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Eben Moglen – Innovation Under Austerity
Eben Moglen gave the keynote address at the Freedom To Connect (F2C2012) conference and it was followed up with a detailed Q&A – all of which you can watch right here. In total it runs just under an hour and a half but it is time well spent and you must, at the very least, […]
RSA Animate – The Power Of Networks
I love these RSA Animate videos. They’re wonderfully condensed talks supplemented with rapid and evocative animated whiteboard drawings (helped out with a lot of digital jiggery-pokery) that never fail to feed my head and leave me pondering things more important than where I left my keys. This one is a talk by Manuel Lima about […]
5-25-12: The Jumpstart for 5-25-77
Remember last year on my old blog when I posted about the indie comedy 5-25-77? No? Well check out the link and then come back. Or – just watch the trailer right here for this as-yet-to-be-released awesomesauce feature film – and then keep reading below: The original filmmakers are embarking on a cross-country road trip […]
Creative Process – Part One The First
As promised, I’m going to intermittently post not just about what I’ve done or am doing or intend to do but also offer up some insights into how things clatter and bubble inside this rat cage laboratory sometimes referred to as my brain. Today’s episode of Creative Process will touch on my obsessive need to […]
Breaking The Internet
There has been a lot of noise recently about various legal and quasi-legal attempts to hand control of the internet over to corporate interests all in the loudly proclaimed causes of protecting intellectual property and saving the children. This is, of course, pure horseshit. I’ve embedded here two different documents for you to peruse at […]
CISPA Infographic
Nicely done infographic that neatly summarizes all that is wrong with the U.S. “Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act” or CISPA. President Obama has promised to veto this bill when it crosses his desk – if he doesn’t then he’s just as big of a schmuck as the knobheads who already support it. Infographic designed […]
Too Much Copyright – Reason.TV
Zach Weissmueller presents this Reason.TV piece addressing the fucked up nature of US copyright law. It’s a very interesting discussion with law professor Tom Bell and Ben Sheffner who is the head counsel for the MPAA and Ben Huh, the founder of Cheezeburger. After you hear what they have to say be sure to check […]
An Invocation For Beginnings – Ze Frank Is Back
A Show With Ze Frank is up and running. He kicks it off with this amazing first video: An Invocation For Beginnings. From March 17 2006 to March 17 2007 Ze Frank ran a playful, inspiring and goofily funny web series called simply The Show. He engaged with his audience in ways that made them […]
My New Blog
I’ve had a blog going since 2006 on my old web site millsworks.net and it has endured a number of changes in style, structure and content over the years – usually when I fucked up something and didn’t have anything archived. A big chunk of what I used to do can be found, in bits […]