Author Archives for David Riordan
Brown Suits and Bright Apples
Walking through Grand Central, I saw a mid-60’s executive in a tan suit working out of a tan lock, latches, and leather briefcase. Inside his case was a Macbook Air.
First it was the white earbuds, then it was the white plastic and brushed metal with lighted Apple logos across college campuses. Now, iPhones and Airbooks [...]
A letter to musicians
Earlier today, I received a Facebook message from an old high school friend, Andrew Hoover, an incredible blues musician who’s career is taking off right now. He remembered my old web design business and wanted to know if I could point him in the right direction for a new site. I responded with an [...]
Is Lessig the next Reverend Wright (and a communist, and an orwellian, and…)
Will Lawrence Lessig and the Free Culture movement become a political liability?
Ever since Lawrence Lessig emerged into the public sphere, there have been whispers among fringe critics that his ideology is just info-communism, but it looks like the innovators over at Red State have managed to create a new charge against Lessig: anti-christian.
It all started with a [...]
Move Along: Nothing To See Here
Everything interesting is happening over on my Tumblr, Magic Schoolbus, and that’s no accident.
I haven’t posted any updates to my DaveRiordan blog since early January (there are about 7 others sitting in various levels of draft form and will likely never see the light of day). When I initially started writing online several years ago, [...]
Facebook Flashback: The Original Zuckerberg Interview
The Short Version:
Thought Mark Zuckerberg said nothing of consequence during his 60 Minutes interview – it doesn’t matter because his October ‘05 interview with Jim [name] of Accel Partners says more about the state of Facebook today and its vision for becoming a social utility (in a time where it was a glorified directory for college students) than you thought possible. Whoever said Mark Zuckerberg lacks vision clearly hasn’t heard this.
Does Universal’s Participation in iTunes Movie Rentals Signal an End to the NBCU/Apple Cold War?
Last November, a lot was going on for NBC-Universal’s Jeff Zucker. The same week as he was set to launch Hulu, NBCU/Fox’s online TV syndication service, the writers strike began over a lack of terms in the writers guild contracts for payment based upon online content, which is expected to bring in around $1 [...]
