Archive for the ‘Meta’ Category

Which Freedom Is More Important, That of the User or the Work?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Matthew Wayne Selznick poses a question that I have run into once or twice before. Which is the greater freedom, using unencumbered formats that might not be supported by some devices or deal with the tarball of DRM to work with all potential devices that may be able to ...

Open and Free Video and Audio on Openness, Participation, and the Commons

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation contacted me recently suggesting that his research would be of interest to our readers. He specifically recommended the web casts section of the foundation's not inconsiderable web site. He also recommends ...the companion section, Category:Podcasts...[both] are quite extensive directories of the best videos ...

Identi.ca Account

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Mike Linksvayer, from the Creative Commons, commented when I set up the site's Twitter stream that an Identi.ca account would be more appropriate given the site's focus. I retorted that it would only be useful if there was a nice WordPress plugin, like TwitterTools, to automate updating Identi.ca automatically. I ...

New Suggest a Link Form

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Got a story you think Open Media Review should be covering? Use the new suggest a link form to submit specific links for consideration. Your name and particulars are optional but if you choose to share them, we promise to only use them to give you credit for ...

Twitter Stream

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Open Media Review now has a dedicated Twitter stream. Posts here will also go out via Twitter, instantly.

Site Relaunched

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Mur and I have completed moving this site to a new host, one I administrate, as she has stepped down as editor-in-chief and in lieu of shuttering the site offered me the job. I accepted figuring I'd give it a go, in terms of trying to meet a more ...

Hi there!

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

My name is Mur. I am a writer, podcaster, producer, creator and consumer of open media. Some might call me an enthusiast. Or a crazy person who gives her fiction away. No matter. A while back I had a job where I (and my good friend Jason Adams) had to create a ...