, there are two different discount ticket codes in play right now: “Student” Discount: Select: “EDUCATIONAL GROUPS” ticket – Use promo code “THINKER” ($50 off =...
View ArticleBig Weekend At The Internet Archive – John Perry Barlow Symposium and AGI &...
We wanted to make sure that everyone knew about two important events happening this weekend at the Internet Archive. The first is a John Perry Barlow Symposium from 2pm-6pm – which we think might...
View ArticleA Little Note About All John Perry Stuff We’ve Been Publishing Lately
Hey you guys! We hope you know that you are not expected to read all of this John Perry Barlow Syposium content at once. On the contrary: there is so much of it because it’s not going to matter until...
View ArticleEarly Bird Passes Now Available For This Year’s San Francisco Event
New! Saturday’s Hackathon Schedule! (From left to right) (Top Row) Aaron Swartz, Cindy Cohn, Brewster Kahle, (Bottom row) Barrett Brown, DJ Spooky Get your “Early Bird All Access Pass” Here After...
View ArticleBe An Aaron Swarz Day Volunteer (and Get You and 2 Friends In Free)
This is for the San Francisco hackathon and opening night party. TICKETS We’re training volunteers every Friday at the Internet Archive, leading up to our November 9-11 event. We need folks from...
View ArticleThe Next “Raw Thought” Announced for January 11 at the DNA Lounge
Update December 23, 2018: Yes, January 11th is the anniversary of Aaron’s death, but rather than to just say a few words and be sad, as is often the case on this blog every year, we are going to use...
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