Posted by psd on August 19, 2008 | No Comments
So, I guess I’m a little late to the dance on this one. But how cool is this cuddly little gadget? It’s part digital photo frame, part RSS reader, part alarm clock and 100% time-wasting goodness. Must. Have. One. NOW.
You can buy me one if you want. My birthday is next week.
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Posted by psd on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
Just read a post at The Chronicle (of Higher Education) about how the RIAA goes about identifying alleged music pirates. Apparently an anonymous representative of the organization stopped by the Chronicle’s offices and gave a rundown of how it’s done. I found it funny, and perfectly obvious, that they would use Limewire to identify people who share songs on the RIAA hotlist. Read more…
While sharing this article with a colleague, he tells me about a highly controversial act which just overwhelmingly passed the House – the PRO IP Act. Not bad enough that tax dollars may conceivably fund the ‘copyright police’, but how about hiring “a Cabinet-level “IP enforcement czar” that would report to the President and coordinate enforcement efforts across government”. Wha? Learn more, then call/write/email your congressman.
Filed Under: music, politics, technology
Posted by psd on April 17, 2008 | No Comments
Finally, a reason to Twitter: A student at the University of California at Berkeley was arrested in Egypt for photographing a demonstration. His Twitter message, “Arrested”, sparked a series of events that led to his being released from jail. More…
A new social network on Internet2: Muse was developed by student Web programmers at the University of Washington for Internet2, an advanced computing consortium of colleges and businesses. Visit Muse.
Linked to in a uWedD thread: “…the web is a conversation. Marketing, by contrast, is a monologue.” Well said, Zeldman. The article this was taken from is a interesting look at why web is not a department of its own, but housed in IT or Marketing. Read…
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Filed Under: higher ed, internet, technology, webdev
Posted by psd on February 13, 2008 | No Comments
Time travel is a pet topic of mine. I have said, and continue to say, that if there’s a way to travel in time, I’m signing up.
It’s being widely reported that a pair of Russian mathematicians say that a massive particle accelerator being built by CERN could be the first time machine. I’m particularly intrigued by this:
New Scientist says that if time travel ultimately proves possible, it could occur only as far back as the creation of the first time machine, making 2008 “Year Zero” (meaning there’s no need to contact your time-travel agent until at least 2009).
Kind of takes away the fantasy a bit, don’t you think? It also tends to nullify every piece of time-travel fiction ever written. I need to think about this a bit more.
New Scientist article via Positive Futurist
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Posted by psd on September 6, 2007 | No Comments
iMarketing has just jumped the shark. iTunes was okay, iPod was okay, too. So was iLife. But now the iTouch? Even though I’d like to buy one, I feel dirty every time I say it. And the other day, Ross told me that Apple and Volkswagen are in talks to produce an iCar. I can’t see anyone approving the iBug moniker, but stranger things have happened. i[insert word here] is now forever associated with Apple, so you could argue that to lose the iMoniker would be to lose brand identity. But just like using animated gifs on a website, Apple, don’t do it just because you can. Put a little more thought into it.
Ross: “The iCar is going to run on Steve Job’s ego.” < Best. quote. ever.
Pam: “No chance of that car ever running out of juice.”
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