Without going into the detail of my endless search for entertaining, informative or else educational material for my blog I can only comment on what I have found in the last week and hope against all hope that ye will comment. (Did anyone take part in TalkLikeAPirateDay? I tried. Failed horribly.)
Rondez-boo!
A close friend, who insisted I put this in my blog, has found herself to be emotionally exposed through blogging by an ex love (who may or may not be a stalker - jury's still out). His travel blog (which is long winded to say the least) also reveals intimate details of a relationship's end.
This wouldn't have been so much of a problem if he were to keep this blog hidden from the eyes and gossip of their mutual friends - alas - he has not. And my poor friend, must suffer in private silence; for the blogging world is not her domain. This for me brings up a number of moral issues, should this guy have not written anything about the relationship's demise at all? Does she have an obligation, more to herself than the world, to set thing straight online?
I'm of the opinion that; no. She should not have to "bare" the consequences of his winging, and he should not be so thoughtless as to air their personal affairs to people who both know and don't know them. Am I misunderstanding his rights? Am I living in an old fashioned comprehension of what is Web 2.0?
Mix it up. Live it up. Create it again.
The following is a short documentary entitled "RiP: A Remix Manifesto". It touches on what has been a hot topic since... well the sharing of files online, even in Australia. The video speaks one side only, which gets forgotten when the funky dance and music takes over.
My sentiments on the subject tend to lean towards the original concept: let us have file sharing not "maintaining the legal right of". If it is good why not share it and let it be a muse for new things.
Which way will you go?
Do you remember the days when listening to the radio you would record your favourite song on tape? Well friends, that was a crime. Now this crime is easier to track and hence to punish.
I be confused matey... aargh!
I want us all to share ideas, but surely there must be a limit. Can we honestly hurt people or profit from their work and still sleep soundly at night? Is there a new moral high ground? Or do the old rules still apply, don't steal, don't lie, don't manipulate. I can only assume that we will simply learn from our mistakes, for what is past must also be the future.
Rondez-boo!
A close friend, who insisted I put this in my blog, has found herself to be emotionally exposed through blogging by an ex love (who may or may not be a stalker - jury's still out). His travel blog (which is long winded to say the least) also reveals intimate details of a relationship's end.
This wouldn't have been so much of a problem if he were to keep this blog hidden from the eyes and gossip of their mutual friends - alas - he has not. And my poor friend, must suffer in private silence; for the blogging world is not her domain. This for me brings up a number of moral issues, should this guy have not written anything about the relationship's demise at all? Does she have an obligation, more to herself than the world, to set thing straight online?
I'm of the opinion that; no. She should not have to "bare" the consequences of his winging, and he should not be so thoughtless as to air their personal affairs to people who both know and don't know them. Am I misunderstanding his rights? Am I living in an old fashioned comprehension of what is Web 2.0?
Mix it up. Live it up. Create it again.
The following is a short documentary entitled "RiP: A Remix Manifesto". It touches on what has been a hot topic since... well the sharing of files online, even in Australia. The video speaks one side only, which gets forgotten when the funky dance and music takes over.
My sentiments on the subject tend to lean towards the original concept: let us have file sharing not "maintaining the legal right of". If it is good why not share it and let it be a muse for new things.
Which way will you go?
Do you remember the days when listening to the radio you would record your favourite song on tape? Well friends, that was a crime. Now this crime is easier to track and hence to punish.
I be confused matey... aargh!
I want us all to share ideas, but surely there must be a limit. Can we honestly hurt people or profit from their work and still sleep soundly at night? Is there a new moral high ground? Or do the old rules still apply, don't steal, don't lie, don't manipulate. I can only assume that we will simply learn from our mistakes, for what is past must also be the future.
