I read a lot of RSS feeds, 197 at last count, mostly for work, some for other interests.  It’s really the only way I can find the time to keep up on things.  With google reader I can organize and categorize feeds, share them and even search within them.  So in case you’re wondering what I read here it is my OPML file from google reader.

I also like the fact that google reader let’s me “share” news that I think is interesting.  That news feed is then pulled into this blog and displayed here in my Shared News category.

The BBC Executive has made a request to the BBC Trust to allow pre-booking of programmes through the BBC iPlayer. The functionality was one of a number of potential new features revealed to journalists during a press briefing in London …

John August, director of The Nines, has just published a lengthy article about his experience with the indie movie, including its Sundance screening, BitTorrent and the competitive art-house film scene. August made his name as a screenwriter for movies like Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Nines was August’s directorial debut — and an unexpectedly significant learning experience. “The release of the movie was deeply disappointing,” he writes.

He would absolutely do the movie again, he says, except that this time he’d just upload the whole thing onto P2P networks himself. Continue reading at Newteevee.com.

Tags: sundance, thenines, p2p, johnaugust, newteevee

Last week, I testified before the Texas House Committee on Elections (you can read my testimony).  I’ve done this many times before, but I figured this time would be different.  This time, I was armed with the research from the California “Top to…

Kontiki, which has developed software that applies digital rights management rules to ensure video isn’t ripped off, is also seeing more content providers, especially those outside of the United States interested in distributing content …

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Mitch describes one of the core issues holding back rapid growth of the digital media market.

Irene Román found this illusion, while looking for some in Google. She asked us if these two concentric circles below look irregular? “They obviously are”, some of you may say. I did as well! Well, since this is optical illusions website - they’re n…

“Efficiency is intelligent laziness.”

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”

James Grimmelmann has an interesting new essay, “Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law,” on the challenges of ensuring that the public has effective knowledge of the laws. This might sound like an easy problem, but Grimmelmann combines his…