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.

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.

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.

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.

This American Life – When Patents Attack!

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

The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity

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

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

Seri­ously good job.