Nerds get a bad rap. We are being made fun of for our love of, and intimate ways with, our gear. When I say ‘gear,’ I mean computers, musical instruments, stereo equipment, cameras… anything that only reveals its depth when engaged with properly, and anything where there’s always a ‘step up,’ a better version that [...]
Archive | May, 2010
Are creativity and intellectual property rights inversely proportional?
[Direct link for non-Flash devices] Johanna Blakley‘s research concerns itself with the impact of intellectual property rights on cultural production (she also researches the entertainment industry and celebrity culture). In this really interesting TED talk, she looks at how the fashion industry has been affected by its complete lack of IP protection (you can protect [...]
Comparing the tech giants
Apart from finding yourself wondering, “why these four specifically?,” this is a handy comparison put together by the New York Times back in January. It’s a sort of “completeness check” comparing each of the four contenders’ line-ups in fields as diverse as gaming hardware, browsers and online music stores. What it leaves out is an [...]
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Carsten Knoch
Software and services professional, attentive music listener, vision enabler, instigator, reader of books and the web, vegetarian, affordable audio hobbyist, thinker, writer, blogger, tinkerer, Internet dweller since 1992. Human being since 1970.
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