DIY licensing is the future?

Cory Doc­torow has a thought-provoking piece out there about intel­lec­tual prop­erty rights and the clusterf*ck that is dig­i­tal licensing today.

If you’re run­ning an enlight­ened com­pany, you might have a Cre­ative Com­mons license hang­ing out there for non-commercial, “fannish” uses.…

But some­where between Cre­ative Com­mons and full-blown, lawyerly license nego­ti­a­tion is a rich, untapped source of income for creative […]

A thing i like

iamakey_angleHere is a thing that i like.  It’s a USB drive not much big­ger than a key.  It holds 8GBs!

Why i like this thing:  well, it holds 8GBs!  And it’s not much big­ger than a key.  Also it’s metal enclo­sure is durable and the ter­mi­nals, while exposed […]

The NEW office!

As some of you may know, i recently quit my job to pur­sue pos­si­bil­i­ties.  My liveli­hood will be earned along with so many oth­ers as a free-lance tech con­sul­tant and graphic designer.  A ballsy move to be sure.  But have faith.

Once i had fin­ished with the old gig i needed to do some seri­ous refac­tor­ing if […]