July Fourth
I wrote something for the occasion (U.S. Independence Day) last year, and I don't know what to say right now.
Um, process versus product, anybody? :-)
Ludlow's new book talks about and reproduces the famous "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" by John Perry Barlow (who, by the way, will be at the EFF open house in person on the 10th, if you're in the Bay Area; my guess is that John Gilmore will be there too, although I haven't seen that advertised).
I found Barlow's Declaration very exciting when I first read it. Many commentators have discussed the feeling and some have been completely unable to fathom it. "This is independent? You must be joking!"
I guess I could say that, in honor of July 4, you should get on down to your local independent book store (heh!) and pick up a copy of Ludlow's book.
