April 28, 2004

Jack Valenti gets an education

I love this. An MIT student interviews Jack Valenti of MPAA fame, and teaches him a few things.

Real Dialogue: The Tech interviews Jack Valenti

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April 19, 2004

Real Security

Bruce is one of our most important thinkers on real security in our times. Security is so politicized and hyped that hardly anybody takes a real objective view of it. Bruce is one of those. His latest newsletter (below) has a great article on why a national ID card is a terrible idea. And I'm about halfway through his book Beyond Fear, which is pretty darn good.

Schneier.com: Crypto-Gram: April 15, 2004

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April 13, 2004

Open Source Audio

I enjoyed Cory Doctorow's book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, although I liked Eastern Standard Tribe even more. Here is a cool project to create an open-source audio version of it. I love the Creative Commons!

Details for Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Prologue

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Phones more annoying than in-person conversations

These guys did a clever study that demonstrates that people really do find cell phone conversations more annoying than in-person conversations, even when the content and volume are identical.

Why Mobile Phones are Annoying (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

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