I think this debate is coming up now because a lot of businesses are starting to "get it." They`re livelihoods are in trouble. But on the other side, is what we`re getting from del.icio.us, Flickr, etc. worth our free labor?
Dave Winer: "On the Internet the volume of messages posted by idiots plus those posted by morons always exceeds the number posted by well-meaning moderately intelligent people, squared."
Profile of DVD Jon, the kid (he was 15 at the time) who cracked open that annoying technology on DVDs that make you watch the adds and control whether you can play U.S. movies in Europe. More power to him.
The number of people who link to you is no longer an adequate way to measure trust, thanks to blog, comment and trackback spam. Dan Gillmor says we need to come up with something better. I think that will be more complicated than anyone realises.
Theresa and I had an argument about this last night. I think the U.S. probably does have a valid case, but it`s going about it all wrong. This is the *only* account I`ve read here that mentions that other embassies also aren`t paying the charge.
Interesting profile of the man behind BitTorrent, and the possibility he`ll succeed in bringing the media business into the 21st century without getting sued into poverty.
This post makes a good point: The problem of spam blogs on Blogger doesn`t affect most users. Unless you`re a top blogger, use blogging search tools or market your blog everywhere, you probably aren`t affected by spam blogs at all. Except it hurts the rep
My thoughts on Google`s spam blog problem (I`m starting to categorize my posts in del.icio.us instead of technorati, which is why you`ll see them in my link blog as well).
Looks like an interesting application if you`re at all curious about the traffic your blog gets, especially on a service like Google`s Blogger that doesn`t provide any stats of its own. It`s still under development.
"Isn`t it healthy to be "off the grid" now and then? If you can`t answer "yes" to that question, you may be a tech dynamo, my friend, but please stay the hell out of my cafe."
The next version of Ubuntu is released today. This is my current favorite and looks to stay that way for a while. I`m a complete convert to the Debian-style system from Red Hat.
This site was mentioned to me in a pub last night. It`s a way to publish and sell your own books. It`s more interesting than the usual run-of-the-mill vanity presses, since you don`t have to pay anything up front.
Very interesting thoughts on creating a "global micro brand" around yourself. I don`t have one and don`t believe I`ll ever have one, but I`d love to get off this treadmill...
"We are genetically programmed to take much greater heed of things that disturb or frighten us than to things that are going well; which, incidentally, is why bad news sells."
Very neat search engine, which returns results across several services. Check out what happens to the URL when you enter a search -- it`s designed for easy use from a mobile device.
I`ve been reading this blog for a while, and it`s a little over my head, but I`m motivated (by my job) to get a handle on it. It seems *just* within reach...
Eventually, the penny is going to drop and musicians are going to realize that all of this DRM nonsense is about protecting the distribution channel, and not about protecting the artist. When that happens, sell your stock in record companies.
Directory of businesses based on openness, sharing and free access to information, rather than locked-down intellectual property. Contrary to believe, business and openness isn`t incompatible.
A very good explanation of what Linux is all about, and how it isn`t designed as a replacement for Windows. It`s an alternative, and there`s a big difference.
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