There’s a great interview with Alex Hillman on Freelance Switch about the genesis of Independents Hall. From Ben Franklin to Philly to SF to Cream Cheese Sessions to the recent opening of the co-working space.
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The film’s theme of dehumanization has also been sharpened. What has been a matter of speculation and debate is now a certainty: Deckard, the replicant-hunting cop, is himself a replicant. Mr. Scott confirmed this: “Yes, he’s a replicant. He was always a replicant.”—A Cult Classic Restored, Again
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Tungle, a Montréal startup, are working on a meeting setup service, something that sounds boring but is much needed. They presented at Demo in San Diego and won a DemoGod award. (via Montréal Tech Watch)
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A short article on the state of angel investing in Montréal in the Gazette.
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They recommend dropping domestic genre protections, freeing up consumer choice by creating greater flexibility in program bundling, and removing some advertising restrictions. More controversially, they suggest re-thinking the simultaneous substitution rules, which they note results in Canadian broadcasters having their schedules largely dictated by the decisions south of the border. Although highly profitable, the rules have not generated the anticipated Canadian content benefits. Moreover, increasing costs for U.S. programming and the move toward online streaming threatens to further erode this cash cow.—Broadcasting Policy for a World of Abundance
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In truth, there’s very little Canadian demand for wireless Internet, because the three big service providers – Rogers, Bell Canada and Telus Corp. – charge such spectacularly high prices for wireless data transmission.—Protect cellphone users, not firms
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Ok, enough with the small posts, here’s one with various things I found while catching up on feeds:
- Didn’t take all that long for Derek to get back to printing cool stuff. Great choice too, he’s starting up Fray again and will make it a quarterly published book instead of the online magazine. Should be fantastic.
- Chris announced OAuth 1.0 Public Draft basically a way for developers to duplicate Flickr’s FlickrAuth but with an industry wide standard. Important piece for portable social networks.
- Interesting new art site, they make 200 small prints at $20 and 20 at $200 for each piece of art offered, 20×200.
- A new blog at the NYT, The Conscience of a Liberal features a fascinating chart showing the fall and rise of inequality in the US, should prove a great read, same goes for the book.
- Impressionist vs Realist bloggers, I gather I’m an impressionist.
- According to Montréal Tech Watch’s Montréal blogosphere tag cloud, a lot of people are talking about me!
- Amazon opens up a new DRM-Free music store which seems to be getting good reviews so far but, of course, like all new content based stores it seems, it’s US only. Screw you very much Jeff.
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No wonder the canadian dollar is now on par with the US dollar, the greenback probably lost value out of shame for the new $5 bill. Holy hell is that thing ugly!
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Awesome exploding porcelain figures, I especially like the fact he chose martial arts figurines, looks like they explode in their attack.
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Super bon post écolo par Nicolas. Bien dit.
