codinghorror.com/blog/2008/05/revisiting-the-black-sunday-hack.html The kill didn’t last long before pirates found a way to jump-start the cards. But it holds an enduring position in pirate lore; for the first time, they could see a cunning mind at work on the other side.
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>> Bits as a Service
tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/12/04/Information-wants-to-be-free I’ll grant that the distinction between bits-as-bits and bits-as-a-service may not always be obvious. But it’s crucial, because people will pay for only one of the two. What seems crucial in making the distinction is that in the case of a service, I’m paying ahead, for a predictable response to the unpredictable future.
>> No Copyright Intended
waxy.org/2011/12/no_copyright_intended. YouTube’s tried to combat these misconceptions with its Copyright School, but it seems futile. For most people, sharing and remixing with attribution and no commercial intent is instinctually a-okay.
>> On the Tab Labels in the New Twitter App for iPhone
inessential.com/2011/12/08/on_the_tab_labels_in_the_new_twitter_app. How many times have you been to a product website and seen big bold letters proclaiming that you can CONNECT and ENGAGE and DISCOVER? Every time I see that, I hit the back button, and I bet you do too. It’s because it’s vague. It’s supposed to sound exciting, but it’s not. It doesn’t… >> On the Tab Labels in the New Twitter App for iPhone weiterlesen
>> Leftovers 2011 (Stream Edition)
hackr.de/2011/12/05/leftovers-2011-stream-edition. [..] aber unterm Strich sind die meisten Tools die wir so kennen und lieben nichts anderes als Maschinen zur Produktion, Rezeption und Distribution von solchen Stream-Ereignissen.