Peter Murray

Automation Marketplace 2013: The Rush to Innovate [Marshal Breeding] | The Digital Shift - Peter Murray

Pull quote: "In his 17-page decision, Sullivan granted Capitol's motion for Summary Judgment, and denied Boston-based ReDigi the right to resell users’ digital music files. ReDigi had dubbed itself “the world’s first pre-owned digital marketplace,” and on its Web site touted the legality of the service. Sullivan, however, dubbed ReDigi a “clearinghouse for copyright infringement.” He requested both sides submit a letter by April 12 about the next step. The case has been closely watched by the book industry, since ReDigi had expressed interest in enabling the sale of used e-books. In addition, Amazon has received a patent for a process to sell used digital items, and Apple has applied for one." - Peter Murray

Pull quote: "Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys." Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating." - Peter Murray

ICANN gives Amazon approval in top-level domain race | Network World - Peter Murray

ResourceSync Meeting [working group update] and JCDL 2013 PC Meeting | Michael Nelson - Peter Murray

Pull quote: "Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world." - Peter Murray

Pull quote: "In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the Internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of people, machines and essential pieces of infrastructure -- leaving us vulnerable to cyber-attack or meltdown. Internet pioneer Danny Hillis argues that the Internet wasn't designed for this kind of scale, and sounds a clarion call for us to develop a Plan B: a parallel system to fall back on if -- or when -- the Internet crashes." - Peter Murray

Rackspace program looks to 'seed' cloud workforce [with online training service] | Network World - Peter Murray

Pull quote: "Two industry groups argue that the retailer's plan to control several generic top-level domains, including .book, .author, and .read, would be anti-competitive." - Peter Murray

ArchivesSpace membership program - Peter Murray

How many servers does Google have? [an analysis] | Google Plus - Peter Murray

From Stacks to the Web: The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting - Peter Murray