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European Parliament Now Within Grasp of the Pirate Party
What happens when you have a passionate self-formed network which is responding to an external threat.
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Facebook Applications: The New Magazines? | Michael Leis
Great post from Michael, showing one of the traditional strengths of magazines and the insights that magazine choice can reveal about people – and that fact it’s being replaced by things like Facebook Apps.
‘highly personal content that shapes how people are entering into social discourse with their peers’ -
TuneCore, Amazon Set to Unveil On-Demand CD Sales | Epicenter | Wired.com
This is probably one of the last lifelines left for physical music retailers, and it’s now surprise that instead of capitalising on it, it’s Amazon who end up trying the new idea, and making it easier for musicians and bands.
Price gets it totally right – it’s about fans decided which format they’d like for their music – which could vary between streaming songs you quite like, downloading something you couldn’t live without, and buying the CD of a band you want to support and use as an artifact. -
SGN aims for cross-platform social gaming domination » VentureBeat
I remember reading a lot of mocking comments when a Microsoft exec said, around the time of the Xbox 360 launch, that he could see a time when people played a full game like Halo on a console, but could contribute to their character or their team via their mobile phone and minigames to provide supplies or ammo for example.
It seemed feasible to me then, and it’s seeming ever more likely now! -
OffiSync Brings Google Docs Goodies to MS Office
Being able to sync Microsoft Office and Google Docs could be incredibly useful for widespread adoption/collaboration
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
