All things real and virtual…

Problem with your company in the real world?
Make a virtual protest…especially if your company has a significant online presence.

Read Outlaw’s Report on Second Life picketing.

There are “real” problems,
There are “virtual” problems,
And there are problems that are both.
Take a “virtual” problem, make it “real”
And a “real,” “virtual”
And that’s the way it should be (is).
© RERodrigues

Creative Commons licenses take a bit of heat with Virgin Mobile being sued over it allegedly using a photo of a girl in an ad without her permission.

Recommended: The ICO's films on identity

I enjoyed ( rather was more than amused) to see the ICO's films on protecting personal information and identity. Have fun watching.

Here's to the Manifesto of Radical Inaction

The Manifesto for Radical Inaction in relation to the legal challenges/ threats posed by Web 2.0 was proposed at the SCL Law 2.0 Conference held in London. It can be found at PanGloss.

My pithier/shorter version:

1. LEGISLATE NOT IN HASTE, NOR GET CARRIED AWAY BY THOSE THAT KNOW NOT WHAT TO DO (BUT LIKE TO PRETEND THEY DO!)

2. LET WEB 2.0 BLOSSOM

3. WHAT (LAW THERE) IS, MUST BE EXTENDED AND APPLIED.

4. AND WHILE WE FIGURE OUT THE BEST SOLUTION, IP AND PRIVACY MUST TAKE CENTRESTAGE!

I think I'm going to carry these in my wallet as a perpetual reminder. Hurrah to Chris Reed.

Bitten by the bug: so who else can I find on Orkut?

It was hard to undertand why employers were rushing off to ban the use of social networking sites. There was I over the weekend with a bit of time to spare -and decided to take a peek into the going ons in the social networking world. Now I'm in and I understand just how those employers must feel. Everyone seems to be in ( and everything as well!).

It starts like this- you create a profile and start finding friends who have friends who you were once friends with and you want to be their friend again, or simply say hello and then you discover they are connected to another of those elusive acquaintances of yours. I'm sure you get the drift.

I always did wonder

Doctorow gives a very illustrative account of what would happen in a Googled world.

What will the future be, I ponder...