Monthly Archives: August 2017

Questions about domain names

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

In my earlier post titled Town website addresses, I wrote about three top-level Internet domains: .com, .org, and .gov. That corresponds to the three sectors of public life that I think about: for-profit, not-for-profit, and government. There is another paradigm … Continue reading →

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Democracy in America

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

I recently purchased, and am reading, the book Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. I will refer to this book from time to time on the blog. In this post, I discuss some background about the book. Alexis de … Continue reading →

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Town website addresses

Posted on August 6, 2017 by

As discussed here and here, I sometimes think about public life in terms of three sectors: Government For-profit Not-for-profit These three sectors align nicely with Internet top-level domains: Government = .gov For-profit = .com Not-for-profit = .org I live in … Continue reading →

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Cloverdale Presentation

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

Cloverdale was a distinct, close-knit community mostly in Westford, Vermont, but also including the Putnam Farm in the adjacent town of Cambridge. It lasted for more than 150 years, from 1804 until the 1950s and 1960s when my siblings and … Continue reading →

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