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Via Zeldman

July 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Via Zeldman I was directed to the wonderful Adland, subtitled “by the adgrunts for the adgrunts”. I’m not exactly an adgrunt, but close enough.

Tags: Media

Wired News

July 23, 2001 by Michael Boyle

is also covering the new SirCam virus/worm, as one would expect. It’s a very interesting issue considering that Mac OS X is now out in the world, and, as many have noted, Apple will soon be the largest volume Unix vendor in the world. Their rollout of OS X is happening in a very different context than earlier releases of consumer- and business-friendly operating systems, and it could be a huge opportunity for Apple. If they were to develop an open, fast, and highly professional security infrastructure I think a lot of people might sit up and take notice.

Tags: Apple, Business, Friend, Opera, Professional, Security, Wired

Wired News

July 23, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Wired News: What If Napster Was the Answer? Who knew!?!
Well, everyone except the RIAA and the record companies that it represents, I guess. Oops.

Tags: Copyfight

I find myself yearning

July 20, 2001 by Michael Boyle

to read some theory again. I’ve been out of it for so long – but at the same time more deeply embedded than ever. A college in BC has put together a great list of Canadian media theorists and relevant resources that might be a good start, even though I’ve read them all before quite extensively. You can’t go wrong starting with Canadian media theory.

Tags: Media

On a lighter note

July 20, 2001 by Michael Boyle

:
[localhost:~] myusername% uptime
3:33PM up 4 days, 20:29, 1 user, load averages: 0.95, 0.94, 0.83

That includes running the classic environment (through OS X) and just doing stuff without stressing too much about anything. Just plugging away.

Tags: Environment

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