John Dvorak, whom I generally consider to be a professional troll, puts together a nice piece on how lawyers are largely inept when it comes to dealing with the Internet and are doing their clients a grave disservice because of it. Clearly, the lawyers behind the threats to Digg over the HD-DVD code simply didn’t get it at all.
And who looks stupid? Not the lawyers — no one knows who they are. Instead, it’s the companies that hire the lawyers that look like morons. Visit site »
The title is a sweeping statement that Aral himself admits is an attention-grabber more than anything. But, Aral’s real point is that many Flash developers haven’t a clue what’s going on in “our” world of web standards, web apps (Flickr, Twitter, Upcoming, etc.), mashups, and so forth. Obviously there are exceptions, but my experience suggests that Aral is mostly correct here. The flip side, of course, is that most of us have almost no clue what is going on in their world of brand experiences, web-based games, and web video.
That’s okay — not everyone needs to know everything. But, I do think a better understanding of the “other” technology from both camps would go a long way towards promoting a more rich web. I’ve been saying it over and over, but these two camps really need to stop being so separate and get together on things more often. Visit site »
Brownback (who I’m no fan of, despite him being from my home state), asserts that Peyton Manning is possibly the greatest NFL quarterback ever — in Wisconsin, home of Bart Starr and Brett Farve. Whoops.
Hilarious. Visit site »