January 2012
5 posts
I Believe In The Internet - The Content Industry... →
bradburnham:
I am sympathetic to the content industries struggles with piracy, but my belief system tells me the answer is to capitalize on the great strengths of the Internet to create a healthy and profitable relationship with their users not to sue them.
Seeing technological changes as an opportunity to “create a healthy and profitable relationship with users” is what it’s...
“The important tests of whether or not a regulation is fit for a purpose are...”
– Cory Doctorow: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing - Boing Boing
Steve Spiker: New Year's Focus →
stevespiker:
So screw it, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to segment my thoughts on landscape photography, consumer tech, government tech, open government, democracy, opendata, geospatial, community engagement, social science research, community development, statistics, social justice movements and community development, public service, leadership, hip-hop and faith. No more hours...
“The biggest problem is there aren’t that many good programmers in the world,”...”
– SV Angel And Founder Collective Give Hackruiter $200K For Its Hacker School | TechCrunch
I am so happy to see that Hackruiter is growing and continuing to see success. I worked with both Nick and Sonali for several years at OpenPlans, and have been watching HireHive, and now Hackruiter’s...
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I love new years. It is my favorite holiday, by far. Nothing like an agreed upon fresh start — an opportunity to tidy up the office, the inbox (I am proud to say I am at Inbox zero — personal email not work, so not that big an accomplishment — right now), and the mind.
Ok, now that I’ve written that, I see that I started my 2011 new years post with almost the exact...
