Not sure how many of them I’ll wind up putting on line, but here’s one of the few shots I like from last weekend’s White Mischief/House of Hapsburg event.
Links for Monday June 13th 2011
- Infovore » Where’s @towerbridge?
The lovely bot that tweeted the activity of Tower Bridge has been killed, and with it, the very, very pleasing history of its activity over the last few years. Come on twitter, you can do better than this.
Links for Friday June 10th 2011
- Apple’s iTunes in iCloud ‘won’t launch in the UK this year’ – Telegraph
I am spittingly furious about this. Fucking PRS shitehawks, screwing the consumer once again. I have bought and paid for my music. There is absolutely no reasonable argument that says I should not have access to it wherever I damn well please, because shockingly, it is *mine*. I have already paid their members what they are entitled to when I bought the fucking stuff, and I find it infuriating that they somehow believe that they have the right to get in the way of my use of their product past that. (Why yes, I do really, really want iCloud.) It's not as if it's remotely meaningful – I *can* (and do) already do everything iCloud will let me do, just less conveniently. Yet PRS want someone else to give them money in exchange for making my life more convenient a third party making my life. They very embodiment of the standard music industry practise of getting between artist and consumer and making things worse for both while skimming the money off the top. How is that related to what their artists do? PRS are playing territory marking office-politics type games on matters that are unrelated to the actual rights in the music, and everything to do with ownership of products. What's next, are they going to GPS tag all my CDs, to make sure I don't carry them outside my house?
Links for Tuesday May 31st 2011
- UK Mobile Internet Usage Statistics February 2011 | Tecmark
Need these for work. They're not very interesting unless you're writing about mobile internet strategy, and if you are, you have my sympathies. - Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Good article about well, what it says on the tin.
Links for Friday May 20th 2011
- Amazon.com now selling more ebooks than print books
In the UK, they're only selling more ebooks than hardbacks, but in the US, it's only taken 4 years for ebooks to pass print, so I imagine it'll be even quicker here. Still: if your business depends on dead trees, it's time to start thinking about switching. And when I say "time to start thinking about", I mean "if you don't have a plan in place already, you're probably fucked".
Links for Thursday May 19th 2011
- The People vs. Goldman Sachs | Rolling Stone Politics
If you haven't already read this, do so now. And then join me in praying for some criminal prosecutions. - Namib-Naukluft Park Picture – Travel Wallpaper – National Geographic Photo of the Day
I got this one from kottke.org, and I'm just going to quote what Jason said about it: "The caption says that this is a photo. My brain is having a difficult time agreeing." Go look. - On TermKit | Steven Wittens – Acko.net
This looks interesting. He's right – while I need the power of Terminal a lot of the time, there is absolutely no reason why it has to look and behave like it did 20 years and more ago.
Links for Friday May 13th 2011
- WARNING: This is Horrifying. « Kelly Sue DeConnick
Go here, read what Kelly Sue has to say (and she's right it is horrifying), and then I defy you not to put your hand in your pocket and sponsor a good cause.
Links for Wednesday May 11th 2011
- Why I have left Twitpic, and why you should too.
If you are a photographer who likes to maintain any kind of control over the licensing of their images, or even if you just don't like corporations whose default assumption is that they should have all the rights to do as they please forever and ever, including profiting off their users creativity without sharing that profit with their users, you should probably stop using Twitpic.
Links for Tuesday May 10th 2011
- The New Aesthetic | Blog | Really Interesting Group
Interesting mapping of a maybe-trend. Not 100% convinced, but it's something to think about.
Links for Monday May 9th 2011
- Anonymiss Communications
"Anonymiss is an Anonymous operations group. It’s focused on women’s issues in the emerging economies, amongst other things. Anonymiss is partnering with regional NGOs, bloggers, and human rights organizations to leverage resources and get results. Grab a stick, get in the game. Fellas welcome." Interesting business. - Above 49: Those Other Indie Games
Have heard brilliant things about Fiasco, and most of the others here sound like top rate stuff as well. Must give them a look.