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eJamming

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · DRM and IPR, Music, Patents

Rollie Cole pointed this out to me; we’re part of a Cook Report conversation that only Gordon can pull off. Thanks Rollie.
eJamming. I love it. Just possible that we will start seeing some real problems with today’s IPR law when things like this start happening. Rishab Aiyer Ghosh had better start dusting off his Cooking [...]

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I place no restriction on the use of my source for any purpose

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Introductory

I was reading Halley Suitt in her Top 10 Sources persona, and came across this by John Palfrey. It made me think.
So I want to be able to say: I place no restriction on the use of my source for any purpose.
So there. I’ve said it.

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Blogging with children

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Education, Four pillars , Social software

It’s been that kind of Saturday. My central heating (which broke down last week) gets fixed, yippee. Liverpool beat Everton. Yippee twice.
And I come across this piece, Why I blog with kids. There’s a teacher somewhere who blogs with his kids. Thank you Clarence Fisher.
And reading the post takes me to another, which asks today [...]

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Birds singing in a sycamore tree

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

…dream a little dream of me….
Mamas and Papas (or Satchmo, if you prefer his sandpaper). And thank you W.Schwant /F.Andre/G.Kahn whoever you may be.
I was trying to work out a post title for DRM and then decided not to, too schmaltzy. But Mama Cass’s voice meant I kept the song reference in.
This has been a [...]

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Open source and open markets: not “with” but “because of”

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

Thanks to Doc Searls for pointing me towards this FactoryJoe post. Fantastic stuff. And if that gets me labelled even more Utopian, tough.
I particularly like:
Think about it this way: if the water that’s piped into your house had DRM on it and only allowed you to use it for showers, how would you wash your [...]

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From Britannica to Wikipedia via Po Bronson

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

It’s that Saturday feeling.
Funny days in the park
Every day’s the fourth of july
People reaching, people touching
A real celebration
Waiting for us all
If we want it, really want it
From Saturday in the Park by Chicago

I just love the emotion expressed in  “every day’s the fourth of july”, an innate need to enjoy the freedoms we have bestowed upon [...]

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Blogs as aggregators and producers

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

I was reading The Park Paradigm this morning, noting Sean’s “obligatory” post/comment on Google Finance. In it he refers to an external post from Internet Outsider, which makes the point that Google Finance works better than Yahoo Finance because it concentrates on content aggregation rather than content production.
And this made me think of blogs again, and an old [...]

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Blogs as institutional memory and aids to teamwork

March 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

When I put people on a blogroll it’s because I read them. Just like by the time I implement last.fm it should show the music I’m actually listening to. In fact there’s probably a market for the equivalent of last.fm for blogs….someone out there listening?
Anyway, here are a few ideas  that did their serendipity thing on [...]

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