Weatherall on Australian Copyright Reform

May 14, 2006

Kim Weatherall summarizes an announcement by the Attorney-General of Australia on the completion of Australia’s review of its copyright laws.

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The Library of all Libraries

May 13, 2006

Kevin Kelly writes about the library of all libraries – all of the world’s creative work available online – in the Sunday NYT. It’s an almost ridiculously intelligent and comprehensive study of the digitization of our culture. Interesting timing, two days before our mesh session, “Will the Web Make Us Free”, a conversation with Ren […]

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Actually, it is Brain Surgery

May 13, 2006

Mind Hacks introduces us to Katrina Furlik, a neuroscience geek, and the coolest brain surgeon going.

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Turing’s Cathedral

May 13, 2006

I just stumbled across, via a comment on Nick Carr’s blog, one of the more luscious turns of geek-phrase I’ve encountered in ages. from George Dyson, on Google: Google is Turing’s cathedral, awaiting its soul. We hope. In the words of an unusually perceptive friend: “When I was there, just before the IPO, I thought […]

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mesh is Sold Out

May 12, 2006

Thanks to everyone, as we go into the final weekend before mesh, we are now sold out.

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mesh Questions

May 12, 2006

Leila Boujnane is asking over at Hyperbio for topic suggestions on the mesh panel she’s chairing – Creating a Viable Web Business. Vote early and vote often.

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NSA Wiretapping and Net Neutrality

May 12, 2006

IP Democracy takes the NSA domestic wiretapping scandal into net neutrality territory, speculating on whether RBOC complicity in the eavesdropping will affect consumer perception of telco trustworthiness when it comes to keeping mitts off of neutrality – the main telecom talking point on neutrality so far being “don’t worry, be happy”. I have to think […]

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Chillingeffects.ca?

May 11, 2006

I love Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, that great debunker of intellectual property demand notices sent by ill-informed or unduly aggressive attorneys: Do you know your online rights? Have you received a letter asking you to remove information from a Web site or to stop engaging in an activity? Are you concerned about liability for information that […]

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Pleading and Begging and Asking, in the Media Wars

May 11, 2006

I think the older one gets, the more one becomes aware that subtle cues and signalling in media shape the way we think about the world. What was once taken as de facto background to the way information is presented becomes, as one becomes more tuned to the ways of the world, an important part […]

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Toronto Creative Commons Salon

May 10, 2006

The Toronto CC Salon “is a monthly event focused on building a community of artists and developers around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology. The first event is synchronized with the Mesh Conference, with hopes that future events will wend their way through TO’s vibrant creative community.” The next salon is May 16, 2006, 7-9 […]

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Final Details on mesh

May 10, 2006

Stuart and Mathew have posted on some final details about mesh. I’ll add one more. The great people of BarCampTdot have organized a party at Revival for BarcampTdotters, DrupalCampers and meshies on Saturday night. Tell them mesh sent you, and you get in for free.

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The Return of the Album Cover

May 9, 2006

CoverFlow, a visual front-end for iTunes, is an astonishing app for OSX (Tiger only).

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