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David Weinberger will get pushback from people who think that his acknowledged oversimplification misleads his listeners, but he’s right, and we should be paying attention (and then fine-tuning the matters we think he over-simplified). Another audio experience made less pleasant through the interposition of Real, though; however good-hearted Rob Glaser may be, his product needs a far-reaching overhaul, beginning with adherence to open standards and with user-cordiality (I’m not even asking for “friendliness”).

Speaking of David, he’s one of the Halley’s co-conspirators at Worthwhile, which covers “what makes work worthwhile,” something I look forward to learning about from their columns.

Have you been keeping up with Steve Himmer? You should; you will want to be able to say, “Oh yeah, I used to read Steve Himmer when he was posting his stuff to the net every day.” This is writing that will not long go under-appreciated.

Dubber writes to say that his thrid-year students in Radio at Auckland University of Technology (do they need any visiting professors of Technology and Theology?) will read chapters of Free Culture as an exercise in reading and to acquaint them with Lessig’s argument. I like that tactic; I often assign my students to tape portions of the Bible as part of coursework. Dubber has arranged for hosting at Telltale Weekly, and he’ll let us know when they’re ready to roll.

Most important of all, the BLX standard wars have finally settled down — as in, the internecine wars that set one blogger over against another. But now, the 800-pound gorilla seems to be on the verge of entering the game (and I apologize in advance to gorilla-lovers). So do the world a favor, and go buy some BLXware to keep Gary in tea and biscuits. Hey, Gary, how about putting the colored tags on the back of the shirt?

Posted by AKMA at April 6, 2004 03:16 PM | TrackBack