Tuesday Tabs
Aaaand… it’s tuesday.
· US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search - the raw story
That we have someone working on policy that would say this “We have a saying in this business: ‘Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.’” scares the beejesus out of me.
· 15 Trends to Watch in 2008 - Publishers Weekly
A lot of talk about e-books, xml and basically a sharp rise in the importance of digital media to the publishing industry.
· Pirate leader Falkvinge: “Our enemy has no intellectual capital to bring to the battle” - P2P Consortium
All they can say is “thief, we have our rights, we want our rights, nothing must change, we want more money, thief, thief, thief”. And shove some poor artists in front of them to deliver the message. Whereas we are talking about scarcity vs. abundance, monopolies, the nature of property, 500-year historical perspectives on culture and knowledge, incentive structures, economic theory, disruptive technologies, etc. The difference in intellectual levels between the sides is astounding.
· Facebook: The Entire “60 Minutes†Segment - All Tings Digital
Just in case you missed Zuckerberg’s spot. That’s what happens when a snotty 23 year old runs the show.
· Meraki free mesh WiFi network spreading across San Francisco - boingboing
Municipal wifi’s dead, long live municipal wifi? How come SF gets all the good stuff?
· 5.12 proposals - use Perl;
my sub foo {…}? method foo {…}?? Yes, please.
· DroboShare Drobo NAS mini-review - engadget
Compellinger and compellinger.
· The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade - nytimes
Schools should start later. Yes! And go for longer?? No!
January 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Since when do you read PW Weekly? That’s more my domain, no?
January 15th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Heh, I don’t read it, generally speaking. :) But I make exceptions when it talks about such things like digital media! Where do you stand on the topic? Any juicy Kindle nuggets for me? :)
January 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
No juicy Kindle nuggets, sorry. Digital media–personally, I prefer real, hardcopy books, much like I prefer real (pref. indie) bookstores. But I think ebooks are going to become more and more important, and certainly online excerpts, etc. are extremely useful. We’re doing more and more online excerpts, including free e-books for our 10 year anniversary, so…
(If I knew for real, I’d be out making $$! *laugh*)
January 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Huh! Come on, sci-fi should be embracing the revolution!! :)
The thing that I think makes the Kindle awesome (ok, one of many things…) is the free first chapter (or whatever) that you can download instantly. Purchasing and reading the rest is a click and a few seconds away after the excerpt… I think that’s going to drive a lot of readership because it helps take the guess work away.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
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February 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
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