Cory Doctorow on DRM fallacies:

December 31, 2004 | Comments

Cory Doctorow on DRM fallacies: "There's no reason to believe that DRM makes more content available. There's no reason to let the studios "call the shots" -- we haven't before this. There's no reason to believe that DRM makes media cheaper, quite the contrary. The features that make your "reasonable" DRM palatable to the market today can and are rescinded tomorrow."

ConQwest: \"ConQwest is a Big

December 31, 2004 | Comments

ConQwest: "ConQwest is a Big Game in the evolving tradition of B.U.G. (Big Urban Game) and Pac-Manhattan.". The photos look great.

Acoustic Space: Trans Cultural Mapping

December 31, 2004 | Comments

Acoustic Space: Trans Cultural Mapping: "Thus there are two equally possible scenarios – that locative media are the trigger for an unsustainable explosion in personal mobility in the world’s great cities, or that they are the key to unlock knowledge that will help us achieve a sustainable global urban system."

A list of location-based games.

December 31, 2004 | Comments

A list of location-based games. Very few of them for mobile phones, I note...

A history of the iPod

December 31, 2004 | Comments

A history of the iPod scroll wheel: "...the original scrollwheel, designed by Apple, which physically rotated and was not touch-sensitive. I'm partial to the motionless designs that came later, but I know a couple of people who still prefer this one, because they like the feeling of the control moving with their finger"