brelson.com http://www.brelson.com the long-form thoughts of brendan nelson Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:19:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/24-hours-the-kickstarter-blog-kickstarter/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/24-hours-the-kickstarter-blog-kickstarter/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:19:07 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1534 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like what happened in the 24-hour span between Wednesday at 6:54pm and Thursday at 6:44pm. Two million-dollar projects, a …

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@thesethings on Twitter
@thesethings: As Stefon (yes that Stefon) would say, this Kickstarter post has _every_thing… http://t.co/w0erzbgr

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@cubicgarden on Twitter
@cubicgarden: Two $1,000,000 projects in 24 hours for @kickstarter http://t.co/DlD4gCgS wow, and then some!

@Suw on Twitter
@Suw: Two $1,000,000 projects in 24 hours for @kickstarter http://t.co/DlD4gCgS wow, and then some!

@tomcoates on Twitter
@tomcoates: they don’t come very often, but days like this are why startups are exhilarating http://t.co/mFI5Kuch

@rachelclarke on Twitter
@rachelclarke: This would be the VC model being disrupted. And banks. http://t.co/qXOiXxSS #fb

@flashboy on Twitter
@flashboy: Yesterday was absolute insanity at Kickstarter. We’ve got the minute-by-minute breakdown: http://t.co/Gn1LDlxY

@adew on Twitter
@adew: Yesterday was absolute insanity at Kickstarter. We’ve got the minute-by-minute breakdown: http://t.co/Gn1LDlxY

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/24-hours-the-kickstarter-blog-kickstarter/feed/ 0 The unnecessary and unpopular NHS Bill could cost the Conservative Party the next election. Cameron must kill it. The Tory Diary http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-unnecessary-and-unpopular-nhs-bill-could-cost-the-conservative-party-the-next-election-cameron-must-kill-it-the-tory-diary/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-unnecessary-and-unpopular-nhs-bill-could-cost-the-conservative-party-the-next-election-cameron-must-kill-it-the-tory-diary/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:03:54 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1532 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- Conservative Home
By Tim Montgomerie Follow Tim on Twitter

The NHS was long the Conservative Party’s Achilles heel. David Cameron’s greatest political achievement as Leader of the Opposition was to neutralise health as an issue. The greatest mistake of his time as Prime Minister has been to put it back at the centre of political debate.
Many Conservatives think that the NHS needs fundamental reform but for far-reaching reform to succeed certain pre-conditions must be met. The public needs to have been persuaded  show all text

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@BBCr4today on Twitter
@BBCr4today: Read the @TimMontgomerie article on why he thinks the #HealthBill could cost the Conservatives the next election http://t.co/iIM0BF06

@ChrisBryantMP on Twitter
@ChrisBryantMP: The unnecessary and unpopular NHS Bill could cost the Conservative Party the next election. Cameron must kill it http://t.co/tODIe1uH

@Aiannucci on Twitter
@Aiannucci: Doctors, Nurses, Patients and now Conservatives are against the NHS Bill http://t.co/WwEUQME5. Only ones left in favour are the Dead.

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@paulbradshaw on Twitter
@paulbradshaw: RT @arusbridger: Killl the NHS Bill. Conservative Home’s editorial today http://t.co/icHg8wsn & the background to it http://t.co/N6sS0hHN

@CharlieBeckett on Twitter
@CharlieBeckett: So a blogger might kill off the most important legislation currently before Parliament? http://t.co/hal0oVck @timMontgomerie

@arusbridger on Twitter
@arusbridger: Killl the NHS Bill. Conservative Home’s editorial today http://t.co/ElfTlQ8X & the background to it http://t.co/zp4jCyX2

@tom_watson on Twitter
@tom_watson: Conservative Home calls on Cameron to kill the NHS bill http://t.co/860ai750

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-unnecessary-and-unpopular-nhs-bill-could-cost-the-conservative-party-the-next-election-cameron-must-kill-it-the-tory-diary/feed/ 0 Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions — Kickstarter http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/double-fine-adventure-by-double-fine-and-2-player-productions-kickstarter/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/double-fine-adventure-by-double-fine-and-2-player-productions-kickstarter/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:17:59 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1530 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
Double Fine and 2 Player Productions is raising funds for Double Fine Adventure on Kickstarter! An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

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@thesethings: BOOM! Congrats to @TimOfLegend, @grumpygamer and @2PProductions for raising $1 MILLION IN ONE DAY. http://t.co/5qN6OZ7j

