The Internet’s Own Boy Reaction/Reflection

Aaron Swartz is a name that is perhaps not known by most Americans, or even users of…

Who writes Wikipedia?

Since middle school, students have always been taught to stay away from Wikipedia as a source, as random people can just alter and edit the information found on the page, making it an unreliable source in the eyes of many. Although this has been the research norm ingrained in students…

Aaron Swartz, Programming Prodigy and Internet Activist

The internet’s own boy.

The biographical documentary The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz was my first introduction to the life of Aaron Swartz, the computer programming prodigy…

Aaron Swartz: No Justice in Unjust Laws

Destiny

Aaron Swartz- computer genius and activist

“Internet’s Own Boy” is a film revealing the short but fulfilling life of Aaron Swartz, an amazing computer programmer, internet hacker, online political organizer and activist, whose work focused on bettering the world and having open access to the…

The Internet’s Own Boy Reflection

Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? — Henry David Thoreau

Aaron Swartz : An Unsung Hero

The Internet’s Own Boy is a documentary which tells the story of a gifted young man, Aaron Swartz, as he sacrifices his entire future and accomplishments for the greater good of the world. From a very young age, Swartz always impressed others with his ability to immediately…

Reaction: The Internet’s Own Boy

The Internet’s Own Boy, chronicles the story of programming prodigy and Internet activist, Aaron Swartz. Highlighting the two-year legal battle Swartz faced after systematically downloading academic journal articles from JSTOR, a privately operated digital library. Swartz…

Zotero- let’s try a new citation manager!

Zotero is a free and easy research tool that helps anyone retrieve, organize, cite, and further share all their interesting research sources, from PDFs to audio files. This citation manager is the project and creation of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for…