I was doodling around the iPhone site this morning. This was for research purposes only, since the iPhone still (ahem!) isn’t available in Israel. You can get a sim-less version for about $650, or hack an American one, but no carrier in Israel has yet signed on with Apple. Anyway, I was poking around the [...]
Professor Luis Von Ahn at Carnegie Mellon still gets my vote for outstanding service to the field… Paul Marty first mentioned reCaptcha here (on Museumatic) in May of 2007: http://musematic.net/?p=188 , although I admit I missed it at the time. A colleague here at the CMA, Doug Hiwiller, brought the issue to my attention this week forwarding me an email with [...]
Via Richard’s Twitter feed, I have a new favorite blog, Museums Suck. OK, I should clarify: I mean by “favorite” that it’s wince-inducing, snarky, sarcastic, biting, cuts a little too close to the bone for comfort and filled with good old-fashioned insults. So it rocks in that kind of “I hate you” sort of way. [...]
I was recently browsing the liberal Daily Kos (yes, yes, I’m a Kossack…) when I came across this poll: Although this poll represents a heavily-biased demographic (technology-savvy liberals and moderates, ages 20-55), I still found it rather interesting. Museums lag far behind libraries, and slightly behind science buildings, schools, and streets. All of these locations [...]
Who said copyright is a bore? Not in the art world, it’s not. There’s an interesting battle brewing in reaction to Damien Hirst’s reaction to a 16-year-old artist’s collage containing a picture of Hirst’s (infamous?) diamond-encrusted skull. Hirst threatened to sue, the 16-year-old handed over the collage as well as the £200 he had made. [...]
Something that’s been on the back burner of my mind (which, yes, resembles an overworked kitchen stove) is the interesting issue raised by threats of new legislation that would create copyright protection for fashion designs. A story in Techdirt puts it really well, so I’ll be lazy and simply quote: For many, many years, we’ve [...]
That was a quote from a luvvie Producer at the BBC during my time there in the Interactive Television Unit. Luvvie. Noun. 1. A person, usually male, with a flamboyant and affected theatrical manner. Also luvvy. Often derog. I can’t remember what project he was overseeing, but I do remember he was a useless producer [...]
Wanted to give you all the backstory to yesterday’s post. I was sitting around with the work husbands at lunch last week and one of them said he and his real-life wife were having issues about friending folk on facebook. The issue on the table: Is it okay for a husband to friend a friend’s wife on [...]
And a handy dandy list of short rules from Envirostats, last dated in November 2008. http://envirostats.digitalcitizen.ca/2008/11/09/a-practical-facebook-netiquette-guide/
For those who use iTunes (I don’t), this might creep you out. Or not. It’s a free country, sort of. “Although iTunes Plus files feature no copy protection, files downloaded still contain the email address you have registered with iTunes. So although files can physically be shared with, and played by, friends and family, any [...]
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