life | Kris Smith has read these articles about "life" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "life" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpWhat are the BestWorst Remixes of Public Domain Works- April 23, 2008 My new project involves examining legal protections for the public domain under United States copyright law. There's a doctrinal component to that what does the law say as well as a normative component why should we care It's that latter question that I've been noodling around lately. Anyone who looks for indications that copyright policymakers in the United States (including both Congress and the federal bench) share the belief, held by many legal academics, that a robust public domain is.http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2008/04/23/what-are-the-bestworst-remixes-of-public-d... Quit your job!- April 23, 2008 Today I saw a great special on Fine Living TV called Quit Your Job!. Five little companies were featured to showcase the owner's decision to leave their daily rat dace of a life behind and dive into the uncertainty of following their dreams. Here's the kicker: These 5 companies are some of the most mundane, normal, average little companies out there. These companies aren't going to beat Google, they aren't building a better iPod or bread slicer. There's no the next Facebook and not a mention.http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/979-quit-your-job Advice from Coudal on how to transition from client work to products- April 22, 2008 Coudal Partners, our officemates, are a great example of what a design firm can do when it decides to take control of its own destiny. Coudal used to generate revenues almost exclusively from client work. Anyone who's done client work knows the inherent frustrations that come along with that. But instead of merely accepting these frustrations as the real world (aka The Way It Has To Be), Coudal searched for another path. From Jewelboxing to Field Notes When they had trouble finding great.http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/975-advice-from-coudal-on-how-to-transition-from-client... FriendFeedMachine Debuts New Approach to FriendFeed- April 21, 2008 While not everyone agreed with my early, glowing, assessments of FriendFeed, there is now no question the social Web activities aggregation site is among the fastest-growing on the Internet, amassing not only some of the biggest names in the tech blogosphere as its most active members, but, with the addition of an API, becoming a new platform for development, much like Facebook was in 2007. The newest approach to handling the data flow from FriendFeed is a service called FriendFeedMachine,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/274782404/friendfeedmachine-debuts-new-... Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up- April 9, 2008 Social Media is everything you know and nothing about what you think or do in marketing. Sounds strange eh It's true though.Think about how you approach marketing campaigns today and the picture will become a bit clearer.- You evaluate target demographics.- Develop strategic messages.- Conduct an audit or focus group.- Revise messages and fine-tune the plan.- Determine the broadcast mechanisms to push your content.- Go live.- Monitor the response.- Evaluate the ROI.- Repeat, enhanced by new...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Media20Workgroup/~3/267043510/will-real-social-media-expert... XML-empowered documents extend SOA's connection to people and processes- April 7, 2008 Read a full transcript. Sponsor: JustSystems North America. Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) should dramatically improve the relationship between people, processes, and IT. Yet the potential for SOA remains clouded due to a gulf between worker knowledge and the new services automation benefits, which remain focused on structured data and existing applications. New advances in documents-based technology, management, and dynamic content enrichment offer a promising lifeline to help solve...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/Gardner/~3/265667548/ |