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@WELLO on Twitter
@WELLO: this kickstarter to fund a video game is gonna pass $1,000,000 from 25,000-ish peeps in basically a day! http://t.co/UmduKjUW #bravenewworld

@moongolfer on Twitter
@moongolfer: This feels like a historic day, now that DoubleFine has raised over half a million dollars in 12 hours on Kickstarter http://t.co/chgvO9Jx

@adrianhon on Twitter
@adrianhon: Welcome to the record-breaking @Kickstarter videogame club, @TimOfLegend; couldn’t think of better guys to dethrone us! http://t.co/92nOJi4r

@suttree on Twitter
@suttree: [protected tweet]

@adrianhon on Twitter
@adrianhon: Just backed @TimofLegend‘s Double Fine Adventure on @Kickstarter http://t.co/knXz1e93 Crowdfunding – it works, bitches

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from Top News on 'The Twitter Times: brelons' http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/double-fine-adventure-by-double-fine-and-2-player-productions-kickstarter/feed/ 0 UK Minister says website blocking proposals “imminent” http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/uk-minister-says-website-blocking-proposals-imminent/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/uk-minister-says-website-blocking-proposals-imminent/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:08 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1528 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:

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@ianbetteridge on Twitter
@ianbetteridge: Uh oh. Here we go again. Minister says website blocking proposals imminent: http://t.co/r2YYs2xE

@CharlieBeckett on Twitter
@CharlieBeckett: Uh oh. Here we go again. Minister says website blocking proposals imminent: http://t.co/r2YYs2xE

@tom_watson on Twitter
@tom_watson: Uh oh. Here we go again. Minister says website blocking proposals imminent: http://t.co/r2YYs2xE

@meeware on Twitter
@meeware: UK Minister says website blocking proposals “imminent” – http://t.co/PTQebebB imminent stupidty (v @copyrightgirl @Copytwilight) #deact

@benosteen on Twitter
@benosteen: Following Parliamentary discussion yesterday, website blocking proposals are “imminent” – Ofcom code? http://t.co/qxbO873w v @Copytwilight

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/uk-minister-says-website-blocking-proposals-imminent/feed/ 0 Don’t break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told | Media | guardian.co.uk http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/dont-break-stories-on-twitter-bbc-journalists-told-media-guardian-co-uk/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/dont-break-stories-on-twitter-bbc-journalists-told-media-guardian-co-uk/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:04:28 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1526 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- John Plunkett
As Sky News clamps down on staff Twitter updates, corporation tells reporters to file copy before tweeting it
BBC journalists have been told not to break news stories on Twitter before they tell their newsroom colleagues.
The new rules, which apply to all of the corporation’s correspondents, reporters and producers, were announced on Wednesday a day after it was revealed Sky News had told its journalists not to repost information from any Twitter users who are not an employee of the broadcaster…  show all text

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@nytjim on Twitter
@nytjim: A day after Sky News clampdown, BBC tells journalists not to break news first on Twitter. http://t.co/Nl9oIrlj

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@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @Poynter and further comments from BBC’s @chrishams in his recent tweets and at this comment: http://t.co/RMWxCp5v

@CharlieBeckett on Twitter
@CharlieBeckett: Reports saying BBC journalists told they can’t break stories on Twitter not correct- BBC’s @chrishams clarifies here http://t.co/RMWxCp5v

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @MAlexJohnson that’s not quite right. BBC’s @chrishams clarifies in his recent tweets, & this comment: http://t.co/RMWxCp5v

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @SilkCharm hi Laurel, further clarification on the BBC’s position from @chrishams here: bit.ly/x7HKGw

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @paulbradshaw @ewansc further clarification on the BBC’s position is here from @chrishams bit.ly/x7HKGw (& see his recent tweets)

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @ruskin147 @markhillary @emilybell @jonno and here’s further clarification from BBC’s @chrishams bit.ly/x7HKGw

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: @JimMacMillan hi Jim, just to let you know, that’s not quite right. BBC’s @chrishams clarifies here bit.ly/x7HKGw

@georgie on Twitter
@georgie: Reports saying BBC journalists told they can’t break stories on Twitter not correct- BBC’s @chrishams clarifies here http://t.co/RMWxCp5v

