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Monday, January 31, 2011
Sheriff Files Criminal Complaint Against Reporter For Asking Questions He Didn't Like
Sheriff Dean Kimpel in Shelby County, Ohio is facing accusations of sexual harassment, and apparently doesn't want to talk about it at all. So when a local reporter sent him some emails with questions about the allegations, Kimpel's response was apparently to file a criminal harassment complaint against the reporter (via Radley Balko). The reporter, Kathy Leese, is understandably upset about this. The city prosecutor is still deciding what to do about the charges, but so far has not approved the Sheriff's report -- so there's a chance this will be cut short. However, just the fact that Kimpel did this seems like a clear abuse of power against a reporter doing her job.
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Weekend Favs January Twenty Nine
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I recently had a conversation with a friend who has just started out with making money from blogging. He had been struggling to get over the initial hump of getting things going and wanted to pick my brain on the “secrets” of how to do it. Of course I struggled to answer at first?there’s simply [...]
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Understanding the Difference Between ?Want? and ?Want to Buy?
This guest post is by Ryan Barton of The Smart Marketing Blog. As I was sitting at a caf� over breakfast, the couple nearby flipped through their Sunday paper. As I tend to do, I eavesdropped on their conversation. “Will you look at that bedding? That’s wonderful!” “Oh my God, I?d die for those shoes.” [...]
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How Cute: NY Times, WaPo & Gannett Build Their Own Walled Garden Most People Will Ignore
This is just a bit bizarre. As the NY Times and others keep moving towards a paywall, it and the Washington Post and Gannett have apparently funded a bizarrely pointless operation called OnGo, which appears to be an excessively limited, high priced, walled garden aggregator. For a mere $7 per month, you can get access to content from those three companies along with a few other big newspapers. Of course, there are limits. You only get the top 20 stories from the NY Times, for example.
Or, you know, you could just use an RSS reader. Or Twitter. Or Facebook. And not pay the monthly fee.
I'm reading through the various details and stories on this project, and the one question I keep asking which isn't answered anywhere is what is the additional value this brings to the table. When the very best that the operation's boss man can do to explain his value proposition is to say "this is another option," you're in trouble. This isn't providing any more value for the (much higher) price. It seems to be targeted at fools, which is no way to build a business these days.
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Or, you know, you could just use an RSS reader. Or Twitter. Or Facebook. And not pay the monthly fee.
I'm reading through the various details and stories on this project, and the one question I keep asking which isn't answered anywhere is what is the additional value this brings to the table. When the very best that the operation's boss man can do to explain his value proposition is to say "this is another option," you're in trouble. This isn't providing any more value for the (much higher) price. It seems to be targeted at fools, which is no way to build a business these days.
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Weekend Favs January Twenty Nine
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
JohnJac's Favorite Posts Of The Weeks
Last week JohnJac totally dominated the favorite comments, so we figured we might as well let him do the favorite posts of the week this week.
I really, really, wanted this post to be funny and?optimistic.?However as I read Techdirt, it became clear this week had a theme: governments over-reacting to?technology. ?This point was driven home when Egypt shut their people off from the Internet: I've?snickered in the past at other governments'?attempts to block skype or to block all of YouTube over a single video. ?If you had asked me last week, would a government go so far as to shut all internet access down, I would have told you no way.
While we're on the subject, check out this post over at Marginal Revolution, talking about how this move is likely to backfire for the?Egyptian government.
Other?governments are not?immune?from over-reaction, but thankfully not to the extent Egypt has gone.
But all hope isn't lost: On the lighter side, there is hope that people are using all the tools?available to them to create something new. ?The standout story here is?Pomplamoose. ?I just love what they are doing. My?Favorite?Comment of the week goes to John B. ?On Mike's story about Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin,?John B. said this: ?"This post isn't about tech, but it's about dirt, so there's that."
Many thanks to Mike and the Techdirt?Community for letting me share my thoughts.
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I really, really, wanted this post to be funny and?optimistic.?However as I read Techdirt, it became clear this week had a theme: governments over-reacting to?technology. ?This point was driven home when Egypt shut their people off from the Internet: I've?snickered in the past at other governments'?attempts to block skype or to block all of YouTube over a single video. ?If you had asked me last week, would a government go so far as to shut all internet access down, I would have told you no way.
While we're on the subject, check out this post over at Marginal Revolution, talking about how this move is likely to backfire for the?Egyptian government.
Other?governments are not?immune?from over-reaction, but thankfully not to the extent Egypt has gone.
- Government Putting Quite A Lot Of Effort Into Tracking Down 'Anonymous'
- Nanny State: More Politicians Against Pedestrians Listening To Headphones Or Texting
- Spanish Gov't Simply Reinstates US-Driven Copyright Bill, Despite It Being Voted Down
- US Government Pushing Pro And Anti-Privacy Internet Rules At The Same Time
- How Facebook Dealt With The Tunisian Government Trying To Steal Every User's Passwords
- Massachussetts Legislature Bans Twitter From Office Computers
- Artist Facing 15 Years In Jail For The Crime Of Videotaping His Own Arrest
But all hope isn't lost: On the lighter side, there is hope that people are using all the tools?available to them to create something new. ?The standout story here is?Pomplamoose. ?I just love what they are doing. My?Favorite?Comment of the week goes to John B. ?On Mike's story about Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin,?John B. said this: ?"This post isn't about tech, but it's about dirt, so there's that."
Many thanks to Mike and the Techdirt?Community for letting me share my thoughts.
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