Category: Culture

O’Reilly Radar – The end of social
The more we share the less value each piece of information has to the people (but not the systems) that we share to.
December 11, 2011
American Civil Liberties Union – It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!
Yeah for Net Neutrality, boo for my State Senator being the one who introduced this resolution.
November 10, 2011
GeekWire – Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated
Some really interesting stuff in here.
October 29, 2011
The White House – Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents
Why haven’t you signed this petition?
September 24, 2011
Ars Technica – Newzbin2 builds block-averting measures into its software
Every time someone tries to prevent information from being reached on the Internet someone else finds a way around it.
September 16, 2011
NYTimes.com – Lucasfilm Confirms Change to Blu-ray Release of ‘Return of the Jedi’
Lucas have you not done enough already?
August 31, 2011
The Ad Contrarian – Advertising And The Future Of Apple
Not a bad negative outlook of Apple post Steve Jobs, it starts with a pretty good premise but the conclusion doesn’t jibe.
August 31, 2011
Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional
I could not be happier with this ruling.
August 28, 2011
NYTimes.com – Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech
It’s an interesting case because while Twitter itself is a public medium, the person is directing their messages to a particular person.
August 28, 2011
Ars Technica – Wikipedia editors voting on plan to “shutter” violent and sexual images
Not a bad plan, it’s a reasonable balance between still providing a visual representation of whatever and making it easier for people who don’t want to be “shocked” at the sight of the image.
August 18, 2011