Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

No Starch Experiments with BitTorrent, DRM-free Release

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

No Starch is a fun, smaller, technology oriented publisher. As such, it is hardly surprising they would be willing to experiment with direct distribution through BitTorrent. They are releasing two titles, both by Leander Kahney noted Wired.com columnist; Cult of Mac and Cult of iPod. The books ...

Interview with Nicholas Reville of Miro, Participatory Culture

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Groklaw posted the transcript of a great interview with Nicholas Reville of Miro and the Participatory Culture Foundation. Miro is an open source media player built on democratic principles, both in access to open media as well as how it is built and used. If you haven't tried ...

Violet Blue and Open Source Sex

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I very much admire people like Violet Blue and Cory Doctorow. They both are so busy and dedicated to what they believe in, it seems everything they touch turns to gold. What I love about the Open movement is it can define the most amazing stuff. Sure, I can release novels ...

Finding Open Media with MozCC

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

One of the challenges of enjoying and supporting open media is discovering it in the first place. One of Mur's main goals for this site is to spotlight some of the best of what is out there. There is far more open media, though, than one person, or ...