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a prediction regarding the Apple “Tablet”

Posted: Saturday, December 26th, 2009 @ 8:31 pm in autonomy, policy | 0 Comments

Why a prediction? Eh, cause it’s fun and cause I think the Apple Tablet will have a large impact on consumer computing.
I think Apple will launch a tablet computer in January that will be aimed at saving TV and print journalism. On-demand video and on-demand print magazines and newspapers will be at the forefront. And [...]

Calling BS on the Apple FCC Letter

Posted: Sunday, August 30th, 2009 @ 3:06 pm in autonomy, policy | 0 Comments

My friends and colleagues might soon wonder if they’re witnessing a kind of metamorphosis in me lately: what’s with the Apple criticism, Ben the Apple Fanboy? It’s true, I work exclusively on Macs (often with Linux running inside VMware for development), and I’ve converted many family and friends to Macs. I use the original iPhone. [...]

The erosion of our expectation of autonomy, and the Kindle Pledge

Posted: Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 @ 11:20 am in autonomy | 0 Comments

As much as DRM bothers me, I’ve tolerated some implementations of it, specifically Apple iTunes, Apple’s iPhone App Store, and the Amazon Kindle, because I’ve gotten more value than pain out of them. And, usually, the DRM didn’t get in the way. But the slippery slope of DRM has reached a dangerous point with the [...]

Quis custodiet Hawk-Eye?

Posted: Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 @ 11:32 am in autonomy | 0 Comments

This past Sunday, I watched the awesome Wimbledon Finals, and I couldn’t help but notice the number of times that Hawk-Eye, the computerized “line-calling” system, overruled the human judges, even the Umpire regarding one particularly important point. The sports commentators repeatedly alluded to “trouble” with the Hawk-Eye system, so today I looked it up. Sure [...]