Category Archives: Culture

The Ad Contrarian – Advertising And The Future Of Apple

Not a bad neg­a­tive out­look of Apple post Steve Jobs, it starts with a pretty good premise but the con­clu­sion doesn’t jibe.

August 31, 2011 – 12:58 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Culture, Design, Marketing, Quick Posts, Technology, User Experience | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional

I could not be hap­pier with this ruling.

August 28, 2011 – 1:56 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech

It’s an inter­est­ing case because while Twit­ter itself is a pub­lic medium, the per­son is direct­ing their mes­sages to a par­tic­u­lar person.

August 28, 2011 – 1:55 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – Wikipedia editors voting on plan to “shutter” violent and sexual images

Not a bad plan, it’s a rea­son­able bal­ance between still pro­vid­ing a visual rep­re­sen­ta­tion of what­ever and mak­ing it eas­ier for peo­ple who don’t want to be “shocked” at the sight of the image.

August 18, 2011 – 9:35 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Communication, Culture, Quick Posts, Web Design | Tagged , , | Comments Off

This American Life – When Patents Attack!

Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.

August 2, 2011 – 2:09 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity

Yet another in a long line of arti­cles decry­ing the patent system.

August 1, 2011 – 11:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Techdirt – How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

Seri­ously good job.

July 26, 2011 – 7:35 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments Off