Press and Media Coverage

This is a very incomplete list that I only began to assemble retrospectively in 2014. Because I wasn't keeping track of this over the last 10 years or so, this list is missing quite a lot of instances of press and media coverage of my work—especially as we got back more than a year or so. If you notice something that is missing, feel free to let me know at mako@atdot.cc and I will update the page.

Because there are too many, I have intentionally exluded reviews of books I have written on this list.

Press About My Academic Research and/or Teaching

• Joseph, Nancy. 2021. “Creating Community on TikTok.” College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington. Perspectives (blog). April 9, 2021. https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2021-04/creating-community-tiktok. [Archived URL]
• McCulloch, Gretchen. 2019. “Coding Is for Everyone—as Long as You Speak English.” Wired, April 8, 2019. https://www.wired.com/story/coding-is-for-everyoneas-long-as-you-speak-english/. [Archived URL]
• Doctorow, Cory. 2018. “How markets plundered Free Software's best stuff and used it to create freedom for companies, not people.” Boing Boing (blog). June 21, 2018. "https://boingboing.net/2018/06/21/digital-enclosure.html. [Archied URL]
• Doctorow, Cory. 2018. “Comprehensive, Open Tutorial on Using Data Analysis in Social Science Research.” Boing Boing (blog). January 23, 2018. https://boingboing.net/2018/01/23/data-driven-research.html. [Archived URL]
• Harford, Tim. 2014. “There Are No New Ideas - Only Remixes; The Undercover Economist.” Financial Times, January 18, 2014, Surveys MAG1 edition, sec. FT MAGAZINE. https://www.ft.com/content/90a6e7aa-7e46-11e3-b409-00144feabdc0. [Archived URL]
• Steadman, Ian. 2013. “Study: Open Source Remixing Seems to Lead to Less Original Work (Wired UK).” Wired UK. May 13, 2013. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/13/remixable-project. [Archived URL]
• Doctrow, Cory. 2013. “What Makes a Project Remixable?” Boing Boing (blog). May 10, 2013. https://boingboing.net/2013/05/10/what-makes-a-project-remixable.html. [Archived URL]
• Pickup, Amy. 2012. “LilyPad in the Wild: How Hardware’s Long Tail Is Supporting New Engineering and Design Communities.” Etiquette (blog). March 12, 2012. http://www.etiquettecreative.org/2012/03/lilypad-in-wild-how-hardware-long-tail.html. [Archived URL]
• Chang, Angie. 2012. “Bringing More Women Into Tech With The Lilypad Arduino.” Women 2.0. May 16, 2012. http://women2.com/2012/05/16/bringing-more-women-into-tech-with-the-lilypad-arduino/. [Archived URL]
• Queen, Acid. 2010. “The Long Tail of Hardware.” Paleocave Blog (blog). October 2010. http://paleocave.sciencesortof.com/2010/10/the-long-tail-of-hardware/. [Archived URL]
• Wemple, Erik. 2011. “Media News Derivatives: Oct. 13.” The Washington Post - Blogs, October 13, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/media-news-derivatives-oct-13/2011/10/13/gIQAl4MPhL_blog.html. [Archived URL]
• Garber, Megan. 2011. “The Contribution Conundrum: Why Did Wikipedia Succeed While Other Encyclopedias Failed?” Nieman Lab. October 12, 2011. http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/10/the-contribution-conundrum-why-did-wikipedia-succeed-while-other-encyclopedias-failed/. [Archived URL]
• Doctrow, Cory. 2010. “LilyPad Microcontroller’s Success in Welcoming Women to Electronics.” Boing Boing (blog). October 4, 2010. http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/lilypad-microcontrol.html. [Archived URL]
• Isdale, Jerry. 2010. “Lilypad Successes, Makers and Education, DARPA Program | Maui Makers.” Maui’s Makers (blog). October 4, 2010. http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/2010/10/lilypad-successes-makers-and-education-darpa-program/. [Archived URL]
• Chandler, David. 2009. “Exploring Journalism’s Future.” MIT News. June 23, 2009. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2009/knight-0623. [Archived URL]
• Kirsner, Scott. 2007. “Crowdsourcing: Mining the Masses for the next Big Thing.” Boston Globe, May 20, 2007. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/05/20/crowdsourcing_mining_the_masses_for_the_next_big_thing/. [Archived URL]

