Archive for November, 2002
Andrew Sullivan on the unprofitability of Web content
Andrew Sullivan recently published an interesting reflection in the Times of London on the failure of Web content to generate profit, blaming its overabundance (as opposed to scarcity) for the problem. But he also suggests that the economic function of his “blog” may not be to generate profit directly but to promote his books, [...]
Back from travellin’
There are a few photos, etc. up on the Argentina section of this site. I just got back from a trip to Peru and Bolivia.
John Perry Barlow on Intellectual Property
I have always mistrusted John Perry Barlow and his cohorts at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Barlow is inevitably identified as a “lyricist for the Grateful Dead” in the brief bio that follows most of his print publications, and as a fan of rock music, the immense popularity of the Grateful Dead is a phenonomenon whose [...]