I wanted to write an elaborate post on my thoughts on the Gaza flotilla raid and its consequences but it was too hard for me to express them in writing, so I decided to postpone it for now. However, I did want to share a story with you. It was broadcast on This American Life [...]
Our Digital Future (4+ important articles to read)
In the past few weeks The Guardian has published a few articles that I generally refer to as ‘Our Digital Future’. These are important takes on the future of digital consumption, archiving, and rules, which, in my opinion, everyone should read and consider. Why did Ofcom back down over DRM at the BBC? Cory Doctorow [...]
My Dissertation
This is my dissertation “The Freedom to Create & Creating freedom”. It was written as part of my final year project for BA Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins College in 2006.
Who owns your data and content?
Why don’t the social networks and communication tools you use work well together? John McCrea [Plaxo], Joseph Smarr [Plaxo], and David Recordon [SixApart] in the pilot show of TheSocialWeb.TV [Via Niv Calderon (Hebrew)]
Chaim Witz – You are a disgrace!
“The record industry is dead. It’s six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this,” [Gene, aka Chaim] Simmons said, according to AOL News. “They’ve decided to download and file share. There is no record industry around so we’re going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilized. As soon as the record [...]
Nine Inch Nails [legally] on your nearest BitTorrent
Yesterday, while strolling through one of the torrent sites, I came across a new album by NIN, called Ghosts I. I normally buy the Nine Inch Nails albums, but I thought I’ll download it to check it out first. When Ghost I was downloaded I discovered a readme.txt file in it: This torrent is an [...]
The truth is out there
The truth about social networks and webmails is starting to come out. Few days ago Zephoria (aka Danah Boyd) wrote about her friend Bob who had bad encounters with Google: Earlier this week, Bob received a notice that there was a spam problem in his Orkut community. The message was in English and it looked [...]
Free literature, now available at your nearest website
“I didn’t grow up buying every book I read,” said the English born Mr. [Nick] Gaiman, 47. “I read books at libraries, I read books at friend’s houses, I read books that I found on people’s window sills.”Eventually, he said, he bought his own books and he believes other readers will, too. Neil Gaiman decided [...]