January 2012
34 posts
Article: Lindsay Doran Examines What Makes Films...
Lindsay Doran Examines What Makes Films Satisfying - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/movies/lindsay-doran-examines-what-makes-films-satisfying.html?_r=1 (via Instapaper)
Apple's mind-bogglingly greedy and evil license...
As a publisher and an author, I obviously have a dog in this hunt. But what I see so far makes this program and its output an absolute nonstarter for me. via zdnet.com
Seth's Blog: Learning leadership from Congress
Sure, Congress has a marketing problem—largely because they have a problem with the decisions they make and the way that they make them. At least they’ve left us a useful career guide about what not to do in the real world. via sethgodin.typepad.com
Wikipedia: SOPA and PIPA are not dead: they are...
SOPA and PIPA are not dead: they are waiting in the shadows. What’s happened in the last 24 hours, though, is extraordinary. The Internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine, and as Wikipedia went dark, you’ve directed your energy to protecting it. We’re turning the lights back on. Help us keep them shining brightly.via en.wikipedia.org
What Creative Minds Can Learn From SOPA | Save the...
But you know something? Christian Dior is clever enough and talented enough that he doesn’t need to be copyrighted. People KNOW a Dior when they see one, and they can usually see the difference between his work and a knockoff. Fashion designers riff off of each other and all follow a lot of the same trends – it happens all the time. And guess what? The fashion industry is one of the highest...
Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad...
via ted.com If these acts pass, you will be guilty until proven innocent.
Issa Statement on #SOPA & #PIPA Website Blackouts
This unprecedented effort has turned the tide against a backroom lobbying effort by interests that aren’t used to being told ‘no.’ I know suspending and changing access to sites was not necessarily an easy decision, but this is a responsible and transparent exercise of freedom of speech. I applaud those participating in today’s protest for their sturdy defense of American...
SOPA: An open letter to Washington via...
We fear that the broad new enforcement powers provided under SOPA and PIPA could be easily abused against legitimate services like those upon which we depend. These bills would allow entire websites to be blocked without due process, causing collateral damage to the legitimate users of the same services - artists and creators like us who would be censored as a result. via stopthewall.us...
Understanding SOPA: A Simple Q&A for Understanding...
It will undermine free speech and due process, says one side. It will protect America’s creative class from thieves, says the other. But what’s really in the Stop Online Piracy Act? via online.wsj.com Click through for a good explanation of each bill.
Internet protest spurs flood of tweets, calls to...
However, the protests has prompted at least one sponsor of the legislation, Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, to weaken his support for the bills. via boston.com
SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor of the Protect IP Act in the Senate, while Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) said they were pulling their names from the companion House bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Opponents of the legislation, led by large Internet companies, say its broad definitions could lead to censorship of online content and force some websites to...
Thoughts from a TV/Film Set Technician on SOPA...
Rather than broadcast their entertainment over the new technology, finding exciting new ways to profit from it, they are wasting their time and money trying to stave-off the development of technology by lobbying you, so they can continue to profit from the way life was before the invention of the internet. I’m appalled that they are wasting time, and holding back the future, let alone not using...
Seth's Blog: When the world changes...
The history of media and technology is an endless series of failed rearguard actions as industry leaders attempt to solidify their positions on a bed of quicksand. via sethgodin.typepad.com Thanks Bryan! Great article. Click through and check out the whole piece.
CHAFFETZ: #OPEN Means Freedom, Liberty and...
The Internet is actually something that’s working in the world. The last thing we want to do is get the federal bureaucracy involved. via youtube.com The internet works. Don’t break it.
Congressman Paul Ryan Voices Concerns with H.R....
The internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history. It should stay that way. While H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, attempts to address a legitimate problem, I believe it creates the precedent and possibility for undue regulation, censorship and legal abuse. I do not support H.R. 3261 in its current form and will oppose the legislation should...
