Is there a Master Chef at Bell?
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy | No Comments »Bell has been busted for Internet throttling. (CBC story here.) No news there. The news is that they’ve been told to back up their congestion claim with numbers. (CBC story here.) Expect some creative accounting of traffic dynamics ...
Tazzu Wordpress Camp feed
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | 1 Comment »Password is tazzu-test. If it doesn't work, go to www.justin.tv/jeremycostin Watch live video from Tazzu Wordpress Camp on Justin.tv
How to make the Massive Tech Show into a massive tech show
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | 1 Comment »I've been critical of the Vancouver Massive Tech Show both here and on Tazzu. I've branded it as boring, uninspired, a waste of an afternoon, and anything but either massive or a show. I've been challenged to propose something better, ...
Hulu and the NHL, follow-up
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »In response to a comment received putting succinctly Mr. Bettman's effect on the NHL, I would like to present two screen captures comparing the customer relations aspects of licensing issue manifestations. We have the new South Park Studios web site, which ...
Hulu and the NHL
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 2 Comments »Michael Geist pointed out that the NHL webcast on Hulu.com is blocked to Canadians. It was pointed out in the comments that it seems blocked to other non-Americans as well. I added my $0.02 (i.e. this is my ...
Joomla! Demo Camp Notes
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Communications, Information Technology | No Comments »Just thought I would cross-post them. They are at Tazzu as well. For those who don't remember, I was at the Vancouver Joomla! Demo Camp last month, and posted directly from there. My notes are in point form. Click below ...
Joomla Demo Camp - Vancouver
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | 2 Comments »I am spending this evening at the Joomla! Demo Camp at The Network Hub in downtown Vancouver. Joomla! is an open-source content management system (CMS) that makes creating sophisticated websites with dense, extensive, and/or media rich content as easy as posting ...
Net Neutrality and New Media Regulation
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Communications, Information Technology | 2 Comments »Today I'm going to look at the inevitable intersection of 'Net neutrality and new media regulation. The populist position – one with which I concur – is to want 'Net neutrality, and not to want new media over-regulation (and ...
On Friedrich and Britney, part III
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Communications, Humanities | No Comments »When we left off with "On Friedrich and Britney, part II", we asked a question about the connection between Nietzsche's statement, "Without art we would be nothing but foreground," and Shelley's, "poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration". The answer ...
The Hacker Crackdown - a podcast
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 Posted in Communications, Information Technology | No Comments »Cory Doctorow has read aloud Bruce Sterling's book, The Hacker Crackdown. He has created a podcast of the whole thing. Follow the link below: Cory Doctorow's announcement on Boing Boing of the podcast of The Hacker Crackdown. For those of you who ...
