Search results for: “Grateful Dead”
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Gawker-Peter Thiel in context
Why do a post about the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case? Because the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case marks a step change in Silicon Valley culture and will likely change media practices in new media companies. What is the Gawker-Peter Thiel court case? Silicon Valley veteran financier Peter Thiel was behind the financing of a court case…
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20th anniversary: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Back on February 9, 1996, John Perry Barlow wrote his declaration of of the independence of cyberspace. The declaration pointed out the folly of trying to govern something thought to be virtually ungovernable at the time. Barlow first came to prominence writing lyrics for The Grateful Dead. His ethos came from the libertarian do your…
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The changing culture of Silicon Valley
I have have been thinking about how platform changes are marking a changing culture in Silicon Valley. This changing culture will play not only into innovation but workplace practices. 1990s When I was in college I interviewed for a few placements, one was with Hewlett-Packard in Germany. They wanted a marketing student to look after…
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Facebook engagement advertising fraud & things that made last week
A nice video on how Facebook engagement advertising fraud works. The illegitimate way to buy likes from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. But you see similar fake likes when you you use Facebook advertising. This can be seen in the behaviour of the lakers. The Facebook engagement advertising fraud is run by Facebook itself.…
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Communications Bill draft
This is going to be a convoluted long post on the draft Communications Bill, so I just decided to pick a point and start. The Draft Communications Bill, what is it? The Draft Communications Bill is a piece of legislation that builds upon work done by the European Union and the previous Labour administration. It…
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Sony Walkman WM-D6C Pro
The Sony Walkman WM-D6C Pro had a central part in music culture. By the time I was in sixth form many of my friends who were into their rock music used to order bootleg concert recordings from mail order outlets like Adrian’s Records. The quality of the later bootlegs were noticeably better as it was…
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ZFS on linux & more news
ZFS on Linux Slashdot Linux Story | Native ZFS Is Coming To Linux Next Month – this is an interesting move having ZFS on Linux, hopefully ZFS will go mainstream across all OS. ZFS on Linux allows a more efficient usage of storage since existing file systems were designed for disk sizes orders of magnitude…