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One more thought about Steve Jobs

One more thought about Steve Jobs

I have been struggling (quite publicly) to condense why Steve Jobs is so unique and important to us all into a crisp, clear thought.  It’s difficult, of course, given the breadth and depth of his influence.  When talking to a CBC reporter by phone this evening...

Copy Protection is the Enemy of Content Distribution

The MPAA has, believe it or not, heard you. You want to copy the material you buy, for use in other devices, etc. You want to, as someone once said, be able to “Rip. Remix. Burn.” your media. And why not? You paid for it. MPAA Boss Dan Glickman is actually...

AOL Gets Its Dead Reckoning…

AOL didn’t lose 846,000 subscribers. It never had them in the first place. -Ian. —– http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid04&ncids8&e=6&u=/ washpost/20030724/tc_washpost/a32817_2003jul23 AOL Subscribers Down by 846,000...

[SERPICOS} AOL: Say Hi To Mom From JAIL!

…yeah right. These guys will never go to jail. But AOL will go down in history as a Ponzi scheme that makes 80s Junk Bonds look like chicken feed. Actually, I found a good backgrounder on Ponzi schemes here: http://www.mark-knutson.com/thescheme.html -Ian....

More On the Geeks Buying the Chic…

http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid/04/11/06111158 nairda3 writes us with a real good scoop if this deal turns out to be real: “Crikey.com.au recently reported that it ‘doesn’t break many global stories but here’s one we got from a...