This day in history

2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.

I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW (Mar 31) at Wondercon in Anaheim (YA Fantasy, room 207, 10 a.m., Signing 11 a.m., Teaching Writing, 213CD 2:30 p.m.); then Boston (Apr 11) with Randall “XKCD” Munroe, Providence (Apr 12) and beyond!

#20yrsago Gates’s vision — and failure thereof https://memex.craphound.com/2004/03/30/gatess-vision-and-failure-thereof/

#15yrsago When it comes to the Kindle, authors are focused on the wrong risk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/31/cory-doctorow-kindle

#15yrsago Bank pushing 120% APR loans https://web.archive.org/web/20090403052204/https://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/03/120_apr.php

#15yrsago DRM should be disclosed on game-boxes https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/03/halpin/

#15yrsago America’s bankers are oligarchs https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-quiet-coup/307364/

#10yrsago Spyware increasingly a part of domestic violence https://memex.craphound.com/2014/03/30/spyware-increasingly-a-part-of-domestic-violence/

#10yrsago Chinese censor prosecuted for taking bribes to censor remarks companies and government officials disliked https://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/03/30/0216218/china-prosecuted-internet-policeman-in-paid-deletion-cases

#5yrsago Animated David Byrne/Big Suit enamel pin https://www.psapress.com/products/stop-making-sense-enamel-pin

#5yrsago Researchers find mountains of sensitive data on totalled Teslas in junkyards https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/tesla-model-3-keeps-data-like-crash-videos-location-phone-contacts.html

#5yrsago Facebook owns Netscape https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/03/brand-necrophilia-part-7/

#1yrago We should ban TikTok(‘s surveillance) https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/30/tik-tok-tow/#good-politics-for-electoral-victories