Will Wright on the Computer History Museum (Google Video)

The man behind the SimCity and the Sims series of games, some of the world's most successful and original games of all time, speaks about game design, invoking the user imagination, modelling, and his own approach to gaming. Fascinating.

Computer History Museum on Google Video

I’ve written before about academic/technical/educational video content online, (MURL, Google Techtalks). Here’s some more. There are several interesting lectures by prominent figures from the industry, academia and research in a series of videos by the Computer History Museum available on Google Video. Some are more technical than others, but many cover well-known products, technologies and […]

ADSL2+

This is a rant. Τον περασμένο Νοέμβριο, αν δε με απατά η μνήμη μου, ένας φίλος με κάλεσε σε μια εκδήλωση της Hellas On Line, ενός από τους μικρούς-αλλά-γνωστούς ISPs της Ελλάδος. Η εκδήλωση λίγο πολύ αφορούσε σε νέα προϊόντα της εν λόγω εταιρίας, με στόχο κυρίως επιχειρήσεις, όπως τηλεδιάσκεψη, ευρυζωνικότητα με QoS κλπ. Έκείνη […]

Net neutrality at risk.

Or "How the Markey Amendment got Shot Down by Congress". More e-patent-type barriers to entry for innovative startups. Also, read some more here and here.

DMCA 2.0

Freedom, Rights, Privacy: Going, going, gone.

Petroleum

It must have been four months ago, during a trip of mine to the UK when everything suddenly started hinting at an interesting development: 2006 seemed like the year when megacorp. became vocal about ecology, energy consumption etc. Huge advertising posters at LHR, advising about fuel, electricity conservation etc. ‘Green’ products in industry sectors that […]