The more I read about this case the more I think some folks at that school have some serious issues. First of all anyone with any common sense knows you never, never set up a spy camera that can be enabled in someone else's home. What makes this even sicker is the school hid this ability and according to many witnesses the cameras were being activated all the time. Obviously they are nothing more than peeping toms and against children no less. There is no defense for this behavior and as someone who has had a Macbook for many years I can tell you there is no bug or defect that causes the camera to turn on. Secondly anyone with any computer security training knows you do not bypass securities specifically put in by the Operating System and try and pass it off as a theft deterrent. They were not deterring anything, only enabling an invasion of privacy. The IT department and anyone that knew this was going on needs to be removed.
- Scott Buffington
I'm pleased to announce that when the Gillmor Gang returns this Thursday at 1PM Pacific, it will be sponsored by Rackspace and streamed live on Building43's new RealTime Network channel. We'll be doing some testing between now and then. First up is my conversation with FriendFeed-->Facebook's Paul Buchheit. MG Siegler's summary is here:...
Steve thank you for doing this! The world is a very dull place without the gang!
- Michael Pinto
Great to see The Gillmor Gang returning to the Interwebs! :) Will the episodes be available as audio and/or video podcasts for later downloading? Just in case I miss the live show...
- Daniel Chow
Will the Gillmor Gang be available as a mp3 download via podcast feed?
- Christian Burns
from iPhone
PS Remember what we learned from Jason: Make it a point to tweet a thank you to @Rackspace
- Michael Pinto
:) Thanks, Michael. Rackspace is very pleased to help bring Gillmor Gang back to the 'tubes!
- Rob La Gesse
Since Steve never seems to respond to download questions can someone be sure to record it and torrent it or such, I've never understood the whole "real time is the new black if you're not here to catch the show live tough shit" unspoken message that seems to have been going on for awhile. I can't be the only one put off by this, the content is compelling, so I put up with it, I wish I had the willpower to not listen out of protest. :)
- Michael Breslin
Good to know Steve, I've seen the question asked so many times and never answered, I must have missed the time you did answer, my mistake, bottom line: I think the GG is the best thing on my ipod and when I can't get it on there and can't catch the show due to work it sucks. :)
- Michael Breslin
I commend Steve for his dogged pursuit of the Real time Web aka Infinity Chip, though it is brutally painful at times to follow and/or be part of every step along the way. I too vote for a nice simple "old school" rss feed for the audio only recording. Then again, I am probably missing the point.
- Jason Adams
Jason: only that the Gang is returning on video. Today I listened to a video cast of Meet the Press in the car, worked beautifully, and when I wanted to see the last few minutes of Kennedy footage, rewound and watched. Whether it is delivered by RSS or streaming is up to the user. In fact, it was easier to download directly via iPhone iTunes than synching the phone to the RSS feed on the Mac. Interestingly, it continues to download in the background while I go through email.
- Steve Gillmor
Was that Meet the Press video cast live? The issue of video versus audio is moot for me, if I don't feel like watching I don't have to, it's the time shifted aspect that people are always asking for Steve. It seems you're commited to get the show in downloadable form and that's all I was ever asking for. That the show is now in video format is great for many, I generally listen to the majority of content I consume (even if its format is video). Thanks again, can't wait for today's GG!
- Michael Breslin
Tremendous news. Looking forward to it.
- Mike Doeff
Sweet. - Gillmor Gang was one of my favorite couple hours of the week. Dave and Marshall are doing a nice job over at bad hair day - but I am definitely excited for the return of GG.
- andrew
Truly glad to hear it! Also like the NGL sign on your Twitpic. :)
- Karoli
Whooooooooooo----f'king hoooooooooo! It's on my Calendar-in-the-Cloud
- Francine Hardaway
More comebacks than Sinatra, yay :-) Will there be a podcast of it too, pretty please for your *fans* that can't make the time schedule?
- Scottish Lass
Somebody better update the Wikipedia entry...
- Cliff Gerrish
YES! YES! YES! Thank you Steve - this makes me happy!
- Michael Pinto
For those on the other side of the planet will you be able to grab the show via RSS - oh I forgot RSS is dead, right?
- John Chrisoulakis
So happy GG is coming back (again). Literally the highlight of an otherwise rough day. Don't care what network it's on, as long as Steve gets to herd his intellectually stimulating mix of "cats". Thanks Steve. :)
- Dr. Apps
from twhirl
"You can use Google Reader’s “Send To” feature for lots of fun things. Suppose you subscribe to a blog in another language, such as this French blog. You can add an “Autotranslate” custom link:"
- arnaldostream
from Bookmarklet
I cannot say I really follow hockey anymore than reading the scores and following headlines. But the Penguins are the team I root for virtually. Let's see, Steelers win the Super Bowl, Phillies win the World Series and Penguins win the Stanley Cup. Guess what? Lakers have always been my NBA team, hows that for the last year?
- Scott Buffington
oh that's interesting. friendfeed expanded the bit.ly link in my original tweet. good on ya ff!
- Leo Laporte
Leo, friendfeed has been doing this since shortly after the beta went 'live' - you'll notice that while they expand it for you, if you mouse over it the bit.ly link still shows (so i guess the're expanding to get the real url, then using that url as the text for the href anchor link to the bit.ly url) they're also doing this for other shorteners - sometimes it doesn't work (i'm guessing the tubes get clogged every once and a while)
- Chris Heath
It's a great idea - one real negative of URL shorteners is that they hide the source url. I'm glad the link still goes through bit.ly, though, because I use it for click stats.
- Leo Laporte
yeah, i would say that friendfeed is 'doing it right' in this case (not that they've done much wrong)
- Chris Heath
Nice post! Very similar to my thoughts on the art biz vis a vis the 'new media' et al. Sustainability and going forward from here (without feeling like I'm starting from scratch all over). Was trying to avoid the starving artist deal, but guess it was in my path for a reason. Now moving forward, at least, but not sure where this is going.
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