“The US copyright office will permit mobile phone subscribers to unlock their phones, allowing them to be used by rival network providers.” – Andrew Orlowski, The Register “The exemptions become effective on 27 November 2006 and will only remain in effect for three years.” – Tim Finn “This is really only applicable to Cingular and …
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Conversion Rate on Joy
We caught the “Heretics” episode of the This American Life last week on the drive back from Wisconsin. A superb listen – about Reverend Carlton Pearson and his New Dimensions church – best I’ve heard from public radio in quite a while (not that I’ve been able to stand listening that much). Pearson’s philosophy of …
Don’t Hold Your Breath
While Darren’s post is specific the challenges of high-profile, pro-bike racing, the messed up relationship he describes is evident in so many other industries, the major entertainment publishers come to mind immediately (music, books, etc). While I admittedly don’t know the specifics of the issues within bike racing (Darren’s the expert here, and I could …
Absolute Thanks
Friend of the podcast Sam Buchanan reminded me the First Crack Podcast got a mention in George Colombo‘s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting. Screenshot too. In the section on the benefits of using a weblog engine for handling listener comments and such. Thanks again George.
Joe Urban on Denver’s Public Transit
“The bottom line is that good transit is frequent, affordable, easy to use and takes you where you want to go.” – Sam Newberg Sam really likes Denver. Unlike some other friends of mine. Personally, I’ve never been. Just around. Airport, Boulder, Broomfield. Though I’m always happy to hear when public transit works. I’m optimistic, …
Studying Buggywhips
“‘Go forth and make media,’ I told the group. ‘You want to be a journalist, be one! There’s no badge that makes you one, no degree, no license (thank God and the founding fathers), no credentials and no special anointing from the New York Times. So just do it.’ This again drew a few moans …
The 5 Needs of Internet Tools
“So why did YouTube catch on? Simple — free storage.” – Dave Winer Exactly. In YouTube’s case, I’d also throw in format conversion. Converting video into a format that is small and viewable by anyone with a Flash player is a opaque and geeky process. The reason they clicked – they did the conversion and …
Europe v. US: Taxes v. GDP
We’ve got a European vacation in the works and by coincidence, the Marginal Revolution has a nice U.S. vs. Europe comparison thread running. “Further, a recent study has shown that Germans and Americans spend the same amount of time working, but the proportion of taxable market time vs. nontaxable home work time is different. In …
Mom’s Courtesy Smile
The last few weeks have been a roller coaster of family emotions and get-togethers – from the passing of Grandma Hannah to Cooper’s first birthday. Add to that, all the family photos and stories and trees (back to 1751) my dad sent down. So, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about yesterday, and those places …
The Almost Always On, Not Quite Everywhere Network
One of the reasons I’ve always been skeptical, cynical, and generally a wet-blanket on browser-only software is unreliable networks. Everywhere I go – there isn’t a network connection. So, any browser-only information I might need (email, documents, photos, etc) are completely inaccessible on my fully wifi-enable, ethernet-ready laptop. “I’ve got draft posts on Google Docs …
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