Archives mensuelles : août 2003

WiFi like salt and pepper

Paul Boutin in Wired. Why it makes more business sense to give WiFi away to consumers. I guess it just costs more to charge for it, hence the salt and pepper analogy. Are digital commodities different than material commodities in … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Technos | Commentaires fermés

Obsolete business model

Why does the music industry think it can preserve an obsolete business model? Follow the links for a good read. [via SmartMobs→TechDirt]

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Dock envy

You wish you had a big nice dock like mine? Keep trying, still not nearly as lickable, plus you need big icons to be in the big boys club … Oh, the same goes for the Genie effect.

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The answer to life, the universe and everything

The answer to life, the universe and everything The Google calculator: learned about it from Aaron (or was it MeFi?) and got some useful (and less useful but very creative) ideas from Jason Kottke and Andrew Baio.

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Communauto

Martine vient de me faire penser à Communauto. Et puis il y a Fleecy qui évangélise ça depuis un an. Et mon excuse était que « y’a pas de stations près de chez nous ». J’avais tord. Avoir su j’y aurais sérieusement … Continuer la lecture

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Ecological Footprint

My Eco-Footprint: it requires 4.47 Earths to support each member of the present human population at your standard of living. Hey, it’s still only only 64.57% of an average North American’s footprint

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Worst article ever

A friend sent me this Internet Week Opinion piece: Reasons To Shun Open Source-ry . It is without contest the worst thing I’ve ever read regarding Linux and open source issues ever. The point seems to be « Linux is not … Continuer la lecture

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This is smart use of technology

Enters SMS agriculture says SPU newslog: farmers in Kenya will be able monitor prices for their products via their mobile and SMS. The hope is that this will avoid farmer’s exploitation by middlemen since previously, knowing commodity prices required travelling … Continuer la lecture

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Non more meta

Anil Dash on the flash mobs phenomenon I discussed earlier. Those who are worried about the weblog fad flaming out, fear not. Mobs are truly the flagpole-sitting of the new millennium. As Joshua astutely observed, Flash Mobs are striking in … Continuer la lecture

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Keeping the Net neutral

Keeping the Net neutral is the title of this Salon piece. For those with a subscription, it explains why cable compagnies should be made common carriers, for me it’s just a teaser that I agree with. Update: Frank has a … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Droit | Commentaires fermés

A Framework for Evaluating Digital Rights Management

First International Mobile IPR Workshop: conference of Rights Management of Information Products on the Mobile Internet in Helsinki. A team from SIMS at Berkeley is presenting a paper that evaluates and proposes DRM schemes for compulsory licensing. Mary Hodder also … Continuer la lecture

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Quote of the day

« It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. » Alfred Adler [via Qotd]

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The EU’s Draft Directive on IPR Enforcement

Nice summary of the draft directive by the Foundation for information policy research . [via Emerging Technologies → Ross Anderson]

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Flash mob in Montreal

Cyberpresse reports that a bunch of people threw rubber ducks in the fountain in front of Place des Arts while chanting « coin coin ». This was Montreal’s first flash mob. It seems to be quite the rage this week-end, even the … Continuer la lecture

Publié dans Montréal | Un commentaire

Required reading for female readership

Required reading for female readership Digital retouching of models. Case 1. Case 2. (and for guys too, actually). [Via MeFi]

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