Geek Ethicist: Stealing Ethically
“Dear Ethicist– I am an artist and a graphic designer. Lately I’ve been thinking about “derivative works,” mostly due to the press surrounding Shepard Fairey’s Obama photo and the recent…
According to a recent New York Times piece by Matt Richtel marriages in much of the world rarely last much longer than a decade or so. He suggests that marriage itself…
The Dawning of the Age of Etsy
“I spent the morning reorganizing my board on pinterest. I feel like I really accomplished something.” Those are the words of the social media customer, your next customer. These are…
Micro-Manufacturing: A Revolution Begins
Social manufacturing is upon us, and it has transformed manufacturing from macro-factories to micro-factories. The new Google DRIVE will be a part of it, since only robust and readily accessible…
Indiegogo or Kickstarter: Crowdfunding Part 2
Indiegogo, Charity, Art, Revenge… “Artevengity?” My first exposure to charitable crowdfunding was Matthew Inman’s (the Oatmeal) campaign to finance his counter attack to a $20,000 lawsuit from FunnyJunk using the…
CrowdFunding Part 1: Due Diligence? Fugetaboutit!
Crowdfunding is where most small businesses and small startups will likely go for funding by mid 2013, and odds are it will be the primary means of funding for small…
Grizzled, bleary-eyed, booze-reeking, day laborers arrive at a parking lot around 8 a.m. for work. If you hire one and want more work, hold off payment as long as possible;…
“Dear Ethicist, I have a new business and I need someone to host my website. A close friend just started a web hosting business and wants me to use her…
Host Europe Partners with Website Builder BaseKit
London, 7th December 2011: BaseKit, the website builder platform, launched a strategic partnership with one of the biggest hosting companies in Germany, Host Europe. BaseKit’s leading website builder will be…
A News Rundown About the Great Growing Cloud
Cloud technology is evolving so quickly that it’s near impossible to keep up with all of its developments. We’re not even going to try ourselves. Let’s instead do a brief…
IPv6: What it is, and What You Need to Know
We seem to be living in an era of ticking timebombs of one variety or another. One of the ones that has caused serious concern in the tech world but is…