Archive for August 2009
Stuff I Read the Last Couple of Days
Somebody said he isn't using RSS anymore. RSS champ, Marshall Kirkpatrick, then said that not using RSS readers is cra-a-azy. You know, I tend to agree. I mostly think people don't know how to use them - go learn here and here!
FAIL is funny. It is even funnier when you add Benny Hill music (if you didn't see the Passion of the Christ version yet - go now). Mashable lists a top ten of FAILs (which is not more than decent, but still funny).
[In Swedish]
Jerry Silfwer is a great guy and blogger. And he is getting even better. His surf tips are really useful (but please stop calling them smurf tips ;)), so check them out.
Long time Swedish media personality, Bo Hedin, blogs on Minpark asking what will happen if quality media won't afford to do their quality reporting anymore.
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Creative Commons is the Foundation of the Future Internet
Photo: Andrew Niddrie
I'm a huge fan of the licensing model Creative Commons. My fanhood is based on the belief that CC has a founding role in how the future internet is shaped. Sharing is a founding part of the internet, as well as remixing and republishing. And this is what CC encourages.
Sharing and believing that working together means better possibilities to create something lasting is a philosophy that is key in several parts of the society (e.g. open source and wikinomics). There are still very few (please correct me if I'm wrong - I'd be delighted) services that utilize the CC model, which is sad.
Flickr is the service that has boosted the use of CC the most, with millions of pictures being available to use under the different CC licenses. ReadWriteWeb posted a question a few weeks ago – should Flickr do more to promote Creative Commons?
If Flickr could promote CC more, I'd say go ahead, but I'd rather see YouTube do more since they're in a position to make a difference.
YouTube stated earlier this year that they would start using CC, but there is still no way to search for videos licensed under CC, which makes it sort of useless. Creative Commons is the future of the internet, but to get there it needs a lot of teaching to get publicly acceptance.
The London Police goes YouTube
The London police has released a smart series of YouTube videos, trying to teach kids to stay out of trouble. The video episodes end with two or three choices what to do next – take or don't take the knife, join the argument or go to friend's house, etc.
The video ending in as deep trouble as possible has 25,000 views, while going to the party has 26,000 views. Going to a friend's house watching tv has a low 14,000 views. Does this mean kids want to get into trouble or party rather than stay home?