Too Much Power in the Wrong Hands
SOPA grants the federal government and Atty. Gen. Eric Holder vast new powers to blacklist entire foreign websites that are accused of containing even one instance of copyright-infringing materials. Search engines would be prohibited from linking to any portion of that domain. We must protect copyright, but this bill represents a major step toward Internet censorship. It has the potential for...
Violation of Due Process & Free Speech
While I believe that those who violate copyright laws should be held accountable for their actions, I am concerned that this legislation also violates the free speech and due process rights of content producers and Internet consumers. As it is currently written, SOPA enables law enforcement to target all sites that contain some infringing content (no matter how small), and those who...
Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation
The Internet blacklist legislation—known as PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House—invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers innovation on the Web. Urge your members of Congress to reject this Internet blacklist campaign in both its forms! via blacklist.eff.org Make sure your representatives that you are on the side of due...
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet on Vimeo via...
via vimeo.com
Harley cafe racer
via bikeexif.com I love that rear light.
For tome teens, even sleep doesn't interfere with...
Sleep disorder experts are seeing a small but growing number of teens sending text messages on their cellphones while still asleep, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. via mlive.com I’m totally using this excuse next time I offend someone with a text.
Sidewalks from @patrickrhone
I’d like to move to a human-sized city.— Jason Rehmus ☠ (@longstride) December 6, 2011via twitter.com Looks like Patrick Rhone already does.
Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the...
The SOPA bill (and DNS blocking) is what happens when someone with the title of anti-piracy or copyright lawyer has greater clout than your head of new technology. SOPA gives corporations unprecedented power to censor almost any site on the Internet. It’s as if someone shoplifts in your store, SOPA allows the government to shut down your store. via steveblank.com Click through and read the...
Announcing 52 Tiger membership | 52 Tiger
Since then I’ve scrapped together jobs here and there to make ends meet. The most rewarding by far is writing about technology. I want to make a full-time career of writing, and you can help me do it. If I learned anything in these last four years it’s that, if you want something, go and make it yourself. via 52tiger.net Awesome. Sign up today!
Article: I want this election over - now - CNN.com
Meanwhile, Romney, who made millions in no small part by laying off thousands of Americans for a living, calls himself a job creator. (via Instapaper)
Article: Why Best Buy is Going out of...
But this is hardly customer service. It’s actually getting in the way of a customer who’s trying to self-service because there’s no one around who can answer a basic question about the store’s confusing layout. It’s anti-service. (via Instapaper)
Charter lures T-Mobile’s John Birrer to untangle...
But Birrer and Lisa Washa, regional vice president, emphasize that accomplishing improved customer satisfaction and removing Charter from the most hated list is more than a matter of a few new programs. It’s a culture change from top to bottom. For example, in the past the bonus structure for Charter’s 16,000 employees was based on productivity — how quickly a task was performed. Now employee...
SOPA Opera - A Guide to the U.S. Congress Debate...
SOPAOpera.org keeps track of where your Congressmembers stand on PROTECT-IP and SOPA – the Internet laws that purport to stop online piracy. via sopaopera.org Check it out and get in touch with your state’s representatives.
Vint Cerf: Internet access isn't a human right |...
The rules therefore provide that any measures taken regarding access to, or use of, services and applications must respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, including the right to privacy, freedom of expression and access to information and education as well as due process. via news.cnet.com European Union’s European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding
The Nuclear Option: Google, Amazon, Facebook, and...
According to Markham Erickson, head of the NetCoalition trade association, there’s been talk of a so-called “nuclear option,” in which the likes of Google, Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo! would go simultaneously dark to protest the legislation to highlight the fundamental danger the legislation poses to the function of the internet. via edudemic.com I can support this.
How Copyright Industries Con Congress | Cato @...
As one expert consulted by GAO put it, “effects of piracy within the United States are mainly redistributions within the economy for other purposes and that they should not be considered as a loss to the overall economy.” In many cases—I’ve seen research suggesting it’s about 80 percent for music—a U.S. consumer would not have otherwise purchased an illicitly downloaded song or movie if piracy...
