Summer of Code

A student of Ralph Johnson is being sponsored by Google for a summer Croquet project. Cool.

No, California Net Neutrality Law Did Not "Nail" Veterans -- Carriers Are Using Vets as Pawns. by Harold March 26, 2021 It's a cliche villain scene: "Don't force me to kill the hostages. Unless you do as I say, their blood is on your hands." While…
Ohio Lawsuit to Declare Google a Common Carrier Not Obviously Stupid - But No Sure Deal Either. by Harold June 9, 2021 Yesterday, the Ohio Attorney General filed a lawsuit asking an Ohio state court to declare Google a common carrier and/or public utility under the laws…
What (Not) to Wear on Election Day; or, Would You Rather Vote or Be a Test Case. by Harold September 25, 2020 As we run the home stretch to Election Day 2020 (November 3! Don't forget to vote! And vote down ticket, too! Local races are important,…
Markey's Bet on Net Neutrality Pays Off (But Not How You Think). by Harold September 2, 2020 The results are in on the highly contested MA senate primary race between incumbent Senator Ed Markey and 4-term Congressman Joe Kennedy. While about 15%…
Yes, Facebook Wants a Digital Regulator. It's Still A Good Idea. by Harold October 12, 2021 This originally appeared on the blog of my employer, Public Knowledge. Frances Haugen, the (hopefully first of many) Facebook whistleblower, made one thing abundantly clear…
Memorial: Henry Geller, Public Interest Champion and Pioneer: 1924-2020. by Harold April 14, 2020 On April 7, one of the great giants of public interest in telecommunications law and advocacy died. Henry Geller, the first Administrator of the National…

About Stearns

Howard Stearns works at High Fidelity, Inc., creating the metaverse. Mr. Stearns has a quarter century experience in systems engineering, applications consulting, and management of advanced software technologies. He was the technical lead of University of Wisconsin's Croquet project, an ambitious project convened by computing pioneer Alan Kay to transform collaboration through 3D graphics and real-time, persistent shared spaces. The CAD integration products Mr. Stearns created for expert system pioneer ICAD set the market standard through IPO and acquisition by Oracle. The embedded systems he wrote helped transform the industrial diamond market. In the early 2000s, Mr. Stearns was named Technology Strategist for Curl, the only startup founded by WWW pioneer Tim Berners-Lee. An expert on programming languages and operating systems, Mr. Stearns created the Eclipse commercial Common Lisp programming implementation. Mr. Stearns has two degrees from M.I.T., and has directed family businesses in early childhood education and publishing.

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