Stackables - Pumpkin Style

This is another one of my favorite shots from Halloween this year. It took me a while to get the lighting just right. I like the way the masks fade into the darkness as the stack ascends.

Skull Bright

I finally got around to posting a few of my favorite Halloween 07 photos to my Flickr account. Check out my Halloween 07 Flickr set.

Lessig On TED

The post Copyright Extremism Begets Extremist on Tim Berry's blog, Planning, Startups, Stories, pointed my browser towards a TED presentation by Stanford Professor Lawrence Lessig. Lessig, very eloquently, uses a series of historical stories to support his argument that existing copyright law is impeding creative expression in a digital world. Lessig did a good job of presenting the problem, a potential solution (CC), and hope that things will change in the future if history has anything to say about it (BMI).

Copyright law, like patent law, needs to be reformed. It's broken and it's stifling the creators. Given the importance of IP to our economy; you'd think this would be a higher legislative priority. Unfortunately, I think the legislative branch isn't equipped to keep up with the speed of the information economy. Reform will start at the source (the creators) and work it's way up through the system. Will? Has.

More Photos on Facebook Than Flickr

I was browsing the TC feed this morning and was surprised to learn that Facebook is sporting twice as many photos as Flickr. Flickr just reached 2 billion photos - Facebook is sporting 4.1 billion photos. Facebook might have quantity but I'm sure Flickr wins on quality. 2 Billion Photos on Flickr.

Trunk Monkey

I love the Trunck Monkey series of advertisements developed by Sean Sosik-Hamor and Subaru. Guaranteed to make you laugh a little. Here's a complete list of "monkey" videos.

Suburban Auto Group released a series of Trunk Monkey Super Bowl commercials for 2003 and 2004. The ad agency that produced these commercials is R/West. Although the Suburban Auto Group popularized the Trunkmonkey with their Trunk Monkey commercials, Sean Sosik-Hamor and the Subaru community were responsible for creating the concept back in 2000. -- trunkmonkey.com

Office Snapshots

[picture credit - Eddie Codel]

If you enjoy peeping into the offices of hot tech companies - a new blog, Office Snapshots, is sure to please. Companies like DIGG, Ning, Facebook, and Jaiku have already been profiled. The Office Snapshots crew is getting through closed doors - a lot more than shots of the lobby and receptionist here.

Plaxo - Do you know You?

Do you know You? The Plaxo Connections system asked me that question today and I got a laugh out of it. It's a good question though in the context of the growing on-line "social" networking craze. How many of the Friends in your on-line social network really know You? Do you know You better as a result of the time you spend in on-line social networks? Unfortunately, I think most of today's on-line social networks, make it dfficult for you and your Friends to know You.