May 2013
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Asking young people to step into a circle of trust and authenticity and share...
– Charlie Kouns A Thin Line Between Silence and Voice (via adventuresinlearning)
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You will never get a fan to care more about clothes, cars, shoes, or household...
– Why Yahoo can buy Tumblr, but it can’t buy Fandom
The unspoken truth behind Yahoo’s much-touted bid to court Tumblr’s younger demographic is that for all intents and purposes, Tumblr culture is fandom culture. There are still plenty of other spaces where fandom exists, but we have never had such a...
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kottke.org: How does copyright work in space? →
jkottke:
When Commander Chris Hadfield covered David Bowie’s Space Oddity on board the International Space Station:
how were the intellectual property rights handled?
The song “Space Oddity” is under copyright protection in most countries, and the rights to it belong to Mr Bowie. But compulsory-licensing rights in many nations mean that any composition that has been released to the public...
If the last century was marked by the ability to observe the interactions of...
– The Data Made Me Do It - MIT Technology Review (via futuristgerd)
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I am asked all the time why I think Professional Internet Types tend to be male...
– John Green (via ronenreblogs)
“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women,... →
bornofanatombomb:
“…When I sat down with one of my senior professors in Durban, South Africa to talk about my Master’s thesis, he asked me why I wanted to write about women resistance fighters.
“Because women made up twenty percent of the ANC’s militant wing!” I gushed. “Twenty percent! When I found that out I couldn’t believe it. And you know – women have never been part of fighting forces...
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Nintendo: Why are we still getting shitloads of money this game is from 17 years ago we're just remaking it
Sony: Tell me your secrets Nintendo
Microsoft: I have literally no idea what I'm doing, wanna Skype while you watch a movie and play CoD?
EA: Let's release unfinished games
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There is much of Silicon Valley that warrants criticism: the mono-culture now...
– @stevenbjohnson
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Learning From Los Gatos — The Peer Society — Medium (via fred-wilson)
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