Michael Hutchinson

16 April 2012
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CISPA – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act

Congress is currently considering CISPA – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act – a bill that purports to protect the United States from “cyber threats” but would in fact create a gaping loophole in all existing privacy laws. If CISPA passes, companies could vacuum up huge swaths of data on everyday Internet users and share it with the government without a court order. I oppose CISPA, and I’m calling on Congress to reject any legislation that:

* Uses dangerously vague language to define the breadth of data that can be shared with the government.

* Hands the reins of America’s cybersecurity defenses to the NSA, an agency with no transparency and little accountability.

* Allows data shared with the government to be used for purposes unrelated to cybersecurity.

Join me in opposing this bill by using this online form to send a letter to Congress against CISPA:

https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8444

Then feel free to copy this entire post this statement for your own website.

Less – The Path to Better Design

19 November 2011 by MH | Comments Off

GoRuCo 2011 – Sandi Metz – Less – The Path to Better Design from Gotham Ruby Conference on Vimeo.

Sandi Metz is one of my favorite speakers, and last year I posted a link to another GoRuCo presentation she gave, SOLID Object-Oriented Design. It is one of my favorite presentations, and I watch it again every few months as a refresher course on the great information it contains.

This latest presentation might be even better, and I’m really looking forward to her new book. I’m sure it will be awesome.

17 November 2011
by MH
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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
—Groucho Marx