Businesses and cameras

February 26, 2005 | Comments

Business users want devices without digital cameras: "We also need devices without digital cameras. You'd think it a simple request, but this is a hot enterprise topic. Most firms won't let cameras anywhere near their business."

I think you'll find that's "want", not "need". In the same way that teachers want children to not be texting each other during class, and the music industry wants you to not record CDs from your friends or use Kazaa. Genies, bottles, etc.

I also wonder if there's a disconnect here between what business *users* want, and what business *representatives* want. I've never heard any individual bemoan the fact that they were given a cameraphone for their work.

And I don't see how this can be about industrial espionage or trade secrets. If your employees want to steal valuable information from you, they can easily purchase specialist bugging equipment which is was more unobtrusive than a cameraphone.

Black & White 2

February 26, 2005 | Comments

Interview with one of the guys working on B&W2: "The game now actually really changes depending on how you play the game! Isn’t that cool? So if for example you are a warlike player the game will be more like that: the world will be full of armies and wars and actually you can win the land by kicking people’s ass, by using force."

The Guardian on Religion

February 24, 2005 | Comments

Why religion? "If you look at three- to five-year-olds, when they do something naughty, they have an intuition that everyone knows they've been naughty, regardless of whether they have seen or heard what they've done. It's a false belief, but it's good preparation for belief in an entity that is moral and knows everything," he says. "The idea of invisible agents with a moral dimension who are watching you is highly attention-grabbing to us."

Evidence

February 24, 2005 | Comments

No charge over Falluja killing: "Legal experts have concluded that the situation was too ambiguous to ensure conviction, the network said."

Eyewitness accounts and video footage - what stronger evidence is it possible to collect?

NetImperative Awards

February 23, 2005 | Comments

Hmm, I presume that lack of entries has left me in the running for the NetImperative "Best Digital Media Blog" award. I suspect that voters won't consider this site of more importance than the Guardian Online or Ofcom tho... gowan, prove me wrong ;)