Author Archives: Lloyd
Great Artists Still Steal
Young great artists still steal.
Old great artists litigate?
I missed the news about the Apple-HTC Patent Lawsuit (Google Android) until tonight when I found out about it on Mark Jaquith’s blog.
I’m happy that these cards of Apple are finally on the table. … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Consuming, Free Culture, Opinion
Tagged Apple Computer Inc, Chilling Effects, Fairness, google, Google Android, HTC, Innovating, innovation, Inventing, Invention, iPad, iPhone, John Gruber, Lawsuit, Mark Jaquith, Multi-touch, patent, Protesting
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Spoon? Where do you put your bottom arm?
I don’t remember who gave me the link to Christoph Niemann’s brilliant illustrations in “Good Night and Tough Luck”, but often at night this image comes to mind.
It expresses so well my nightly ritual of trying to find a mutually … Continue reading
Government for the People Makes You Special
“It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its “Special 301 watchlist” because they … Continue reading
Posted in Free Culture, Open Source
Tagged Andres Guadamuz, Brazil, copyright, Copyright Laws, Free Culture, IIPA, Indonesia, intellectual property, IP, MPAA, Open Source, RIAA, secretive anti-counterfeiting treaty, Special 301, Special 301 Watchlist, TPM, US Government, US Lobby Groups, Watch List
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WordPress 3 Coming Together
The delirious pace of WordPress 3 development has been delicious!
I’ve enjoyed not being able to keep up at all.
The sprint is on to feature freeze!
There’s going to be a patch sprint of sorts for 3.0 this week. Please grab a … Continue reading
Posted in WordPress
Tagged Kubrick Theme, twentyten theme, WordPress, WordPress 3.0, WordPress Development, WordPress Themes
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Insuring an Unborn Travelling Canadian
Will Your Baby By Covered in an Emergency?
If you are pregnant, it is important to check with your doctor for advice on traveling. However, finding insurance can be a problem, since travel insurance companies see pregnant travelers as high risk … Continue reading
Posted in Consuming
Tagged Canada, Canadian, Pregnancy, Travel, Travel Medical Insurance, Unborn Traveller
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Diversity Depends on Individuality
2. You should write your own biography, not delegate it to invisible masses on Wikipedia.
3. You should write other people’s biographies, from your point of view. Or at least tell true stories about them, which can be assembled by others … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborating, Community, Consuming
Tagged Dave Winer, Diversity, Individuality, Wikiality, Wikipedia
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WordPress Declaration of Independence
The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software.
The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to … Continue reading
Decision Making
If you want better communication, clarify the following:
Who is the single person who has decision making authority for decision X
Who should have input into that decision
Who should be informed when the decision has been made
This sets everyone’s expectations for who … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborating, Communicating
Tagged Committee, Communicating, Decision Making, leadership
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No More Crunches For Me
While there are lots of ways to injure a back, the sit-up is an easily preventable one. According to his research, a crunch or traditional sit-up generates at least 3,350 newtons (the equivalent of 340 kg) of compressive force on … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Abdominal, Ads, back, Back Injuries, Back Pain, Core Strength, Crunches, Exercise, Stomach
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Google Tries for High Ground in China
These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We … Continue reading
