Commentary & Society

by mantruc | I'm very grateful to the people who have contributed, their work, knowledge and time to build this community, evolt has helped me build my carrer and has actually made my life better. Read More »

by isaac | I think there would be very few people who've spent time on the evolt.org site or mailing list (thelist), over the last two years, and not learned something. During this time I've seen members finish their tertiary education, be promoted, move to more secure jobs, or make the tough transition to serious freelancing - and I've seen evolt.org play a part in many instances. But back at the dawn of evolt.org, I don't think everyone expected our creation to have such a positive effect on so many Read More »

by pintsize | I don't mean to wax hyperbolic, but I think evolt represents the best of the web. People help each other - for free - with quality information, instruction, and opinion. Thanks to the practice, t Read More »

by sgd | First of all, I must congratulate those who worked (and continue to work) hard on v2.0 of thesite. --Philanthropy and its best, if you ask me. With the 2nd year Anniversary of evolt, I would like to share what it has come to mean to me. Read More »

by wolf | The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) should emerge as an industry standard for users to gain more control over the use of personal information on Web. But how does it work? Read More »

by Ratface | An open letter to Jakob Nielsen. Hi Jakob! While channel surfing aimlessly last night, I flicked onto Sweden's TV8 Finans Nytt (Finance Night) where someone was sounding off about WAP in no uncertain terms. Having never seen a picture of you before, I still knew before the caption confirmed it, that this was Jakob Nielsen. Read More »

by MartinB | After a mere glacial delay, ICANN has announced its proposed list of new TLDs. .xxx isn't there (neither is .kids), but why should ICANN start listening to good ideas now? Read More »

by bobdavis | Some thoughts on identity I ran across a link to the evolt.org site today that got me thinking about evolt, who we are, and what we are. Read More »

by olineham | The founder of MozillaZine, Chris Nelson, has posted a rant in which he lashes out at 'third party micro-managing' for harming the Mozilla effort. Read More »

by djc | No doubt that the Internet is affecting popular culture, especially American society. Terms like 'dotcom', 'search engine', and 'URL' are all somewhat commonplace in various popular media outlet Read More »