- Apple’s Three Laws of Developers – The hidden link from sci-fi books to the App Store. Only funny because it's true…
- Biting the source that feeds you – "Keller, a journalist of unimpeachable accomplishment and stature, just had to trash a guy whose organization has struck the most powerful blow against official secrecy in a generation, somebody who may yet be jailed for what he did, an eccentric but unquestionably transformational media player."
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My delicious.com bookmarks for January 4th through January 5th
- Republicans: good at theatre, dreadful at governing – as we’ll see tomorrow – "In that time Republicans have been screaming about the budget deficit. So what did they actually do to fix it? … On the whole, Reagan lost America $81bn. Think that's a lot? George HW Bush cost the country $135bn. Think that's a lot? His son cost us – get ready – $632bn. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, made us $526bn."
- The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com – "But ultimately, what one thinks of Manning’s alleged acts is irrelevant to the issue here. The U.S. ought at least to abide by minimal standards of humane treatment in how it detains him."
My delicious.com bookmarks for December 9th through December 13th
- 10 cheap and cheerful city breaks – Some ideas for next years November trip…
- Schneier on WikiLeaks – "Just as the music and movie industries are going to have to change their business models for the Internet era, governments are going to have to change their secrecy models. I don't know what those new models will be, but they will be different."
- Publishers take note: the iPad is altering the very concept of a ‘book’ – The future of publishing?
- eclipse of 2010 – Great images of the recent eclipse.
My delicious.com bookmarks for December 6th through December 7th
- This case must not obscure what WikiLeaks has told us – Another good piece about WikiLeaks. The news about Assange is starting to obscure the real news.
- Live with the WikiLeakable world or shut down the net. It’s your choice. – "What WikiLeaks is really exposing is the extent to which the western democratic system has been hollowed out. In the last decade its political elites have been shown to be incompetent; corrupt; or recklessly militaristic. And yet nowhere have they been called to account in any effective way. Instead they have obfuscated, lied or blustered their way through. And when, finally, the veil of secrecy is lifted, their reflex reaction is to kill the messenger."