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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Tuesday, March 30
Apple and Adobe not getting along like they used to
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 10:21 PM EST
A very nice piece
by CNET's David Becker on the relationship between Apple Computer and Adobe Systems Inc.. Both companies are
richer because of each other's existence. Adobe committed early to the
Macintosh platform and always made sure that updates of applications
like Photoshop were out on the Mac ... more »
A new term from Clay Shirky - Situated Software
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 09:40 PM EST
Clay Shirky describes a new term --
situated software-- in his latest
essay, released to the Net this evening.
Shirky says "situated software" is "designed in and for a particular social situation or context. This way of making software is in contrast with what I'll call the Web ... more »
Music downloads don't hurt sales, say b-school profs
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 08:55 AM EST
Two b-school professors conclude in a new study released today that music downloads do not seem to have any impact on music industry sales. Their study, concludes "downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates, moreover, these ... more »
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