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Professional Summary
Work/Education
Work Experience
• Researched and advised on technical and policy issues.
• Consulted with clients on implementing technical and policy-based solutions.
• Participated in team responsible for managing press, from lawsuits to Nobel Prizes.
• Led technical support and development services for main Web site.
• Speciality is disability/employment law.
Education
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Mar 7, 2010
Are universities about selling information?
No. Instead, they are about creating connections and spaces for thinking and growing — otherwise they truly would be easily replaceable by online streams and Wikipedia articles. In short, I don’t believe universities (in their best form, at least) are easily replicated by technological means of... more »
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Feb 28, 2010
Is scientific peer review censorship?
Suzan Mazur — a critic of “Darwinism” (I think she means modern biology) — recently raised a critique of the scientific peer-review process, claiming that it serves primarily as a means of censoring non-conformist ideas. The concept has potential merit — although she buries it in arguments... more »
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Feb 26, 2010
Yelp sued, argues lawsuit is without merit
Yelp was recently sued in federal district court in Los Angeles, California for, essentially, extortion. The plaintiffs in Cats and Dogs Animal Hospital Inc. v. Yelp Inc. say Yelp salespeople demanded monthly payments in exchange for removing or toning down negative reviews. The plaintiffs–who... more »
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Feb 21, 2010
Are books -- electronic or not -- becoming "fringe media"?
Kevin Kelleher of GigaOM believes that “books are becoming a fringe media.” He writes:
Like other media, books will change to adapt to the new readers, and I think this means less non-fiction. Even before the web, all business books — and the majority of non-fiction books — struck me as... more »
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Feb 20, 2010
Six more of the best WordPress plugins
I admit it. I’m a WordPress plugin junkie. I’m continually updating, adding, removing, and adjusting the list of plugins I have running this site. Obviously, this can lead to slowdowns, which is why caching plugins (like WP Super Cache or Hyper Cache) are so important, especially for dealing... more »
Kristopher Nelson posted a blog entry Feb 19, 2010
Wait, Second Life still exists? And universities still use it?
I was surprised to read in the Chronicle of Higher Education that universities are still using Second Life, a “virtual worlds” system I honestly thought died in 2007. No one I know ever used it. Why is this, considering the people I know tend to be early adopters of pretty much everything... more »
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