Interviews and Profiles

• Lobos, Ignacio. 2019. “Building Better Online Communities.” UW Information Technology (blog). 2019. https://www.washington.edu/uwit/partnerships-2019/building-better-online-communities/. [Archived URL]
• Karlin, Mark. 2016. “Aaron Swartz’s Quest to Keep Corporations From Privatizing the Internet.” Interview. Truthout. January 3, 2016. http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34244-aaron-swartz-was-committed-to-keeping-corporations-from-privatizing-the-internet. (Interview with me about a post-humous collection of Aaron Swartz' writing that I contributed to.) [Archived URL]
• Albrecht, Katherine. 2014. “Hour 2.” The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Radio Show. GCN. http://www.katherinealbrecht.com/show-archives/2014/08/23/. (A one hour interview that focuses on my work on privacy and Revealing Errors.)
• “Benjamin Mako Hill e essa coisa chamada cultura livre.” 2013. Baixa Cultura (blog). May 17, 2013. http://baixacultura.org/benjamin-mako-hill-e-essa-coisa-chamada-cultura-livre/. [Archived URL]
• Bogan, Daniel. 2012. “Interview.” The Setup. April 11, 2012. http://benjamin.mako.hill.usesthis.com/. [Archived URL]
• Brooke, Heather. 2012. The Revolution Will Be Digitised: Dispatches from the Information War. London: Windmill Books. (2012). The Revolution will be Digitised: Dispatches from the Information War. London: Windmill Books. (I am profiled at length in Brooke's book on activist online communities.)
• “Celebrities.” 2010. Penguicon Science Fiction and Open Source Convention. November 23, 2010. http://www.pc6.penguicon.org/celebrities.php. [Archived URL]
• Hockenberry, John and Adaora Udoji. (2008, October 16). "New technologies for making better election decisions." The Takeaway, WNYC. Syndicated by Public Radio International. (Interview with me about Selectricity) [Audio Recording (MP3)] [WNYC Webpage (Archived)] [Personal Blog Post]
• Powers, Shaun. 2008. “Penguicon 6.0 -- Penguins in Space!” Linux Journal. May 2, 2008. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/penguicon-60-penguins-space. (An interview with me at Penguincon) [Archived URL]
• Turner, James. 2008. “Benjamin Mako-Hill on Open Source vs. Free, GPL and Prepping for OSCON (Interview).” O’Reilly News, January 10, 2008. http://news.oreilly.com/2008/06/turner-interviews-mako-hill.html. [Archived URL]
• Byfield, Bruce. 2007. “Newest FSF Board Member Hill Discusses Free Software Goals.” Linux.Com. July 11, 2007. http://archive09.linux.com/feature/116647. [Archived URL]

Press About My Free Software Work

My work on antifeatures:

• LeFebvre, Rob. 2018. “Why Free Software Needs Free Tools.” Superuser (blog). July 2, 2018. https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/why-free-software-needs-free-tools/. [Archived URL]
• Rohwetter, Marcus. 2011. “Technikmafia: Die Technikmafia.” Die Zeit, April 2011. http://www.zeit.de/zeit-wissen/2011/04/Antifeatures. [Archived URL]
• Doctrow, Cory. 2011. “Antifeatures: Deliberate, Expensive Product Features That No Customer Wants.” Boing Boing (blog). February 5, 2011. http://boingboing.net/2011/02/05/antifeatures-deliber.html. [Archived URL]
• Kidman, Angus. 2010. “Antifeatures Wiki Catalogues Tech Annoyances You Hate.” January 20, 2010. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/01/antifeatures-wiki-catalogues-tech-annoyances-you-hate/. [Archived URL]
• Bell, Stephen. 2010. “Open Source Means Freedom from ‘Anti-Features.’” Computerworld New Zealand, February 9, 2010. http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/335520/open_source_means_freedom_from_anti-features_/. [Archived URL] [Republished in Linux Today]
• Pullar-Strecker, Tom. 2010. “Open-Source Alive and Thriving.” Stuff.Co.Nz, January 25, 2010, sec. Technology. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3257752/Open-source-alive-and-thriving. (A lengthly description of my keynote address at Linux Conf Australia.) [Archived URL]
• Friedlander, Anna. 2009. “LCA 2010: Top Geeks to Converge on Wellington.” Scoop.NZ, December 14, 2009. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00129.htm. [Archived URL]

My work on the Ubuntu project which I helped get off the ground:

