@uid0 it's ok, your secret's safe with me. just don't say it too loud, or teh google might hear you # GeekPAC fundraiser update: at 15% of our goal - http://tinyurl.com/5lz8as steady as she goes! # GeekPAC fundraiser update: 25% of the way there! http://tinyurl.com/5lz8as # @Silona oh that would be teh awesome # @Silona… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-15
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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-14
OMG, *the* Tomme Arthur, brewmaster from Lost Abbey, just friended me on Facebook. I'm such a fanboi 🙂 # LWN covers GeekPAC: http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/293811/110b439cfa1d7d6f/ Thanks go to @lisah # money quote: "So lots of digerati... talk 'digital rights' this and 'DRM' that, and it becomes a kind of high-tech circle jerk" # @jrep I know :(… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-14
GeekPAC to fight for information rights
This is a nice introductory article about GeekPAC and its goals. Basically, a PAC is forming to address much needed intellectual property reform in the US - think copyright reform, patent reform, DMCA reform, etc. read more | digg story
LWN.net Covers GeekPAC
This was an article published on LWN, written by Lisa Hoover. A very nice compendium of who we are and what we’re about: Link to article. Fundable.org page
Twitter Updates for 2008-08-13
@mjasay @bryce you guys are scaring me 😦 I guess I still have a few years to go yet # hey this phelps guy isn't bad 🙂 # Ugh... USA down to 10 men to Nigeria... and now down a goal. #olympics # halftime USA 0 : 1 NGR Orozco for US gets tossed in… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-13
Twitter Updates for 2008-08-12
rt @timoreilly "Andy Oram: Developing an improved online environment for educating computer users http://tinyurl.com/6kxahh " # @sogrady yes, although it's been too long to tell you exactly how # cool, LWN will cover GeekPAC. Have you shown your support yet? http://tinyurl.com/5lz8as # @jclingan LOL... I feel your pain. that's exactly what I'm doing now :(… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-12
Twitter Updates for 2008-08-11
@MikeTRose I just wish I could experience NBC's Silverlight-powered website for myself *grumble* # #olympics beautiful sequence from Arg vs. Aus today: http://tinyurl.com/5f8qe2 # special thanks go out to @lisah @irabinovitch and @billpollock for supporting GeekPAC! # via /. New Yorker article on "the tragedy of the anti-commons" http://tinyurl.com/6pfnto # @Silona hey, where can I… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-11
PublicKnowledge: Benefits of iPhone App Store tainted by 1984-like Control
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Do We Really Like the Taste of Apple's Remote-Kill KoolAid?
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story about Apple’s App Store for the iPhone. Clearly, having an easy way for mobile users to download apps is a good way to spur development and make money. According to Apple, over the past month the App Store has sold $30 million in iPhone and iPod touch apps. Of those sales, Apple should take in about $9 million, as it keeps about 30% of each app sold. While some application developers have complained about the revenue split, when one considers the costs associated with hosting the applications, cost of money changing hands, and general maintenance of the store, 30% is not unreasonable. What is increasingly unreasonable is the way Apple is controlling the App Store, both to the detriment of developers and consumers.
PublicKnowledge: Benefits of iPhone App Store tainted by 1984-like Control
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Do We Really Like the Taste of Apple's Remote-Kill KoolAid?
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story about Apple’s App Store for the iPhone. Clearly, having an easy way for mobile users to download apps is a good way to spur development and make money. According to Apple, over the past month the App Store has sold $30 million in iPhone and iPod touch apps. Of those sales, Apple should take in about $9 million, as it keeps about 30% of each app sold. While some application developers have complained about the revenue split, when one considers the costs associated with hosting the applications, cost of money changing hands, and general maintenance of the store, 30% is not unreasonable. What is increasingly unreasonable is the way Apple is controlling the App Store, both to the detriment of developers and consumers.
Twitter Updates for 2008-08-10
listening to jackie sing 'theres a dinosaur knocking at my door, and hewants to have shabbat with me' # woke up this morning just in time to see team usa squander lead to dutch. scheisse. usa still first in group. #olympics # team USA will have to make do w/o Bradley or Adu vs. Nigeria:… Continue reading Twitter Updates for 2008-08-10
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