Learning with the Fang

Inspired by JP’s recent post and the thrill of immediate fun from my new ipod touch, I decided to treat myself to the new Radiohead ‘InRainbows’ album and record the ‘convenience’ of the experience here.
By way of background let me confess that I am an Apple fanboy (from a User eXperience or UX perspective) and [...]

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(and makes a sad family occasion even sadder)
Today I purchased a song from iTunes - and had what should have been a simple, straightforward  experience ruined by the cancerous spread of DRM.  I know it is the result of a simple bug or small clerical error but it justs proves how DRM policy enforcement always [...]

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I tip my hat to Leigh Blackall for his gutsy effort in tackling the tricky issues of using Creative Commons licenses skilfully. Leigh opened the webheads online convergence conference with his keynote talk by stepping outside his comfort zone, into the perilous waters of copyright. Leigh explains some of the unexpected restrictions that [...]

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