Tag: essay

  • The Morality of Forking

    The Morality of Forking

    “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine

  • The Legality of Forking

    The Legality of Forking

    “An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws.…

  • Social Media Gets It Backwards

    Social Media Gets It Backwards

    Social Media gets things wrong in that it only lets us follow everything about our friends, even if we don’t share all the same…

  • TimThumb, Heroism and FUD

    TimThumb, Heroism and FUD

    When a group of people see what’s wrong and get together to fix it, that is success in anyone’s book.

  • Share My Content (But Leave My Style Alone)

    Share My Content (But Leave My Style Alone)

    I’m perfectly happy if you want to share my content and link to me on your site. In fact pelase do! But leave my…

  • Backup Where You Belong

    Who should be responsible for backups on the web? The app you use, the server, or you?