Comments for Open Media Review http://openmediareview.com Collecting the best in what Open Media has to offer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Which Freedom Is More Important, That of the User or the Work? by Thomas Gideon http://openmediareview.com/2008/08/06/which-freedom-is-more-important-that-of-the-user-or-the-work/#comment-216 Thomas Gideon Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:49:47 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/?p=66#comment-216 That was a typo but now I am loathe to correct it. I am curious as to what you suppose the sum refers? I had meant for my point to be that MWS was trying to make an either or choice, so the phrase should have been "zero or some". I'll admit I was thinking of zero sum versus non-zero sum but couldn't quite think of how to apply and phrase it. That originally though must have escaped as the typo. That was a typo but now I am loathe to correct it. I am curious as to what you suppose the sum refers? I had meant for my point to be that MWS was trying to make an either or choice, so the phrase should have been “zero or some”. I’ll admit I was thinking of zero sum versus non-zero sum but couldn’t quite think of how to apply and phrase it. That originally though must have escaped as the typo.

]]> Comment on Which Freedom Is More Important, That of the User or the Work? by Mike Linksvayer http://openmediareview.com/2008/08/06/which-freedom-is-more-important-that-of-the-user-or-the-work/#comment-215 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:47:07 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/?p=66#comment-215 "zero or sum freedom" Typo or intentional, a brilliant phrase! Mike “zero or sum freedom”

Typo or intentional, a brilliant phrase!

Mike

]]> Comment on New Edition of Brave Men Run, Matthew Wayne Selznick’s CC Licensed Novel Launches July 13th by Matthew Wayne Selznick http://openmediareview.com/2008/07/11/new-edition-of-brave-men-run-matthew-wayne-selznicks-cc-licensed-novel-launches-july-13th/#comment-198 Matthew Wayne Selznick Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:31:58 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/?p=57#comment-198 Thanks for the plug and the kind words, Thomas! I really appreciate it, and can't wait to see you in the chat on Sunday during the webathon! Thanks for the plug and the kind words, Thomas! I really appreciate it, and can’t wait to see you in the chat on Sunday during the webathon!

]]> Comment on Twitter Stream by Thomas Gideon http://openmediareview.com/2008/07/10/twitter-stream/#comment-197 Thomas Gideon Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:54:08 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/?p=54#comment-197 Well, sure, if you give me a few minutes. ;-) Actually, do you happen to know if there is a WordPress plugin to push posts out to either identi.ca specifically or Laconica generally? The reason I went with Twitter is twofold. First, other news sites are using it to extremely good effect. I follow the Ars Technica stream which covers all their articles though I only subscribe to a subset of all their available journals. Secondly, the integration with WordPress. Have a post go out to Twitter without any extra effort is a huge incentive to just wire it in and go for anyone who wants instantaneous updates. I'll start searching for that plug-in, now... Well, sure, if you give me a few minutes. ;-)

Actually, do you happen to know if there is a WordPress plugin to push posts out to either identi.ca specifically or Laconica generally?

The reason I went with Twitter is twofold. First, other news sites are using it to extremely good effect. I follow the Ars Technica stream which covers all their articles though I only subscribe to a subset of all their available journals.

Secondly, the integration with WordPress. Have a post go out to Twitter without any extra effort is a huge incentive to just wire it in and go for anyone who wants instantaneous updates.

I’ll start searching for that plug-in, now…

]]> Comment on Twitter Stream by Mike Linksvayer http://openmediareview.com/2008/07/10/twitter-stream/#comment-196 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:50:01 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/?p=54#comment-196 What, no http://identi.ca stream? :) What, no http://identi.ca stream? :)

]]> Comment on Links and status by Thomas Gideon http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/06/links-and-status/#comment-184 Thomas Gideon Tue, 06 May 2008 16:13:40 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/06/links-and-status/#comment-184 I published a <a>special edition</a> the day the book went live. I published a special edition the day the book went live.

]]> Comment on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother by Scooter http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/04/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-174 Scooter Tue, 06 May 2008 14:38:37 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/05/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-174 Oops, looks like it was a silly local caching issue for me. Thanks for checking anyway! Oops, looks like it was a silly local caching issue for me. Thanks for checking anyway!

]]> Comment on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother by Thomas Gideon http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/04/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-173 Thomas Gideon Mon, 05 May 2008 22:41:47 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/05/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-173 I saw it go by in my subscription in Google Reader. I'm looking at the raw RSS and see this post as well. Looking at the raw feed, I am noticing it says the post went up at 3:19am this morning which isn't right. I posted it closer to noon, today. I saw it go by in my subscription in Google Reader. I’m looking at the raw RSS and see this post as well. Looking at the raw feed, I am noticing it says the post went up at 3:19am this morning which isn’t right. I posted it closer to noon, today.

]]> Comment on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother by Scooter http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/04/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-172 Scooter Mon, 05 May 2008 19:50:22 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/05/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-172 For some reason, this isn't showing up in the vanilla rss feed. For some reason, this isn’t showing up in the vanilla rss feed.

]]> Comment on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother by Thomas Gideon http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/04/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-166 Thomas Gideon Mon, 05 May 2008 16:40:47 +0000 http://openmediareview.com/2008/05/05/cory-doctorows-little-brother/#comment-166 With a traditional publisher involved, if they were concerned with such a risk, they would not have published it. Someone may try to make hay out of that aspect of the book but the practical reality is that this information is almost as easily accessible on its own, anyway. At least with Cory's narrative, he's presenting it in context rather than just publishing a compendium of hacks. I'd go further and suggest that the work offers up a good sampling of legitimate uses of technologies that have often been take to task, unrightly so, as purely tools of attackers. With a traditional publisher involved, if they were concerned with such a risk, they would not have published it. Someone may try to make hay out of that aspect of the book but the practical reality is that this information is almost as easily accessible on its own, anyway. At least with Cory’s narrative, he’s presenting it in context rather than just publishing a compendium of hacks. I’d go further and suggest that the work offers up a good sampling of legitimate uses of technologies that have often been take to task, unrightly so, as purely tools of attackers.

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