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Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Music Technology and John Hampton Edition
I’m a big fan of the recording magazine Tape Op. It has been around about a decade and is all about DIY music. They were maker before maker was cool. (Plus, the physical mag is beautiful and U.S....
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Coins to Tunes
As a six year old, one of my favorite things about visiting my grandparents in their small, southern Illinois town was the thrill of splitting the pile of change from my grandfather’s piggy bank with...
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The Fairphone—A Good Start at Ethical Hardware
Casey Johnson at Ars Technica (“Fairphone” looks to give power back to customers): The “Fairphone,” a phone that purports to approach smartphone design in the most ethical way possible from every...
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Defending Patents Against Patents
Some news in the tech patent world yesterday, where Jared Favole and Brent Kendall reported in the Washington Post (Obama Plans to Take Action Against Patent-Holding Firms) that The White House on...
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(Really?) Free The Pictures – Review with PSA
Brian S. Hall has a overview of free cloud picture services at ReadWrite. Interestingly, before he gets to the review itself, he notes Before diving into the features of the various services, it should...
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Rationalizing Bad Behavior? Carriers Reject Kill Switch for Stolen Smartphones
In April 2012, I posted about the efforts to create a national stolen cell phone database. Those concerned with trying to reduce the lure of cellphones for thieves wanted to create a database that...
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John F. Kennedy and One Person, Armed With Powerful Technology
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. I wasn’t alive when it happened, so it is not an event that really touched me personally. Yet, the anniversary has led me to...
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