Comments on things relating to social media-directly or indirectly...mostly with a business focus but always media and art theory infused.
March 29th, 2012
March 29th, 2012
What Do You Mean ‘We,’ Paleface?
Copyright issues abound but few talk about the “appropriation” of white of other cultural identities and using for commerical means without consent.
Interesting article.
Via uni-watch.com
March 26th, 2012
The Power of Simple Words
Getting from “no coordinates exist like one’s domicile” to “there’s no place like home.” “Use the right word, not its second cousin,”
Language and code. Meaning and thinking.
Via brainpickings.org
March 24th, 2012
Censorship and terrorism, what about it?
The debate continues…according to Cory Doctorow we are in for a decade of this debate!
Via sroc.eu
March 15th, 2012
The Startup Ecosystem: Predator vs. Prey Infographic
The Startup Ecosystem: Predator vs. Prey is a fun but informative infographic from udemy . It …
Via coolinfographics.com
March 13th, 2012
LAWYER: Never “Pin” A Photo On Pinterest That You Don’t Own
Ahem, Pinterest. This issue ain’t going away…. The bottom line is to just share you own content. What are the stats on that? How many folks are actually creators of orignial stuff? We all learn by copying….Hell I went to art school and that is the way you are supposed to learn — by copying the great masters we never thought of it as theft or dreamed of calling it our own. Now, we should all crawl back into our caves were we can make our own art and never share anything with any one again! lol…this is not evolution but regression back to the 16th Century where they burnt women as witches and so on and so forth….share people share….soon we will all be in jail and the lawyers will be out of work for sharing… “content”???
Via businessinsider.com
March 13th, 2012
Tabatha Southey - The Globe and Mail
Oh Canada.
“There’s something almost charmingly innocent about the parliamentarians’ indignation about Anonymous’s “flagrant disregard of our traditions.”
Via m.theglobeandmail.com
March 6th, 2012
Powerful Greenpeace Ads Pit David Vs. Huge Pollution Monsters
Machine vs man with slingshot? what happened to man and technology which works equally well for those who are in power as it does of those who are not, in fact those who are in power often don’t understand the latest technology which is, by the way invisible, in the cloud so to speak….a communications network…O.K. I am confused not by the myth by by the artist depiction of the time in which we live…let me guess they hired a man…
Via fastcodesign.com
March 5th, 2012
Handbook explaining your electronic privacy rights at the Canadian border from the BCCLA - Boing Boing
It’s a know-your-rights guide and a how-to manual designed to help you keep your data and devices secure when you cross the border into Canada. (yes, folks that is into Canada, true north strong and free)
Via boingboing.net
March 5th, 2012
Canadian music labels demand keys to the Internet - Boing Boing
Of course the Canadian big Music industry demands for control of the internet will be even more insane than the Americans — as the perception by the Canadian government is that we the people are all a lovely bunch of coconuts —- who have no idea what the internet is all about and will fall for the old Nazi ploy of saving the kids from online preditors….
After all we are the nation that packaged and sold the rez system to South Africa —-they called it Apartied—- a system that is still in full effect today in Canada with First Nations people being denied any revenue sharing for the resources stolden from their lands.
Its the same old same old the grab all mentality of the Cowboy and their forts — shutting some in and others out—- that settled this land only 100 years ago! Divide and conquor. Shame and blame game. Yawn…
Via boingboing.net
