Musings on ‘Networked Society’
Why Only Google is to Blame for the Buzz Fiasco
Two weeks ago, Google launched Buzz, a service that lets you “[s]hare updates, photos, videos, and more”. In a way, Buzz is Google’s response to Twitter and Facebook.
Competing with incumbents as successful as these two is a challenge even for Google. Therefore, in order to give Buzz some serious momentum right from the start, Google […]
Transcontinental iChat Travels
Thanks to Janet Hill, whom I met at the MacMania 4.5 geek cruise last year, and who works for Apple in education, I just had the most awesome iChat session ever: a trans-atlantic video chat.
A few weeks ago, Janet and I had already tried to initiate a video chat, but the Gods of the Firewall […]
My New Phone Support Benchmark
In this networked day and age, we only realize how much we depend on our numerous technical gadgets when they fail. Thankfully, telephone hotline support is just a few digits away, and we have all come to love the competent, patient, and friendly support folks at the other end whose main goal in life is […]
Who Are They Fooling?
When, in one of my first posts, I commented on DRM in general, and Sony’s XCP disaster in particular, I also wrote this about DVD region codes:
[W]hy can’t I play a DVD I honestly bought in the US on my DVD player here in Europe? Oh, wait, I can: I just need to […]
seriously DisRespecting Music-buyers
Sony’s recent attempt of establishing a highly invasive DRM technology just provides another example of what is wrong with the whole concept of DRM.