Archive for December, 2008
Chapter 6 of the book describes the history of a single song — a protest at the government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina called George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People. It traces the origins of that song back through the 20th century. A number of people have asked me to point them towards online versions of the music discussed in the chapter. › Continue reading
Jim Gaines, formerly of Time, now of Flypmedia, interviewed me about the public domain. I am normally a videophobe, but his site uses a really interesting mixture of video and text.
Reading a blog posting from Blind Flaneur I was inspired by these words.. “Producing a book accessible to blind readers probably wasn’t one of Boyle’s motives when he decided to release it in the public domain.. › Continue reading
December 18th, 2008, from 9pm – 2am at 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna Street, San Francisco)
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Cory Doctorow, the blogger immortalized in this xkcd comic › Continue reading
I was interviewed on North Carolina Public Radio today. The host, Frank Stasio, is one of my favourite interviewers › Continue reading
My friend Dan clearly doubts whether I am a responsible user of technology. He edited my bio picture… › Continue reading
The always charming Brooke Gladstone — host of NPR’s On The Media — interviewed me about the book. Appropriately, the photo chosen to illustrate the story in their archive is a CC licensed one that came from Flickr…