Netdiver Mag

“Some ways of implementing copyrighted material are considered fair use. Certain forms of parody are considered fair use, as long as they don’t become a new work or product that directly competes with the content being parodied.”

Excerpt from Indie Publishing edited by Ellen Lupton.

What do you think of the following example? Which is the original?

Fair use or plagiarism? Post it.

This is probably one of the worst nightmare that can happen to an editor, someone reporting that one of your covered artist may be a fraud. This is worst than navigating a perilous sea. Worst than breaking into personal perceptions instead of objectivity. Worst that can happen to someone’s reputation. Threading with circumspection and for the sake of justice or at least wanting to offer room for debate, shown are samples of the so called copycats.

Make sure to read first this post and review the samples provided and state what you think in the comments.

So in your view, is it or not plagiarism?

Gottal luv this! PAGE Magazine lists ND as one of the Top Sites for (design) inspiration! Wowie!

Battle for our brainshare is raging on! Been a Facebook user for a while now, it has gone through too many changes and has lost its simplicity (ubiquity?).

The ND group is ok. Use it to stay in touch. Recently realized that if I send a message to all — FB inserts their URL to taxi out links — adding another layer of annoyance (and no doubt adding to their ginormous click through rate).

Oh and don’t get me started on the deluge of stupid apps which I systematically block. Why not provide a one click to opt-out of all at once and for all?!?!

To describe how much spam I received from FB is beyond description.. in fact, I might have to can that email address altogether. I receive so much that notifying my contacts will be almost like a piece of cake, in comparison. So much for protecting our privacy!

Damn the bots harvesting emails (and their creators)!

Now that Twitter has gone from a friendly space to the new ‘hot’ Internet item — it not only became sluggish (well it’s free, right) and Ev and company are scramblying to keep up — with more than the Joneses, if you get my drift.

By far, prefer the 145 characters snippet like updates. It works wonders intellectually. How short and concise can your thoughts be made. It has been a stunning exercise and sometimes downright funny. That’s more therapy than I expected.

Now tried to ‘put’ the TW app on FB and got this lovely placeholder stating that they need to ‘fix’ something.. Ah really… grrrr.

So been thinkering with the idea of an open-source app that would mimick TW/FB (but is neither) that could be embedded in a website running on WP allowing your ‘What are you thinking now’ or ‘Snippets of info’ to be published/exchanged with friends/followers in real-time? The beauty if possible, I would no longer have to go anywhere. I’d stay right here – home!

Does it exists? Feasible? If so, drop me a message.

Cities x Design is a two-part nationwide documentary of how creativity is reshaping American cityscapes, transforming people and places and defining what it means to be unique.

The author’s multi-cultural insights, reflections and commentary will provide an inspiring, informational and rewarding read to those interested in the applied uses of creativity but frustrated with singular or overly academic and economic approaches.

The travelling team are international experts in the field of design, design promotion, social and urban studies, cultural heritage tourism, and events management.

Blue Vertigo a design resource broadcasting from Argentina and lovingly maintained by Guillerme Fernandez, has turned 6 today. Feliz cumpleaños a mi amigo!

Godbye Google by Doug Bowman

“I’m thankful for the opportunity I had to work at Google. I learned more than I thought I would. I’ll miss the free food. I’ll miss the occasional massage. I’ll miss the authors, politicians, and celebrities that come to speak or perform. I’ll miss early chances to play with cool toys before they’re released to the public. Most of all, I’ll miss working with the incredibly smart and talented people I got to know there. But I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data.”