Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them, by Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software movement (and WordCamp SF 2010 speaker).
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What I Learned Building Medium (So Far), by Evan Williams.
Pandora and Artist Payments, about how Pandora is paying out millions of dollars to artists but is only 6.5% of the US radio listening audience, the fees the rest pay are far, far lower.
WordPress Is Probably Powering Your Favorite Candidate’s Website, from Mashable.
Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger, a great article from Ars Technica. Also emphasizes why two-factor authentication is going to become more important in the coming years.
Lukasz Lindell writesHow we screwed (almost) the whole Apple community. “We wanted to test this, how easy is it to spread disinformation?” Fascinating story.
John Gruber has a great essay on the paradigm shift (yes I just said that) of the Retina Macbook Pro. Highly recommended.
Grid-based design sure is getting popular these days: First map of the human brain reveals a simple, grid-like structure between neurons. Hat tip: Jeff Bowen.
Bat-Signal Heralds Launch of Internet Defense League. Proud to be a supporter.
23 Air Travel Tips From Super Frequent Fliers by Elise Hu, includes two from me.
Thumbs Up: Digg Wasn’t A Failure, It Was A Beginning, by Aubrey Sabala.
In Europe, the Court Shuts Down WordPress Based Pirate Bay Proxy that was running RePress.
Matt McAlister writes on the The Generosity Strategy after our conversation in London last week.
Well that’s a twist: Megaupload Search Warrants Ruled Illegal by High Court.
Jack Chenge writes on The Slow Web Movement.
It’s a week for coming out of stealth: Livestar, An App For Trusted Recommendations and much more just launched, (an Audrey company). Congrats to Fritz and the team!
VHX has come out of stealth about their funding, it’s a new startup that aims to democratize video distribution, through methods much like Louis CK and Aziz Ansari did those recent online-only special. VHX is an Audrey company.
A nice article in Techcrunch today about the Unreasonable At Sea 100 Day Journey in 2013.
What If Mayors Ruled the World? From Atlantic Cities.