andfinally.com: the archive edition
the website of Bill Thompson
technology critic and essayist
andfinally.com
the controvertist
In this section you will find some of my longer essays and links to work which has been published elsewhere.
Safe European Home
A provocation, first published in The Register in August 2002, which continues to attract both interest and condemnation, in which the author argues that trusted computing systems are both inevitable and to be welcomed, and calls for the esablishment of a European network which is safe from US cultural imperialism.
E-mutualism; or the tragedy of the dot.commons
First publshed as a pamphlet by the Co-operative Party in August 2000, in which the author argues that the Internet is a mutual, co-operative venture whose character is being destroyed by commercial pressures.
Blog eats Blog
The coverage of ETCON revealed more about the predilections of the blogeoisie than the future of technology. This was published in May 2003.
See Also...
Cambridge Film Festival podcast
Contact Bill
Email me at bill@andfinally.com or find out what I'm up to or where I came from. You can also read a short biography, 'My Life as a New Media Dog'
This site
This is the old version of the site, left here so that links don't get broken. Please don't rely on anything you read here being up to date - go to the home page at http://www.andfinally.com/ for current information
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