Posts tagged “rant”

Don't give up your day Twitter

Posted on December 8th, 2009

So I’m back on the blog again, after far too long of hating the layout of this blog but not getting off my arse and doing something about it (although, if you want to redevelop and design it for me, please get in touch) I have decided to just put up and shut up about it. After all, it’s the content that’s most important… right? right? Let me welcome you all back with my take on employees and Twitter: mUmBRELLA has an article up on the recent launch of ABC‘s new rant space, The Drum. In it, Tim Burrowes asks the question: ‘should journalists using a Twitter account as part of their job relinquish control of the account if they change job?’ As he…

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Tagged: ABC The Drum, Annabel Crabb, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Crikey, Jonathan Green, Margaret Simons, media, mUmBRELLA, rant, social networking services, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tim Burrowes, Twitter

Creative Commons: Fair to share?

Posted on December 7th, 2009

I just read Lisa Dempster’s Neon Pilgrim. I’m generally not into backpack-lit, but Lisa’s conversational confessional approach spins out a hilarious and (sometimes too) honest recount of her 1200 kilometre trek along Japan’s famed 88-temple pilgrimage, the henro michi. It’s a good read. I enjoyed it so much in fact, that I lent it to my sister. No harm in that right? People lend books all the time. But I wonder if your reaction would be the same if I told you I also emailed a PDF copy to my friend living in London.

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Tagged: Aduki Independent Press, Articles, Artlink, Creative Commons, Emily Clark, henro michi, Lisa Dempster, Neon Pilgrim (2009), permissions culture, publishing, rant, Stick This In Your Memory Hole (2007), Tristan Clark

Go Daddy’s dire pop-up predictions for Tuvalu and .tv

Posted on May 1st, 2009

It seems domain register Go Daddy are tipping that the tiny island nation of Tuvalu is going under sometime soon. No official announcements from the registrar though, just a pop-up that appears if you click on the .tv domain option when searching for available domains to buy. Subtle warning: Go Daddy’s pop-up gives you the low down Are Go Daddy saying you shouldn’t by .tv domains because the islands are sinking? Perhaps this is the wrong way of thinking about it Go Daddy. Some of the readers of Boing Boing are onto a good thing: monkeythumper takes the scarcity = value economic argument. Surely they are going to be worth more when the place is gone? Like MajorD suggestions, it could mean the emergence…

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Tagged: rant