February 2009
7 posts
My night with Lawrence @Lessig, Shepard Fairey,...
Awesome story from my friend Jake about the power of Twitter search, intelligent copyright law, and collective engagement.
FTW, Jake. FTW.
jakelevine:
I had the opportunity to join my friend Eric at the New York Public Library tonight to hear from Lawrence Lessig, Shepard Fairey, and Steven Johnson (event details). Lessig began with his Remix presentation, which I had never seen live. He is an...
New Bon Iver EP at Amazon for $0.99. Thanks to...
Hearst May Close SF Chronicle →
Hearst says it might have to sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle if it can’t lay off a “significant” number of employees “within weeks.” From the release:
Hearst said that the …
“People point out that there’s a significant sleight-of-hand in every status...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15wwln-medium-t.html?_r=2&ref=magazine
New Internet, key to identity?
From the Times:
The Internet’s current design virtually guarantees anonymity to its users. (As a New Yorker cartoon noted some years ago, “On the Internet, nobody knows that you’re a dog.”) But that anonymity is now the most vexing challenge for law enforcement. An Internet attacker can route a connection through many countries to hide his location, which may be from an account in an Internet cafe...
Mobile Phone Numbers and Identity
Despite living in SF, I still have my 617 number and use it with a little bit of pride. Whenever I trade numbers with a fellow 617er, I feel a mini connection is made.
Annoyingly, some cab companies will only take 415 numbers, so I got a forwarding number to use for these purposes.
But this post makes an excellent point: numbers are one of the things that are unlikely to change, much more so...