• Linton, Susan. 2013. “Has Ubuntu Lost It?” TechRadar. July 14, 2013. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/has-ubuntu-lost-it--1162717. [Archived URL]
• Ryan, Paul. 2009. “5 Years Later, 5 Ways That Ubuntu Has Made Linux More Human.” Ars Technica. October 21, 2009. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/10/5-years-later-5-ways-that-ubuntu-has-made-linux-more-human.ars. [Archived URL]
• Graner, Amber. 2011. “Ubuntu Increasing Its Diversity.” Linux Pro Magazine, February 10, 2011. http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Increasing-Its-Diversity. [Archived URL]
• Loftus, Jack. 2006. “Linux Expert Sees Expanded Role for Ubuntu on the Server (Interview).” TechTarget. August 3, 2006. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/1207402/Linux-expert-sees-expanded-role-for-Ubuntu-on-the-server. [Archived URL]

Press About My Free Culture Work

Reports on some of my activism and work around open access scholarly publishing:

• Peek, Robin. 2007. “Stickers, a Pit Bull, and Brussels: A Busy Month for OA.” Information Today, April 2007.
• Duranceau, Ellen. 2007. “A Conversation with Benjamin Mako Hill, Organizer of the MIT Student Day of Action for Open Access.” MIT Libraries News (blog). February 21, 2007. https://libraries.mit.edu/news/a-conversation-with-benjamin-mako-hill-organizer-of-the-mit-student-day-of-action-for-open-access/374/. [Archived URL]

Reports on an unfortunate situation where I was threated with a lawsuit for contributions I made to Wikipedia:

• Moody, Glynn. 2013. “Wikipedia Editor Threatened With Lawsuit For Participating In Discussion Leading To Deletion Of Entry.” Techdirt. April 2, 2013. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130401/03025722522/is-golden-age-wikipedia-coming-to-end.shtml. [Archived URL]
Doctrow, Cory. 2013. “Group Whose Wikipedia Entry Was Deleted for Non-Notability Threatens Lawsuit against Wikipedian Who Participated in the Discussion.” Boing Boing (blog). March 29, 2013. http://boingboing.net/2013/03/29/group-whose-wikipedia-entry-wa.html. [Archived URL]

Some of my writing about Creative Commons including this article:

• “Even ‘Free’ Culture Supporters Sometimes Have Difficulty Living Up To Their Own Principles.” 2010. Innovation Toronto. September 2010. http://www.InnovationToronto.com/2010/09/even-free-culture-supporters-sometimes-have-difficulty-living-up-to-their-own-principles/. [Archived URL]
• Orlowski, Andrew. 2006. “Lessig, Stallman on ‘Open Source’ DRM.” April 15, 2006. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/15/lessig_stallman_drm/. [Archived URL]
• Orlowski, Andrew. 2006. “Lessig Blesses DRM.” The Register, March 24, 2006. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/lessig_blesses_drm/. [Archived URL]
• “A vueltas con Creative Commons y la necesidad de una definición de libertad.” 2007. Barropunto, March 24, 2007. http://barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/30/0019246. [Archived URL]

Press about my website Unhappy Birthday:

• Palfrey, John. 2011. Intellectual Property Strategy. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press. (Discussed as an example in the book.)
• “Interview with Benjamin Mako Hill about His Project Unhappy Birthday.” 2012. Radio Free Culture. WFMU. http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/48835. [Archived URL]
• Goldstein, Jonathan. 2008. “Private Life, Public Performance.” WireTap. Canadian Broadcasting Company. http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/WireTap/Season+4/ID/1562458113/. [Archived URL] (A long in-character interview.)
• Doctorow, Cory. 2005. “Help Rat on People Who Sing Happy Birthday!” Boing Boing (blog). March 1, 2005. http://boingboing.net/2005/03/01/help-rat-on-people-w.html. [Archived URL]

Press About My Privacy Research and Activism

My research on Gmail and privacy:

• Wildhaber, Julie. 2014. “The Software Week in Review for May 16.” CNET. May 16, 2014. http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57620811-12/the-software-week-in-review-for-may-16/. [Archived URL]
• “Even If You Host Your Own Email, Google Still Sees Half of It.” 2014. NDTV Gadgets. May 14, 2014. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/even-if-you-host-your-email-google-sees-half-of-it-524178. [Archived URL]
• Arthur, Charles. 2014. “Boot up: Android’s Redesign, GS5 in the US, IPhone 6 in August?, And More.” Guardian.Com., May 13, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/may/13/google-android-redesign. [Archived URL]
• Doctrow, Cory. 2014. “You Are a Gmail User.” Boing Boing (blog). May 12, 2014. http://boingboing.net/2014/05/12/you-are-a-gmail-user.html. [Archived URL]

