Tue 05 Jul. 2005

Applied Convergence

MAKE: Blog - HOW TO GPS Tag Photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth….

The maps down the middle of the post illustrate what has become somewhat of a thread here:

First was a piece on Hypersurfaces. Then John Udell’s visionary post, and then a couple of new services showed up.

Update: July 13

Howzabout TagandScan!

Does Choice Mean Freedom?

Thanks to Hugh for his objective report on the copyright2005 conference in Montreal.

RMS is certainly no stranger to open and harsh criticism, but calling him a “fascist leader” merely disqualifies the opponent.

Writer’s Blog

This one’s for Hugh:

The New York Times: Dear Blog: Today I Worked on My Book

For years, book authors have used the Internet to publicize their work and to keep in touch with readers. Several, like Mr. Battelle, are now experimenting with maintaining blogs while still in the act of writing their books.

Hope it’s coming along there!

(via digg/links)

SOL

A saddening piece on Wired about Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom.

I’m happy and inspired, tough, to see that he’s still posting and can only hope things get better.