Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 29th, 2006 Comments Off
Dave Winer says:
I seriously think my country has lost its mind. We’re getting the
best wakeup call possible with the torture bill. We’re getting the
warning, if we re-elect the Republican Congress, we deserve what we
get.
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it’s not up to me, it’s up to the Republicans. That’s the basic truth.
If you love the Constitution, if you [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 27th, 2006 Comments Off
Reading list here….good for discovery.
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 27th, 2006 Comments Off
You have ownership over your ideas. You can keep your ideas to yourself. You can share them.
Society needs markets for creative ideas. Innovators invest in solving problems and then provide those ideas, for a fee, to others who implement them.
Ideas are particularly easy to steal. Ideas are very difficult to
sell, because in order for [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 27th, 2006 Comments Off
The history of the US patent system is that when a new
domain of innovation arises, such as drugs or biotechnology, the patent office
adapts. This is all to the good. This is indeed the way the system
advances.
Some make the argument that software patents are somehow less valid than other
forms of patents because they only became [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 27th, 2006 Comments Off
Patent protection for early-stage ideas is simple and easy for the individual inventor. The reason it seems expensive is that big companies and big law firms want you to experience it that way.
Protection is afforded by having filed provisional patents–which are not expensive. This protection can be solidified by filing a complete patent application for [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 27th, 2006 Comments Off
IBM public relations must be singing this morning. They have pulled off “the big lie” at least for now. They have made it look like they are opening up the crown jewels, when what they are really doing is radically diminishing the rights of independent technologists.
Some leading lights of the blogosphere are doing IBM’s [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 20th, 2006 Comments Off
Hi all,
Here’s my quick mass mailing to say if you were worried abt things in
Thailand, they’re all okay. At least from my point of view.
The prime minister may have a different answer.
This note also serves to say I finally got around to starting a blog:
http://freelancefirstlady.blogspot.com
Below is today’s post on the coup; I’ll try to update [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 18th, 2006 Comments Off
Stylefeeder has become a blogging tool! The Stylefeeder widget is simply the best tool for doing social bookmarking of items on the web–quicker than delicious, more visual, more intuitive.
The idea of Stylefeeder is that individuals be enabled to become online style leaders. They create a fantasy shopping list of links to cool stuff on the [...]
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 16th, 2006 Comments Off
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Sep 16th, 2006 Comments Off
Here is a refreshing and stylish look at Tel Aviv, in City Guide Tel Aviv, in flash
Sometimes it is nice to get beyond the “news” and get a feel for life and love and beauty.
This guide called to my attention by Lisa Goldman, who helped create this guide, in her blog. From Lisa about the [...]