This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

I’m coming to Minneapolis! Oct 15: Presenting The Internet Con at Moon Palace Books. Oct 16: Keynoting the 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.

#20yrsago Usability movement hijacks, improves Parliament’s website https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/10/usability-movment-hijacks-improves-parliaments-website/

#20yrsago Matt Haughey’s Long Now project https://web.archive.org/web/20031012122142/http://tenyearsofmylife.com/

#20yrsago URGENT: Tell the FCC to say no to the Broadcast Flag https://web.archive.org/web/20031101143533/https://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2801

#15yrsago Gaiman’s Graveyard Book — spooky, magical retelling of The Jungle Book in a graveyard https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/10/gaimans-graveyard-book-spooky-magical-retelling-of-the-jungle-book-in-a-graveyard/

#15yrsago Entertainment industry made up $250 billion/750,000 jobs losses due to piracy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/dodgy-digits-behind-the-war-on-piracy/

#15yrsago Kids who photograph themselves naked are child pornographers and sex offenders in Ohio https://web.archive.org/web/20081009194301/http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20081008/NEWS01/810080302