Category Archives: Information Technology

Tazzu WordPress Camp feed

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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

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How to make the Massive Tech Show into a massive tech show

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Ironic Poker Game: But are they bluffing this time?

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

Back in February, Network World ran a story that Linus Torvalds, inventor of the Linux operating system and guru of the Linux kernel, believes that Microsoft is bluffing in its threat to sue for patent infringement. NW quotes Torvals as … Continue reading →

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Hulu and the NHL, follow-up

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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, … Continue reading →

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Hulu and the NHL

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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 comment on … Continue reading →

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Joomla! Demo Camp Notes

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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 … Continue reading →

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Why the RIAA should be subject to Judicial Review

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

Nate Anderson of Ars Technica published a piece on March 11 entitled, “RIAA tells Ars: We’re not hypocrites“. Essentially it boils down to this: The RIAA’s collective spin-off — in some ways similar to SOCAN here — is called SoundExchange, … Continue reading →

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Nine Inch Nails in the RIAA’s Coffin

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

According to Prof. Larry Lessig, Nine Inch Nails’ latest album has been released under Creative Commons. Kudos to Trent Reznor! http://lessig.org/blog/2008/03/nin_goes_cc.html I tried to comment but Prof. Lessig’s blog is giving me some sort of SQL error. Here is my … Continue reading →

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Selling your everything: Non-comp clauses, IP, and employment contracts

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

I would like to write, today, about a murky subject I’ve been thinking about for a few weeks. The various forms the germ of this post has assumed over those weeks all stem from a particular type of clause – … Continue reading →

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Joomla Demo Camp – Vancouver

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Jeremy Costin

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 … Continue reading →

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