@sophiebr on Twitter
@sophiebr: Reports saying BBC journalists told they can’t break stories on Twitter not correct- BBC’s @chrishams clarifies here http://t.co/RMWxCp5v

@emilybell on Twitter
@emilybell: ok my #cuj12 class – here’s more: Don’t break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told | Media | http://t.co/3oZEReFi http://t.co/5IXAjKQg

@kevglobal on Twitter
@kevglobal: The Sky policy was silly – this isn’t @mathewi RT @guardiantech: Don’t break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told http://t.co/BKempJHy

@emilybell on Twitter
@emilybell: one thing that troubles me about #Twitter policies, is that newsrooms are placing such tariff on ‘breaking’ http://t.co/5IXAjKQg why??

@guardiantech on Twitter
@guardiantech: Don’t break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told http://t.co/NJEbfNpM

@CharlieBeckett on Twitter
@CharlieBeckett: Don’t break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told http://t.co/zzBicbab via @guardian

@markhillary on Twitter
@markhillary: BBC journos now have to file copy before tweeting a scoop http://t.co/oD5tb3nF So breaking stories will be even slower than now?

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from Top News on 'The Twitter Times: brelons' http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/08/twitter-bbc-journalists

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/dont-break-stories-on-twitter-bbc-journalists-told-media-guardian-co-uk/feed/ 0 Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/path-uploads-your-entire-iphone-address-book-to-its-servers/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/path-uploads-your-entire-iphone-address-book-to-its-servers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:04:48 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1524 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- Arun Thampi
Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers
8 Feb 2012 – Singapore
It all started innocently enough. I was thinking of implementing a Path Mac OS X app as part of our regularly scheduled hackathon. Using the awesome mitmproxy tool which was featured on the front page of the Hacker News yesterday, I started to observe the various API calls made to Path’s servers from the iPhone app. It all seemed harmless enough until I observed a POST request to https://api.path.com/3/contacts/a…  show all text

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@14lox on Twitter
@14lox: Oh dear… @Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers http://t.co/R89Tg3ru

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@simonth on Twitter
@simonth: Privacy crisis for Path – social network uploads all your contacts. Founder @davemorin responds in comments http://t.co/0tujaKOY

@ruskin147 on Twitter
@ruskin147: Privacy crisis for Path – social network uploads all your contacts. Founder @davemorin responds in comments http://t.co/0tujaKOY

@Documentally on Twitter
@Documentally: I had a feeling about Path.. I hope this is wrong.. http://t.co/kJuhBW8b cc: @Loudmouthman ?

@Documentally on Twitter
@Documentally: Is @Path worried about this? http://t.co/xOcdBJKd great find by @xstex

@TimelessP on Twitter
@TimelessP: World is watching: RT @jogbert: Uncool RT @newsycombinator: Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers http://t.co/4GS4CKIs

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from Top News on 'The Twitter Times: brelons' http://mclov.in/2012/02/08/path-uploads-your-entire-address-book-to-their-servers.html

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/path-uploads-your-entire-iphone-address-book-to-its-servers/feed/ 0 Solve For X http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/solve-for-x/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/solve-for-x/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:11:07 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1522 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:

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@dajbelshaw on Twitter
@dajbelshaw: Google getting into the TED game? RT @IanYorston: Google launch “Solve For X” project – http://t.co/PyrV0ViQ

@davidorban on Twitter
@davidorban: The website for Google’s Solve for X event is live, and contains cool talks by intriguing people, aiming to face… http://t.co/UuUvdLYB

@cubicgarden on Twitter
@cubicgarden: Very Interesting… Google does a more technical TED/PopTech? http://t.co/QR4Bx0o9 @herbkim @imran @si_lumb @adew @Jas

@abraham on Twitter
@abraham: And the website for the Solve For X talks

http://t.co/lFibU8cu

@GuardianJoanna on Twitter
@GuardianJoanna: Solve for <x> – a new TED-style conference from Google? http://t.co/BRa2yCWv

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/solve-for-x/feed/ 0 Leveson inquiry: Sue Akers, Paul Dacre, Dan Wootton – live | Media | guardian.co.uk http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/leveson-inquiry-sue-akers-paul-dacre-dan-wootton-live-media-guardian-co-uk/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/leveson-inquiry-sue-akers-paul-dacre-dan-wootton-live-media-guardian-co-uk/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:05:10 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1520 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- Josh Halliday, Dugald Baird
Full coverage as the head of the Met’s phone-hacking inquiry, Daily Mail editor and former NoW showbiz editor give evidence
12.43pm: The witness statement of Sue Akers has now been published on the Leveson inquiry website.
12.42pm: Owens says that newspapers do often investigate claims and that was his aim in meeting Atkins.
He suggests that he kept open the possibility of exposing Atkins after the undercover film-maker claimed to be able to get his friend drunk to obtain information about cele…  show all text

