The US Justice Department (the guys who brought you warrantless wiretapping, Guantanamo bay, the political firing of District Attorneys, and, uhhh, Alberto “Amnesia” Gonzales) has, in what one would like to think was a shock move but on consideration was only mildly less inevitable than death/taxes, declared that it is against net neutrality. In short, [...]
Entries from September 2007
Oh, hai, teh internets is ovr, KTHXBAI
September 7th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments
In New technologies · Politics · Stories
Missing Word Round
September 6th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 1 Comment
In Networking · Social media · Stories
What’s missing from Om Malik’s otherwise sound description of Facebook’s new-and-improved-if-by-”improved”-you-mean-”ruined” public-facing search funtion:
This move transforms Facebook from being a social network to being quasi-White Pages of the Web.”
Answer after the jump…
How Sexism Retarded the Internet (and how the internet will make us all anarchists, possibly)
September 5th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments
In Networking · Sharing · Stories
Just read a fabulous article in The Guardian about Don Tapscott and his new(ish) book, Wikinomics. There’s a splendid little story therein which recounts how, in the late 1970s, Tapscott and a couple of other computer nerds hooked some old PC’s together (”a network, you might call it,” cutes the article) and, realising how this [...]
Geek Love
September 5th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In Gaming · Networking · Social media · Stories
Conceivably it’s the heat here in Baltimore, but I found this article by Margaret Robinson to be rather cute. Apparently the kids these days don’t meet up at the roller disco to find romance, they go dragon-slaying….
Oh, Thanks Alot, Steve Jobs…
September 5th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments
In Brand innovation · Stories
As if the content of my music collection weren’t embarrassing enough, apparently now the damn iPod nano I play it on is going to look hopelessly outmoded in comparison with the all new, touchy-feely, makes-you-wanna-go-uhhh version.
Seriously, if this carries on, I’m going back to my euphonium.