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Cory Doctorow is so

November 9, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Cory Doctorow is so

outraged by the Sony/BMG EULA that it even prompts him to say good things about Apple’s iTMS! He’s right though – “Does a company that makes you agree to terms like these, a company that infects your computer with malicious software, seem competent to offer a service directly to the public?”

Tags: Apple, Boing Boing, DRM

Hmmm.

November 4, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Hmmm.

New on the web: Say-So. Here’s my tester Say-So Post. Interesting.

Tags: Social Networks, Startup

Jeff Veen illustrates

November 4, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Jeff Veen illustrates

that “Web 2.0” isn’t just about company or product information and things like that: Gimme my data! It’s not surprising and probably shouldn’t annoy me that the company in question – Polar – doesn’t seem to have much of a clue. At the same time, this is a company with huge annual revenues based on global sales and product leadership – is it too much to expect they’d take that seriously?

Tags: Veen

Dave Slusher, aka

October 29, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Dave Slusher, aka

Evil Genius, deconstructs the ‘public will never go for amateur stuff’ argument that broadcasters (even public or community broadcasters) always trot out in response to citizen-originating media. The post responds to a guest piece by Stephen Hill in Steve Gillmor’s column.

Tags: Media

The other day,

October 28, 2005 by Michael Boyle

The other day,

Tim Bray noted many problems with the Dell online buying experience: Shopping, Dell vs. Apple and today noted that he got a flurry of responses suggesting that his Dell experience was not out of the ordinary at all. I agree – after reading about Boris’ experiences with his monitor I went right over to the Dell site to see if it might be time to pick one up for myself, and I was shocked to see how difficult it was to find the information.

Tags: Usability

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