links for 2007-07-15

"That hipster you always see talking into his Bluetooth headset might soon be able to use a similar device to leap into Second Life without even stepping out of line at Trader Joe's."

A genius-level intervention outside White Cube one night. This is a masterpiece.

"Using a simple model we characterise optimal term as a function of a few key parameters. We estimate this function using a combination of new and existing data on recordings and books and find an optimal term of around fourteen years."

How to make millions using facebook as a platform.

"30 tools and resources that every seasoned tagger should check out"

"I have just uploaded 100 512x512 seamless textures to my ibiblio site. These images are 100% original, free and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (version 3.0)."

"Future product design has to appeal to this group, who expect to be able to share everything with their electronic social network."

"Thirty-six episodes into its run, Where are the Joneses? from comedian Steve Coogan's Baby Cow productions is a fantastic example of what can be done with the serial format with online shows."

"With Semapedia you can hyperlink your physical world with knowledge that matters. To do this you create small Semapedia Tags consisting of a cell-phone readable 2D Barcode that will link others to the content you provide."

"A new version of FairUse4WM v1.3 Fix2 from Doom9 is available that claims to remove the DRM license protection from songs"