Coverage and discussion of my work on the website Seeing Yellow:

• Schoen, Seth. 2009. “Government Computer News Pans Printer Dots.” Electronic Frontier Foundation. January 23, 2009. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/government-computer-news-pans-printer-dots. [Archived URL]
• Byfield, Bruce. 2007. “Seeing Yellow over Color Printer Tracking Devices.” Linux Journal, July 19, 2007. http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247. [Archived URL]
• Anderson, Nate. 2007. “MIT Project Aims Human Buffer Overflow at Secret Service.” Ars Technica. July 16, 2007. http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2007/07/mit-project-shines-a-blue-light-on-yellow-dots/. [Archived URL]
• Dorsey, John. 2007. “Seeing Yellow Protests ‘Big Brother’ Laser Printers.” Dr. Dobb’s, July 13, 2007. http://www.drdobbs.com/security/seeing-yellow-protests-big-brother-laser/201001407. [Archived URL]

Quotations as expert in press coverage on other topics

• Wei, Patricia. 2020. “Remembering Aaron Swartz’s Legacy in Light of JSTOR Opening Access.” The Stanford Daily, March 27, 2020, https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/03/27/remembering-aaron-swartzs-legacy-in-light-of-jstor-opening-access/. [Archived URL]
• Cohen, Noam. 2018. “A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley’s High-Minded Tyranny.” Wired, November 15, 2018. https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-tyranny-of-structurelessness/. [Archived URL]
• Corn, Sarah. 2017. “UW-IT launches new secure password solution for all employees.” The Daily of the University of Washington, April 28, 2017. http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_18d4dec8-2bb6-11e7-814f-f3e9e0d1a023.html. [Archived URL]
• Penny, Laurie. 2016. “Why We Should Remember Aaron Swartz - the Prodigy Who Wanted Information to Be Free.” New Statesman, March 4, 2016. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2016/03/why-we-should-remember-aaron-swartz-prodigy-who-wanted-information-be. [Archived URL]
• Bohannon, John. 2016. “Even on EBay, Women Get Paid Less for Their Labor.” Science, February 19, 2016. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/even-ebay-women-get-paid-less-their-labor. [Archived URL]
• Glaser, April, and Libby Reinish. 2013. “How to Block the NSA From Your Friends List.” Slate, June 17, 2013. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/17/identi_ca_diaspora_and_friendica_are_more_secure_alternatives_to_facebook.html. [Archived URL] [Republished on Slashdot]
• Kao, Joanna. 2013. “A Memorial for Aaron Swartz.” The Tech, March 15, 2013. https://thetech.com/2013/03/15/swartz-v133-n12. [Archived URL]
• Cohen, Noam. 2007. “Taking the Copyright Fight Into a New Arena.” The New York Times, July 2, 2007, sec. Business / Media & Advertising. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/business/media/02link.html. [Archived URL]
• Brooke, Heather. 2011. “Inside the Secret World of Hackers.” The Guardian, August 24, 2011. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/aug/24/inside-secret-world-of-hackers. [Archived URL]
• Savvas, Anthony. 2007. “Free Software Foundation Develops Open Licence to Cover SaaS.” Computer Weekly, November 23, 2007. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240084042/Free-Software-Foundation-develops-open-licence-to-cover-SaaS. [Archived URL]

Book Reviews and Similar

• Paul, Ryan. 2007. “A Visual Timeline of the Microsoft-Novell Controversy.” Ars Technica. January 29, 2007. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/01/linux-20070128/. [Archived URL]
• Turner, Brian. 2006. “Book Review: The Official Ubuntu Book by Benjamin Mako Hill, et Al.” Free Software Magazine, November 2, 2006. http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_the_official_ubuntu_book. [Archived URL]

Press About My Mathetical Wedding Vows

• Doctrow, Cory. 2006. “Hackers’ Wedding Vows Based on Pi and Phi.” Boing Boing (blog). June 8, 2006. http://boingboing.net/2006/06/08/hackers-wedding-vows.html. [Archived URL]