November 2007

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• Technology

  Twitter used, and mocked, on CSI

  11.19.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  In this week’s episode of CSI, the ever-so-stylish forensic team examined a murder victim’s Twitter messages as part of their investigation. Of particular interest is a brief exchange between the two CSIs on the values of bloggers:
  “Some people just don’t value privacy.”
  “They don’t expect privacy, they value openness.”
  “Whatever.”
  I wonder if Twitter has found its way [...]

• Berlin, Technology

  Web 2.0 Expo: Tuesday’s good, bad and ugly

  11.06.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Tim O’Reilly’s delivers the keynote on Monday afternoon.

  Day two has wrapped up at the sprawling Messe Berlin, with the notable exception of tonight’s “Berlin Night” party. So before I head out to geek out on pils, it’s time for today’s GB&U.
  The Good: The Web2Open unconference opened today, with several delegate-created workshops and discussions providing the [...]

• Berlin, Technology

  Web 2.0 Expo: Monday’s good, bad and ugly

  11.06.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Stowe Boyd delivers at Ignite.

  Berlin’s incarnation of the Web 2.0 Expo is up and running at Messe Berlin, and I feel as if I learned more yesterday than I did during my entire undergrad. Here’s a quick roundup of the good, bad and ugly for day one.
  The Good: Kathy Sierra. Chock full of useful info [...]

• Copyright, Photography

  Newspaper prints my photo, forgets to tell me (and pay me)

  11.02.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments |

  Update: This entry was posted after my initial exchange with The Mirror’s art director, who told me to work this out with the artist, where it turns out they got the image from. Since writing this, Mirror editor Alastair Sutherland contacted me to explain the situation, and assured me that barring proof that I allowed [...]

• Berlin, Photography

  Off to Berlin. Grrr. Bark, woof.

  11.01.07 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Downtown Burlington might not allow unattended dogs, but they sure know how to talk to them. This morning I packed my bags and headed to Vermont’s tiny international airport, from which I will eventually take off across the Atlantic to Berlin, site of the Web 2.0 Expo next week. I say eventually because my [...]