Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

Current Affairs

  • Net Community

    In yesterday’s Good Morning Silicon Valley, by John Paczkowski: That’s always been the problem with Net community: people Want to know why social software is doomed? Digg Corrupted: Editor’s Playground, not User-Driven Website, Suspicious Digging, Digg Censors Stories That Offend Sponsors, Digg Corrupted and Digging Fraud. I disagree. Continue reading

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  • Stepford Employees

    Stifling Job Hunting in the U.S.A. According to an article posted today at CNNMoney.com, “Federal regulations kick in today that will make Internet job hunting more complicated.” More complicated? It’s a lot worse than “more complicated”. As near as I can tell, the federal government wants to increase the unemployment numbers and effectively stifle successful… Continue reading

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  • Take Back Your Time Day

    Friday, October 24, is Take Back Your Time Day (US). The first annual TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY falls on October 24, 2003 . Why? If you lived in Western Europe, you’d be done working for the year! On average, Americans work nearly nine full weeks (350 hours) LONGER per year than our peers over… Continue reading

  • Arrant, Unprofessional Nonsense

    Now that the tide has turned, and SCO is facing the dissolution of its legal position, claiming to “enforce its intellectual property rights” while actually massively infringing the rights of others, the company and its lawyers have jettisoned even the appearance of legal responsibility. Read Eben Moglen’s nicely put essay, SCO Scuttles Sense, Claiming GPL… Continue reading