information used to want to be free2002.11.21

I'm willing to admit it. I love Amazon. And this latest interview with the VP of Amazon's site development gives you all the reasons why. Developers who actually like customer feedback. What a concept.

Information used to want to be free before the corporate thingamajigies took over and wanted to squeeze every last cent (and by doing so, every last shred of decency) out of that invention we call the Internet. But it's even worse when the government (the people who funded the whole information-wants-to-be-free revolution in the first place, by the way) supports this new agenda. I was going to rant much more on the subject but Dan Gillmor has said it all, and better, here.

Verizon is officially this month's winner of the colossal thunk on the head for sheer stupidity and the suckiest customer relations known to man.

An illuminating interview with the guy running the coolest archive online ('cause, of course, it archives - erm - everything online - confused yet?).

And frankly, despite the enormous and ridiculous security and privacy risk Microsoft personifies, this is just way cool.

Joel's bang on. Go Joel.

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