The Almighty Via — 512 Pixels
What if Joe and I link to the same thing (on the same day) but found it independently? If I link before he does, I can’t assume that he found it via 512 Pixels. Therefore, I have no ground to email and ask for one to be included on his post. via 512pixels.net Do people actually email each other asking for via links?
STRIP Act targets TSA uniform: End 'impersonation'...
The American Federation of Government Employees said the bill was insulting to the 44,000 TSA workers it represented and did “nothing to add to our national security.’’ via latimesblogs.latimes.com First of all, TSA workers feeling insulted is not justification for killing this law. Also, their existence doesn’t seem to add to our national security so that’s a moot point.
Blame the Blackberry: Company Policies that Miss...
Across-the-board policies that dictate how and when employees should or should not be doing their work undermine creativity and productivity. These policies take autonomy and responsibility away from the employee. They cause headaches for managers and executives. They lead to more and more rules about how work should be done, and they totally miss the point: We’re all adults. via gorowe.com...
December 2011
21 posts
Thorstenson Finlandson from The Hudsucker Proxy
Hud.m4v Watch on Posterous
The Best Scene in the Movie Elf
Right?
ArtPrize 2011 Economic Impact Study Complete
The non-profit ArtPrize organization itself added an additional $1.9 million in local spending for goods and services related to event operation, such as additional public safety, while raising some $1.8 million from more than 150 sponsors. via mlive.com That paragraph seems to indicate a deficit on the part of the ArtPrize organization. What’s in place to ensure the city continues to...
Speaking of Great Bikes: 2012 Triumph T100 Steve...
via keeptherubbersidedown.net Nice find, Rick!
Lisbeth's Bike from the New Girl With the Dragon...
via bikeexif.com In my opinion, it’s quite an improvement over the original.
Movie Connections
The latest version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo comes out this week. Noomi Rapace, who played Lisbeth Salander in the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie, is in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows which opened last week. Also opening this week is Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol which features Michael Nyqvist. Nyqvist starred as Mikael Blomkvist alongside Rapace in the original...
The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer...
via youtube.com
Why Musicians Rarely Get Paid What They Deserve
How many times have we heard stories of artists going on two-year tour cycles, writing and recording an album, becoming famous, then having to file for bankruptcy after essentially going into debt to finance an album that was quite profitable for the label and everyone else on the musician’s team? via gazzmic.com The whole industry’s one big mess. Click through and read the whole...
Go See The Muppets
Seriously. Go now. What are you waiting for?
The Journey to Markdown: On the Results by Mike...
If you are doing any writing online then having a working knowledge of Markdown in your arsenal is a huge asset. Even if you’re only writing show notes for a podcast. via vardy.me Yup. Be sure to click the link above and read the whole wrap up. Mike hit the nail on the head.
My First Audiobook: The Gift of the Magi by O....
I’m trying something new. I’d like to record public domain works as audiobooks and publish them one chapter at a time in podcast form. This will give people a chance to listen to short chunks of classic books on their commutes or while working. Once I’ve recorded an entire book, I’ll make it available for download on my own site and on sites like Project Gutenberg...
Levenger Leverage Punch Review & Statement About...
via vimeo.com “Yes, I know it has a different name now. No I’m not going to call it that. It’s always Marshall Field’s to me.” And it’s the Sears Tower and Comiskey Park, too.
My Cat Meri is Kinda Loud
Memo.m4a Listen on Posterous
This is Why I Love the Discovery Channel
“Without beer, we’d probably still be living in caves.”
Daring Fireball: The New Twitter (R.I.P. Tweetie)
The Twitter service I signed up for is one where people tweet 140-character posts, you follow those people whose tweets you tend to enjoy, and that’s it. The Twitter service this new UI presents is about a whole lot more — mass-market spoonfed “trending topics” and sponsored content. It’s trying to make Twitter work for people who don’t see the appeal of what Twitter was supposed to be. via...
Evernote’s Three Laws of Data Protection «...
Everything we do at Evernote follows these three basic rules: Your Data is Yours Your Data is Protected Your Data is Portable via blog.evernote.com This is very reassuring to me.