--- title: links for 2008-05-14 date: 2008-05-14T05:34:14Z modified: 2008-05-14T05:34:14Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/05/13/links-for-2008-05-14/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 2056 categories: - Uncategorized timestamp: 2008-05-14T05:34:14Z tags: - Uncategorized --- - [Official Google Reader Blog: Brand new Google Reader for iPhone](http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/05/brand-new-google-reader-for-iphone.html) using this now, it’s a nice if incremental improvement. that said, is there a way to view all tagged items in a flow? (tags: [google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/google) [reader](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/reader) [iphone](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/iphone) [mobile](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mobile) [ui](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ui) [refresh](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/refresh)) - [Rolling Stones Coming Down – Music downloads from eMusic.com](http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/viewTopic.html?topicId=87470) i see no signs whatsoever that the music industry will ever get it. quite the contrary. now they’re even backing out of existing commitments. (tags: [rollingstones](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rollingstones) [emusic](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/emusic) [catalog](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/catalog) [riaa](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/riaa) [record](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/record) [music](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/music) [industry](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/industry) [via:steve](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:steve)) - [The day the music died \[dive into mark\]](http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/05/06/the-day-the-music-died) yup. but according to the RIAA, DRM isn’t dead, it’s just resting. (tags: [music](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/music) [drm](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/drm) [microsoft](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/microsoft) [apple](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/apple) [copyright](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/copyright) [itunes](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/itunes) [business](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/business) [mp3](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mp3)) - [Ma.tt » Infrastructure as Competitive Advantage](http://ma.tt/2008/05/infrastructure-as-competitive-advantage/) “Infrastructure can be a competitive advantage today — the speed and reliability of WordPress.com has certainly put us in a favorable light with users, especially large customers — but that’s going to disappear over time.” (tags: [infrastructure](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/infrastructure) [scaling](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scaling) [wordpress](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wordpress) [mattmullenweg](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mattmullenweg) [cloud](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cloud) [scalability](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scalability) [performance](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/performance) [googlegears](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/googlegears) [cdn](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cdn)) - [Joyeur: Cloud Nine: Specification for a Cloud Computer. A Call to Action.](http://www.joyeur.com/2008/05/08/cloud-nine-specification-for-a-cloud-computer-a-call-to-action) wherein the Joyent gang proposes a scoring system for would-be cloud players (tags: [cloud](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cloud) [computing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/computing) [hosting](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hosting) [infrastructure](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/infrastructure) [joyent](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/joyent) [s3](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/s3) [utility](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/utility)) - [MySQL :: Kaj Arnö](http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/05/06/mysql-server-is-open-source-even-backup-extensions/) a clarification from the MySQL folks regarding the open-or-not question re: the backup software. the net? both core and features such as encryption/backup will be open. (tags: [kajarno](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/kajarno) [mysql](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mysql) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [database](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/database) [sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sun)) - [RedMonk’s 2nd annual unconference rocked « rand($thoughts);](http://saviorodrigues.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/redmonks-2nd-annual-unconference-rocked/) very kind words from Savio regarding our unconference last week. thank you sir, and we sincerely appreciate not only your attendance but your support. (tags: [saviorodrigues](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/saviorodrigues) [redmonk](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redmonk) [unconference](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/unconference) [feedback](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/feedback)) - [When the fall is all that’s left \[dive into mark\]](http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/05/07/when-the-fall-is-all-thats-left) my primary mission in life is not to be on the receiving end of one of Mark’s broadsides (tags: [mozilla](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mozilla) [firefox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/firefox) [acid3](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/acid3) [webstandards](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/webstandards) [standards](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/standards) [web](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/web) [webkit](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/webkit) [writing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/writing) [opera](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opera)) - [Scientists Know Better Than You–Even When They’re Wrong: Scientific American](http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-know-better-than-you&print=true) “What you have to do is not sort out the people who are right and wrong; what you have to sort is the people who can make sensible contributions from those who can’t. Because once you stop doing that, things go horribly wrong.” – why Stephenson was right (tags: [scientificamerican](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scientificamerican) [reason](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/reason) [rationality](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/rationality) [science](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/science) [mob](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mob) [evolution](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/evolution) [vaccines](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/vaccines) [climatechange](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/climatechange) [via:dberkholz](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:dberkholz))