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Maker’s Schedule vs Manager’s Schedule

coxy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:06:04 +0000

This seems to be doing the rounds a lot. It certainly rings a few bells with me.

U2’s manager thinks he should control your internet connection

coxy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:46:58 +0000

“it’s only natural that we equip the companies that brought us Police Academy 11, Windows Vista, Milli Vanilli and Celebrity Dancing With the Stars with wire-cutters that allow them to disconnect anyone in the country on their own say-so, without proving a solitary act of wrongdoing.”

From Boing Boing here

9 Reasons Japanese Interactive Work Is Awesome

coxy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:51:34 +0000

Interesting arcticle about Japanese digital work. All pretty much true I reckon.

article here

Dave’s dissertation

tom — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:26:24 +0000

how-is-the-internet-changing-advertising-1998

“Was this review helpful to you?”

coxy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:14:22 +0000

How a very simple question earned Amazon $2.7billion. They started off assuming people would read all the reviews, then realized that when there were many reviews they got a lot of rubbish. So why not rate the reviews?

article here

Antarctica 2041

abd — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:49:36 +0000

My brother’s just gone out to a remote outpost in Antarctica to beam back videos to UK classrooms for 9-10 year olds. It’s all about renewable energy and climate change. Have a look if you have a spare moment. (Plus you can admire Jamie’s rather natty beard…)

ebase.2041.com/2009/

Man arrested as terrorist for taking photos of drains

coxy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:13:58 +0000

Here’s a story picked up by boing boing about a man arrested in the UK as a terrorist, held for 2 days, had his house searched and his DNA permanently put on record as potential terrorist plotter for using his camera phone. But hey, as long as you’ve got nothing to hide you’ve got nothing to fear right?

from boing boing here

Hierarchy of Beards

beaky — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:32:43 +0000

see them here guvnor