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@dustybay on Twitter
@dustybay: Paul Dacre now live at #Leveson Livestream and blog here http://t.co/f7dDbT5g

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@daveyp on Twitter
@daveyp: I wonder if Paul Dacre actually believes the shite that comes out of his mouth? http://t.co/yQCGNJUu

@CharlieBeckett on Twitter
@CharlieBeckett: RT @arusbridger: Paul Dacre now live at #Leveson Livestream and blog here http://t.co/LfpHfQnk

@guardiantech on Twitter
@guardiantech: RT @arusbridger: Paul Dacre now live at #Leveson Livestream and blog here http://t.co/MrgJ7E3d

@arusbridger on Twitter
@arusbridger: Paul Dacre now live at #Leveson Livestream and blog here http://t.co/f7dDbT5g

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]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/leveson-inquiry-sue-akers-paul-dacre-dan-wootton-live-media-guardian-co-uk/feed/ 0 The Death of the Cyberflâneur http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:07:09 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1518 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- By EVGENY MOROZOV
Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.

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@evgenymorozov: Reposting for the morning crowd: “The Death of the Cyberflâneur” – my essay in today’s NYT http://t.co/9I8q9eiH

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@bobbiejohnson on Twitter
@bobbiejohnson: What do you think about @evgenymorozov‘s piece on ‘the death of the cyberflaneur’ in the @nytimes? http://t.co/nDnn4tT2

@flaneur on Twitter
@flaneur: @flaneur one for you… RT @evgenymorozov “The Death of the Cyberflâneur” NYT http://t.co/az3ED5VT #longreads

@deirdre on Twitter
@deirdre: The Death of the Cyberflâneur – terrific essay by Evgeny Morozov >> http://t.co/3z2HSaey http://t.co/0u5Qv05R

@emilybell on Twitter
@emilybell: few people write as well about technology as @evgenymorozov, a splendid piece today : http://t.co/t6mV9hRi – for once I agree

@LloydDavis on Twitter
@LloydDavis: Read this earlier. Loved the insight. via @Rishadt: The Death of the Cyberflâneur http://t.co/p8kPZDfU

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from Top News on 'The Twitter Times: brelons' http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur.html

]]> http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur/feed/ 0 Daniel Radcliffe ends support for Liberal Democrats | Film | The Guardian http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/daniel-radcliffe-ends-support-for-liberal-democrats-film-the-guardian/ http://www.brelson.com/2012/02/daniel-radcliffe-ends-support-for-liberal-democrats-film-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:49:21 +0000 brelson http://www.brelson.com/?p=1516 [Auto post via The Tweeted Times] People I know on Twitter have been linking to this recently:
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- Ben Quinn
Harry Potter star describes Nick Clegg ‘whipping boy’ of Tories and says he will vote Labour
Daniel Radcliffe has announced that he is no longer a supporter of the Liberal Democrats after emerging as one of the party’s most high-profile celebrity backers ahead of the last British general election, and will probably vote instead for Labour under its “genuinely leftwing” leader, Ed Miliband.
In what is turning into a hemorrhaging of support for the Lib Dems among a list of celebrity backers it un…  show all text

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@Tristan_Cox on Twitter
@Tristan_Cox: Daniel Radcliffe ends support for Lib Dems and “whipping boy” Nick Clegg – moving to Labour: http://t.co/o4MGeLY1

@johnprescott on Twitter
@johnprescott: RT @tom_watson spell over Harry Potter is broken as Daniel Radcliffe Labour http://t.co/qapiSuiM <~~ says Mili “genuinely left wing”

@johnprescott on Twitter
@johnprescott: The spell over Harry Potter is broken as Daniel Radcliffe switches to Labour via @magsnews http://t.co/Ie6zFfL2 #cleggarious

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@tom_watson on Twitter
@tom_watson: The spell over Harry Potter is broken as Daniel Radcliffe switches to Labour via @magsnews http://t.co/Ie6zFfL2 #cleggarious

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