Tidbits

• Susan Crawford: The arguments on the other side -- in favor of a prioritized internet
  Susan gives the 'other' side's arguments for us to prepare against. Hmmmm...could be useful for a certain SFX team to do the same for their community?
  
  
• GirlfriendX
  "its like a fratboys' way of managing wet dreams" (FactoryJoe quote). Hey, where is the BoyfriendX? Equal opportunity, man!
  
  
• Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign
  "The desire to redesign is aesthetic-driven, while the desire to realign is purpose-driven." Okay, I know it took me a while to get to this one, but it's really great. Other than the fact that it still doesn't quite highlight the importance of good UI (which is really a function that crosses into engineer land and product manager land and customer support land, too...)
  
  
• FlySpy
  I want it now...no waiting. Gimme gimme gimme. [you will, too, when you read this writeup] Disrupt the airlines ticketing systems.
  
  
• Spread Firefox, but don't be a Fanatic
  Awesome. Related to the Susan Crawford article. Helping temper the troops...;)
  
  
• CBS: Web2.0 is Reminiscent of Marx
  Okay ... so? And that is a bad thing because? Oh yeah...right...I'm living in the US now. ;) Darned socialist Canadians.
  
  
• Calculate the payments on your credit cards and how long you'll have to pay them
  Cool tool.
  
  
• Danah Boyd: Identity Production in Networked Culture
  In other words: stop freaking those poor parents out. Seriously. The boogeyman is no worse online than he/she is offline. The media hype on the predators on MySpace is way overblown.
  
  Youth are not creating digital publics to scare parents - they are doing so because they need youth space, a place to gather and see and be seen by peers. Publics are critical to the coming-of-age narrative because they provide the framework for building cultural knowledge. Restricting youth to controlled spaces typically results in rebellion and the destruction of trust. Of course, for a parent, letting go and allowing youth to navigate risks is terrifying. Unfortunately, it's necessary for youth to mature.
  
  
• EFF: Google Copies your Harddrive, the Governent licks their chops in anticipation
  Privacy, schmivacy. Seriously. The battle is over. It is time to change our strategy.
  
  
• International Herald Tribune: Amateurs again threaten to tip world upside down
  Damned amateurs are at it again. Hee hee hee.

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