Category: business
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Attention to detail: New Belgium
This tickles my design sensibilities: Fort Collins hometown hero New Belgium Brewing rolled out a new set of labels for their product line. I’m torn on the redesign overall, mainly because I’m sentimental about the old artwork. (Though I appreciate how the new ones verge on Dharma Project packaging!) But it took me longer to notice […]
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What’s happened to Ubuntu?
Cloud storage SaaS. Music stores using unlicensed codecs in the OS. What happened to the days when the focus was on making a modern Debian desktop targeted at everyone, including nontechnical folks? I don’t feel like the Ubuntu OS has gotten any worse, but I fear that all of these new initiatives will eventually distract Ubuntu’s […]
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The New Dork: Entrepreneur State of Mind (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys parody)
Oh man. This has “Zeke’s personal anthem” written all over it. For the unfamiliar, the song being parodied is here. YouTube link
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Proprietary Vendors Want Open Source Sanctions
The Guardian reports that International Intellectual Property Alliance requested that the U.S. Trade Representative to put countries using open source in government on a “Special 301 watchlist” – a list of intellectual property-violating nations, or “state sponsors of piracy.” The recommendation states: The Indonesian government’s policy… simply weakens the software industry and undermines its long-term […]
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Challenging the Play on Super Bowl Censorship
I’m boycotting the Super Bowl this year – any organization that has no problem airing this: but then censors this for racy content: needs to re-examine its standards.
Zeke Weeks 